Obama may have accidentally revealed the gender of Beyonce’s twins

Former president Obama,may have let the gender of Jay Z and Beyonce's twins slip. In a clip congratulating Jay Z for being inducted into the songwriters hall of fame,  Obama listed the similarities between himself and Jay Z saying they are both married to women who are relatively more popular than they are , before saying: 

'Jay and I are also fools for our daughters. Although, he's going to have me beat once those twins show up.'

Since Obama has two daughters, Malia and Sasha, and Jay already has one,the comment seems to imply that the only way the rapper could get him 'beat' is if he had twin girls.

Obama's video sparked a Twitter frenzy .

Our wives are more popular than we are-Obama hails Jay Z as first rapper in Songwriters Hall of Fame

Former US president Barack Obama hailed Jay Z as the hip-hop mogul became the first rapper to enter the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday.

Obama made a surprise appearance by video to present the honor to Jay Z, who was not in attendance,fueling speculations,Beyonce has put to birth.

Obama said

“I like to think Mr Carter and I understand each other. Nobody who met us as younger men would have expected us to be where we are today,” 

 Obama said he related to Jay Z in that neither grew up with a father, both understood deprivation

“and, let’s face it, we both have wives who are significantly more popular than we are.”“I’m pretty sure I’m still the only president to listen to Jay Z’s music in the Oval Office.”“That may change at some point, but I’m pretty sure that’s true now,” Obama said.

Trump cancels Obama policy for illegal immigrant families

The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it is cancelling an Obama-era policy to allow millions of illegal-immigrant parents of children born in the United States to stay in the country.

The 2014 policy, known as DAPA, for Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, aimed to help the families of so-called "dreamer" children stay together free from the threat of deportation.

It was never implemented after 26 states successfully sued in a Texas federal district court to block it. The US Supreme Court let the lower court ruling stand last year after a four-four tie vote.
Set out in a memo from the administration of then-president Barack Obama, the policy said the government would defer any action against illegal immigrant parents of children who are lawful permanent residents -- mainly those born in the country to parents without legal status.

DAPA would have affected as many as four million people by some estimates, those with US-born children who were in the country before 2010.

But the Department of Homeland Security announced it was rescinding the policy with the support of the Justice Department.
It comes amid a tough crackdown on illegal immigration ordered by President Donald Trump. Kelly did not say whether the government has plans to replace DAPA with another measure that would allow families living in the country for decades to remain together without the threat of deportation.

Barack Obama pictured enjoying a meal with Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau in Montreal

Former US President, Barack Obama was pictured having a meal with Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau in Montreal, Canada.

According to the social media updates, they discussed their shared commitment to developing the next generation of leaders. Another photo below...

Obama reacts to Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement

Former US president, Barack Obama has issued a statement expressing his disappointment in Donald Trump for pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement.

Obama accused Trump of “rejecting the future” by pulling out of the Paris climate deal saying, 'this Administration joins a small handful of nations that reject the future.”

At the moment, 194 countries including Nigeria still remain in the agreement while US joins Syria and Nicaragua as one of the three countries not in the Paris climate agreement.  

Read the full statement from Obama below...

A year and a half ago, the world came together in Paris around the first-ever global agreement to set the world on a low-carbon course and protect the world we leave to our children.  

It was steady, principled American leadership on the world stage that made that achievement possible.  It was bold American ambition that encouraged dozens of other nations to set their sights higher as well.  And what made that leadership and ambition possible was America’s private innovation and public investment in growing industries like wind and solar – industries that created some of the fastest new streams of good-paying jobs in recent years, and contributed to the longest streak of job creation in our history.

Simply put, the private sector already chose a low-carbon future.  And for the nations that committed themselves to that future, the Paris Agreement opened the floodgates for businesses, scientists, and engineers to unleash high-tech, low-carbon investment and innovation on an unprecedented scale.  The nations that remain in the Paris Agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits in jobs and industries created.  

I believe the United States of America should be at the front of the pack.  But even in the absence of American leadership; even as this Administration joins a small handful of nations that reject the future; I’m confident that our states, cities, and businesses will step up and do even more to lead the way, and help protect for future generations the one planet we’ve got.

Barack Obama Thanks Michelle for Sticking Around, Post-Presidency

Over the weekend, Former President of the United States, Barack Obama received the 2017 Profile in Courage Award during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts. His wife, Michelle, attended the ceremony with him and he was full of praises for her.

"I also want to thank Michelle Obama for, after the presidency, sticking with me. Because I think she felt an obligation to the country to stay on, but once her official duties were over, it wasn't clear. I love my wife and I'm grateful for her. I do believe that it was America's greatest fortune to have her as First Lady," Obama said. Watch the video below;

Former U.S President, Barrack Obama photographed looking stylish & relaxed in Milan [Photos]

44th President of the United States, Barack Obama looked stylish and relaxed as he was photographed leaving Park Hyatt Hotel in Milan, Italy. Obama is in Italy for a two-day trip in which he will meet with former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, followed by dinner with a number of Italians from different sectors, hosted by the Institute for International Political Studies.

On Tuesday, he is also expected to give a keynote speech on climate change at 'Seeds and Chips - The Global Food Innovation Summit'.

The well loved former president wore an open-necked shirt and shades as he stepped out of the hotel, waving and smiling to the massive crowds that had gathered to catch a glimpse of him. 

See more photos below...

 

 

 

Barack Obama proposed to another woman, Sheila Jager, who rejected him twice before he met and married Michelle

According to a new biography, former US president Barack Obama proposed to a woman he dated in the 80's who rejected his proposal twice before he met and married his wife, Michelle Obama. The woman is said to be Sheila Miyoshi Jager who is of Dutch and Japanese descent.

The author of the new book, "Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama," David Garrow, says Obama met Jager in the mid-'80s when he was doing community organizing in Chicago. 

Garrow said that when he interviewed Jager, she told him that even back then, Obama had a strong belief he'd someday become President of the United States.

She also told the author Obama had "a deep-seated need to be loved and admired." Adding that in  1986 Obama asked her to marry him, but her parents were opposed because they thought she was too young to get married, so she turned him down, but they continued dating. 

Then, Garrow says, Obama's presidential ambitions became a centerpiece of their relationship, which caused a conflict between them because he worried that marrying a non-African-American wife would do him political damage.

Garrow says he "felt trapped between the woman he loved and the destiny he knew was his."

Obama then went to Harvard Law School in 1988 and the relationship became strained but Jager says Obama again asked her to marry him before he left, but she was off on a research trip to Seoul and rejected his proposal, for the second time.

Obama then met and started dating Michelle after their first year in law school but, according to Garrow, he was still occasionally seeing Jager. But when he solidified his relationship with Michelle, he stopped seeing Jager.

Jager, is now a professor of East Asian Studies at Oberlin College.

An apartment Obama stayed after his graduation in the 80s is on sale for $4.3 Million

An apartment in Brooklyn that was onetime the home of former President Barack Obama is on the market for $4.3 million. The ad for the 5-bedroom home on the real estate website Zillow reads, 

"Rush to this noteworthy home forever stamped with a historical footprint. The unique distinction of being the residence of President Obama after he graduated Columbia University."

Obama lived on a floor of the townhouse with his girlfriend in the 1980s. Very recently, the Queens childhood home of Obama's successor, President Donald Trump recently sold for over $2 million.

Barack Obama under fire for his $400,000 speech to Wall Street

Former US president, Barack Obama, is facing intense criticism for accepting a $400,000 speaking fee for a Wall Street conference that will be hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald LP in September. This is almost twice as much as the speaking fees Hillary Clinton charged for three speeches to Goldman Sachs after she left the State Department. 

She also came under immense criticism during her campaign for receiving so much money to speak to Wall Street firms.

Obama will address a health care conference scheduled for September and will reportedly be the keynote luncheon speaker for one day of the event. Although Obama has already signed the contract, the early reports indicate that Cantor Fitzgerald is still in the process of coordinating the details with the former president.

Obama can still reportedly pull out of the deal if he finds himself on the receiving end of negative publicity.

According to the Washington Post, her husband and former president Bill Clinton “earned more than $16.3 million for 72 speeches” in 2012, averaging around $226,000 per speech. CNN also reported he was once paid $750,000 for a speech to telecom firm Ericsson.