Obama pranked by White House staff on Christmas

THE ASIAN AGE

Published : Dec 20, 2016, 1:58 pm IST

Updated : Dec 20, 2016, 2:54 pm IST

The president has previously admitted that Snowman decorations creep him out and the staff used that to prank him.

Washington: After serving as US President for two consecutive terms and becoming popular as the coolest leader in US history, Barack Obama is all set to leave the White House as president elect Donald Trump is set to take over.

As an emotional Obama bids adieu to the presidential residence, the staff decided to see him off with a bit of fun as they decided to pull a prank on the outgoing president. While Obama has admitted that he finds Snowman decorations creepy, the staff shifted some of these snowmen in the lawn close to the oval office’s window.

The ploy was meant to make Obama feel as if someone was watching him all the time from the lawn, and the plan worked since images of a visibly stunned Obama were shared on Instagram by White House photographer Pete Souza.

Sometimes you gotta have fun. For the past three weeks, there have been four snowmen on display in the Rose Garden (see photo in earlier post). We've been joking that we should move the snowmen a few feet closer to the Oval Office every day to see if anyone noticed. Then we realized the snowmen were too heavy to easily lift. But finally this morning before the President came to the office, some helpful staff--I won't say who--moved all the snowmen so each one was peeking through a different window into the Oval. This photo was taken this afternoon as the President signed end-of-the-year bills.

A photo posted by Pete Souza (@petesouza) on Dec 16, 2016 at 1:47pm PST

Another snowman from yesterday. Yes he enjoyed the prank. See previous post for the backstory.

A photo posted by Pete Souza (@petesouza) on Dec 17, 2016 at 9:25am PST

While the staff had some fun by pulling off a prank at the president, Twitter had a field day with captioning the image and coming up with memes.

Obama: Has anyone seen Joe?

Biden: ...

Obama: Just don't let him find the snowman costume. You remember last year. pic.twitter.com/no2kKJECan
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