George Bush Awkwardly Tries To Take Selfie, Obama Steps In

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U.S. Presidents are in a position of such power that they make decisions that affect millions of people on a daily basis, but it seems some of them can’t even use a phone.

That’s kinda worrying, right? Of course, but when you soon realise the former president in question is in fact George W. Bush than you kind of expect it.

Bush needed a little help from outgoing president Barack Obama yesterday morning at the opening of the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African American Culture and History.

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The whole exchange was all kinds of awkward, as Bush tapped Obama on the back looking like he was a lost child in a supermarket after being unable to tackle the logistics of taking a perfect selfie.

To be fair to Georgey, he is 70 now so technology was never going to be his strong point. But after fumbling around with the phone a bit, Obama happily obliged.

You can watch the moment in all its glory here:

How did this guy run a country effectively for eight years? Oh wait.

Alex Mays