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# Late-Night Highlight: President Obama Reads Mean Tweets On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

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_Published 2015-03-13. Jimmy Kimmel has gotten pretty much every major celebrity to read mean tweets about themselves. And Thursday, it was President Barack Obama's turn._


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## Transcript

Now Jimmy Kimmel has gotten pretty much every celebrity out there to read mean tweets about themselves out loud on television. And Thursday night it was President Barack Obama's turn in the hot seat. Somebody send Obama some lifehacks on how to be a good president. Haha. Like I bet that would help. LOL. You know the LOL is redundant when you add the haha. [ LAUGH ] [ LAUGH ] We have to admit our fearless leader was a pretty great sport during the mean tweet sesh. I mean, if someone told me they wanted to leave me on a golf course halfway around the world, I'd veto that in a hot second. But instead, President Obama's reaction went a little something like this.

Well. RWSurferGirl, I think that's a great idea. President Obama admitted those tweets weren't nearly as mean as what the Senate says about him. So at least there's that, right? [ LAUGH ] Of course, Jimmy Kimmel fans were absolutely loving the bit. A writer. Huffington Post dubbed it, your American dream come true. And Bustle called the mean tweets reading the epitome of comedy and class. Well, we're glad President Barack Obama can handle both the free world and mean jokes about his dad jeans at the same time. Respect

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