President Obama didn't waste any time making fun of the matter, and literally roasted Donald Trump at the White House Corespondent's Dinner! And believe us, he hit 'em with some hard blows....pause.
George W. Bush, promoting his memoir that hit store shelves Tuesday, pronounced himself "through with politics" and defended his decisions as president in a jokey interview with television talk show queen Oprah Winfrey.
"A lot of people didn't think I could read, much less write,"
Bush cracked about his book, "Decision Points," during the taped interview in Winfrey's Chicago studios.
Asked by Winfrey whether he regretted the decision to invade Iraq based on unfounded intelligence that leader Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, Bush admitted feeling "terrible" and "sickened" about being wrong the weapons, but blamed Hussein.
Bush admits mistakes, defends decisions
"I'll tell you what was wrong. Saddam Hussein deceived everybody. He didn't want people to know he did not have them ... which is strange because I made it clear to him to let the (arms) inspectors in or we'll remove you from power and he didn't believe me, sadly,"
Bush said.
"My point is the world is better with him gone,"
Bush said to applause from the studio audience.
Bush's eyes filled with tears when he talked about consoling widows of soldiers killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He grew angry when discussing critics (Kanye West) that accused him of racism after the government's admittedly flawed response to the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
"What really, really irritated was when they said my response was slow because I was a racist,"
Bush said, lamenting what he called the "ugliness of the American political scene."
Asked to weigh in on politics, Bush demurred, saying he would not "wade back into the swamp."
"I'm through with politics. It's hard for people to believe. I'm through,"
adding his successor Barack Obama
"has his critics, he doesn't need me opining on everything he does."
You can watch that clip below:
And in this video portion below he speaks on giving tax payers money over to the banks...and he "doesn't know" if it worked but he knows that we didn't have a depression.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are set to appear for the second time on American Idol's celebrity-filled charity special Idol Gives Back, which is set to air on April 21 and feature performances from Alicia Keys, The Black Eyed Peas and season 4 winner Carrie Underwood.
Diddy shared that he has a dream to get in The White House - as an adopted child of the president. He shares some interesting thoughts in an upcoming interview for Playboy's January/February issue.
“I ain’t gonna lie – if God said I could pick one person to be my father, I’d want to be Sean Combs Obama,”Diddy told Playboy “That’s how dope he is. I hope he reads this interview and adopts me. I wouldn’t even have to be in the will. I got my own money!”
He also admits to dating a top Hollywood actress but doesn't name any names. “There was a young lady who’s an actress. She’s famous. I liked her, so I was willing to do whatever I had to do… We started spending time together, but we were prisoners of our celebrity,” he explained. “She took me out to dinner after we got to know each other and hit me with a line that was straight out of the movies. She said, ‘You know this will never work, right?’ I knew she was right… This was going to shake up the world. It would have been a Puff and J. Lo situation, part two.”
(There goes that oh so famous dress!)
Speaking of Jennifer Lopez, Diddy has nothing but kind words for his former flame.
“There are people who come into your life that you’ll always love and respect. She’s definitely one of them. I feel as though we changed each other’s lives,” he continued. “It was a different type of feeling. It was being in love with somebody who understands who you are because they are exactly like you.”
Video above: The National Equality March in Washington, DC Sunday, Lady Gaga shouted to President Obama demanding change and equal rights.
She also took a swipe at Barney Frank, who called the march “a waste of time.”
Lady Gaga also performed at the Human Rights Campaign's 13th Annual National Dinner Saturday night, Oct. 10.
The singer performed for the gay rights group after an address by President Barack Obama.
Before making his speech, President Obama joked to the crowd"It's a privilege to open tonight for Lady Gaga. I've made it." Lady Gaga acknowledged Obama's acknowledgment and stood up to applause.
Obama was recorded talking about the Kanye West incident in an "off-the-record" conversation. So really this is not ethically right to put out....but they did! and I GOTTA LET YOU HEAR IT! =D
ABC News senior vice president Jeffrey Schneider said that the organization had reached out to the White House and CNBC in a series of telephone calls.
"It was a mistake. It's certainly one that we regret. We certainly made that very clear to CNBC and the White House," he said.
Jay-Z "Blueprint 3" is out TODAY! He spoke on HOT97 this morning on a few different topics. Especially, T-pain dissing him a few days ago! Jay says, "I hope he had a great time."
