President Obama.
(cheering and applause)
He's not coming back.
After a year and a half of relative silence,
the 44th president of the United States
is back in the public eye.
This week he flew to Africa,
where he opened a community center in Kenya
and then visited the village where his dad grew up, yeah,
and finally picked up a copy of his real birth certificate.
And surprise, he's actually from Norway.
Yeah. I didn't see that coming.
And then it was on to South Africa
for what Obama thought was a celebration
of the 100th birthday of Nelson Mandela,
but actually, actually, it turned into a roast
of his dance moves.
There is one area
where President Obama cannot match Madiba.
Unfortunately, he cannot dance
as well as Madiba can dance.
(laughter)
Oh, man. Oh.
I feel like that's the same face he had on election night.
He was just like...
You know, you know what's funny? It's funny how,
in America, people credited Obama as a great dancer, right,
because he was the first U.S. president with rhythm, right?
But in Africa, all the presidents can dance.
So when Obama dances in Africa, people are like,
"Uh, Barack, your white side is showing, huh?
What's happening here?"
Because, look, Obama's not a great dancer.
He's a good dancer, but he's not a great dancer.
And I know you might be saying, "Who are you to judge
Obama's dance moves, Trevor?"
Well, I'll tell you who I am.
I'm the runner-up of the 2012 season
of Dancing With the Stars: South Africa.
(cheering and applause)
That's right!
That's right.
But Obama in South Africa used the occasion
to give a speech on the state of the world.
And, of course, whenever Obama talks about current events
these days, there's an elephant in the room.
Which is fine. I mean, he's a South African citizen,
and he had every right to be there.
But I actually meant the other elephant in the room,
Donald Trump. While Obama never called Trump out by name,
his subtweeting was sharp.
We see the utter loss of shame
among political leaders, where they're caught in a lie
and they just double down and they lie some more.
(laughter, applause)
(chuckles) It used-- Look, let me say,
politicians have always lied.
But it used to be, if you caught 'em lying,
they'd be like, "Oh, man."
Now they just keep on lying!
Isn't it amazing that Trump is such a big liar
that you don't even have to mention his name
and everyone knows who you're talking about?
Even in Africa, you're like, "Liar,"
and they're like, "Trump, Trump, Trump!"
(whooping, applause)
But...
but beyond, beyond his political commentary,
Obama's main purpose in South Africa
was to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela.
Madiba's light shone so brightly,
even from that narrow
Robben Island cell,
that, in the late '70s,
he could inspire a young college student
on the other side of the world.
Mandela said young people are capable when aroused
of bringing down the towers of oppression
and raising the banners of freedom.
Now's a good time to be aroused!
-Yeah. Wow. -(cheering and applause)
This is, uh...
this is probably the only thing that Trump and Obama agree on.
Yeah, Trump's like, "You're so right, Barack.
There's never a bad time to be aroused."
He's like, "Uh, that's not what I meant."
He's like, "Too late. Don Jr.'s out already, baby."