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In the ultimate dad move, President Obama took time during a speech at Washington, D.C.-based Benjamin Banneker Academic High School to give his best impersonation of his daughters on their cell phones._ --- Jul 27, 2023 8:59 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Viral Man Dressed As T-Rex Sets New Standard for the Ultimate Dad Joke](/video/EetNJe3W/) ### Viral Man Dressed As T-Rex Sets New Standard for the Ultimate Dad Joke [President Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu Meet At The UN ](/video/EX7s093T/) ### President Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu Meet At The UN [Rampage Victim's Dad Learned of Daughter's Death by Tracing Cell Phone](/video/hYd52Keb/) ### Rampage Victim's Dad Learned of Daughter's Death by Tracing Cell Phone --- ## Transcript I know you may have been waiting here awhile. [ CROSSTALK ] Good thing you all had your phones with you. [ APPLAUSE ] As the father of two teenage daughters I know the whole time you were just like and then he said. [ LAUGH ] Girl I couldn't believe it. [ LAUGH ] By now you've settled in the new year, right? Adjusted to classes. You're preparing for spirit wait. [ APPLAUSE ] Learning how to ballroom dance. [ LAUGH ] I remember having to do that. Getting the nerve to text that cute girl or boy in your English class. [ LAUGH ] I don't remember that. We did not have texts. We had to send little notes. And then we used to actually have to go up to somebody if we liked them and talk to them. [ LAUGH ] So that may happen to you someday. 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