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Donald Trump has only just responded to Barack Obama ‘mocking him’ in 2011

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Updated 13:44 7 Aug 2025 GMT+1Published 13:50 24 Jul 2025 GMT+1

Donald Trump has only just responded to Barack Obama ‘mocking him’ in 2011

Posting to Truth Social today (24th July) Trump has responded to Obama's infamous 2011 speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Madison Burgess

Madison Burgess

As he continues to take aim at Barack Obama, Donald Trump has just responded to the viral moment the former President publicly mocked him at the infamous 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner.

For those who don’t know what we’re talking about, more than a decade ago all the way back in 2011, Obama humiliated Trump by making him the punchline of a series of jokes.

The Democrat, who was President of the US at the time, gave a keynote speech at the D.C. Hilton that went down in history, as he laid into Trump, who was sitting in the audience that night.

For context, the speech came just after The White House was forced to release Obama’s full birth certificate, to put to rest wild allegations that he was not born in the US and not eligible to be president.

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One of the people pedalling this bizarre theory was Trump, who on a series of occasions expressed his doubts about Obama’s birthplace.

Donald Trump has seemingly responded to Obama's infamous 2011 speech mocking him (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)
Donald Trump has seemingly responded to Obama's infamous 2011 speech mocking him (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Trump even went as far as taking credit for the former President deciding to release the certificate, reportedly telling the press: "Today I'm very proud of myself because I've accomplished something that nobody else was able to accomplish,” as per The Guardian.

And now, it seems that Trump has finally decided to respond, with a post on his own social media platform, Truth Social.

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The Republican leader shared a video of the moment, which was part of a longer narrated video explaining how the speech ‘changed politics forever’.

It insinuated that it was actually this night that spurred him to decide to run for president.

The clip claimed that the dinner ‘was supposed to be the end of Trump, but instead it was the beginning’.

But what exactly did Obama say?

Well, when he took to the stage for the political dinner in 2011, he made sure to make his feelings about Trump clear.

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Tackling the accusations, he told the crowd: “My fellow Americans, Mahalo. Donald Trump is here tonight! Now, I know that he's taken some flack lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the Donald."

Hitting out, he brutally joked: “And that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter- like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?

“But all kidding aside, obviously, we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience. For example - no, seriously, just recently, in an episode of Celebrity Apprentice - at the steakhouse, the men's cooking team cooking did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks.

“And there was a lot of blame to go around. But you, Mr. Trump, recognised that the real problem was a lack of leadership. And so ultimately, you didn't blame Lil Jon or Meatloaf. You fired Gary Busey. And these are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night.”

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The two have been clear they strongly disagree with each other's politics (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
The two have been clear they strongly disagree with each other's politics (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

The speech very quickly turned into a roast, and comedian Seth Myers also managed to get a few jabs in as he took to the stage.

He told the crowd: "Donald Trump has been saying that he will run for president as a Republican, which is surprising since I just assumed he was running as a joke."

This latest post comes amid a series of attacks on Obama by Trump - including accusing him of treason during the 2016 election and even creating an AI video of him being arrested.

Featured Image Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Martin H. Simon/Pool via Bloomberg

Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, Social Media, US News, Barack Obama

Madison Burgess
Madison Burgess

Madison is a Journalist at Tyla with a keen interest in lifestyle, entertainment and culture. She graduated from the University of Sheffield with a first-class degree in Journalism Studies, and has previously written for DMG Media as a Showbiz Reporter and Audience Writer.

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