WASHINGTON (AP) – His daughters mock his big ears, he leaves his socks on the floor and sitting behind Stephen Colbert’s desk, he said, gives him a greater sense of power.
When President Barack Obama was not seriously defending his economic record, his executive actions on immigration and his delayed decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline Monday on “The Colbert Report,” he was playfully confiding that the trappings of the presidency really don’t go to his head.
“When I go home, Michelle, Malia and Sasha give me a hard time,” he told host Stephen Colbert. “There are no trumpets, and they tease me mercilessly.”
It was Obama’s third appearance on the show, his second as president, and marked the beginning of the final two weeks for the Comedy Central program. Colbert will take over for David Letterman on CBS’ “Late Show” next year.
Obama kicked off the show sitting in for Colbert to perform a regular feature of the program called “the Word” wherein Colbert’s rants are accompanied by snarky messages to the audience.