Obama suggested that the weightiest decisions Trump makes are firing people on his reality television show Celebrity Apprentice.
President Barack Obama told jokes at the expense of US real estate mogul Donald Trump on Saturday night, mocking his possible presidential ambitions in remarks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
With Trump and some other potential 2012 presidential election rivals in the audience of celebrities, politicians and journalists, Obama suggested that the weightiest decisions Trump makes are firing people on his reality television show Celebrity Apprentice.
"I think we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience," he said of Trump, drawing laughs.
Obama singled out a recent episode of Celebrity Apprentice, in which Trump fired a contender in one of his trademark televised business challenges.
"These are the kinds of issues that would keep me up at night," Obama deadpanned. "Well handled, sir, well handled."
"Say what you want about Mr Trump," the president added. "He certainly would bring change to the White House."
Big video screens then showed an image of what was labeled "Trump, The White House." The mock-up showed bikini-clad girls frolicking in a fountain on the White House front lawn.
Trump is considering running for the Republican presidential nomination next year, but has made a series of controversial comments as he weighs whether to mount a campaign.
On Wednesday, Obama chided Trump at a fund-raiser after releasing his long-form birth certificate to address Trump-fueled talk he was not born in the United States and therefore ineligible to be president.
Trump took credit when Obama released his complete birth certificate to quell the talk.
Trump also ripped Obama and other US political leaders in a profanity-laced speech in Las Vegas this week, calling them "stupid."
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