Barack Obama Advises His Past Self in a Short Video that Makes 2016 Even More Painful

By Aimée Lutkin | September 26, 2016 | 4:43pm

Politics

If only we could all go back eight years and have a serious sit down conversation with ourselves about the choices we’ve made that have lead us to the current election.

On the other hand, maybe things haven’t changed as much as we think. In this clip put together by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, two interviews spliced together demonstrates two things: first, what we, as a nation, have done to our president, and, second, that the media is exactly the same as ever. The Obama of 2009 says, “The easiest way to get on television right now is to be really rude.”