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Barack Obama has said he will not be taking part in the ice bucket challenge, a fundraising stunt which involves people drenching themselves with cold water.
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Donald trump challenged him :P
But he put Obama in lines with two other sons.
He would never get over the fact that someone important he could nominate would snub him. Obama was a safe nomination because he was not gonna do it. The Donald is low on friends yo.
Ray Wang i
Ray Wang 666
dignified &respectful Everyones kid is important to them
1:04 Watch carefuly at the woman with a green bucket on the left side of the screen
SAVAGE OMG
OMG she didn't do it😂😂
It looks like she dumped it on the other girls head or just on the ground lmao
Me but not me I would do it
she smart
At first, I was like, Obama, why not? After realizing who nominated him first, no wonder he refused.
Ktrain47 The worst president ever in history.
Latrell Jennings Vlogs lol, who are you calling a person
hunterkiller1440 I guess hes president now
Bєαυтιfυl Dαиgєяσυѕ no the worst is Nixon
At least Democrat voters have gotten over it and aren't still butthurt that Hillary lost.
1:05 the blonde on the left with the green bucket just dumps the water in front of her LOL.
i saw tgat xD
Greer Fried Lmao good catch
looool
Greer Fried Looks like she wanted to pour on that kid but later realized she was being filmed
Lol
actually Donald Trump challenged him
yep
Bieber was the first he said.
+Defense General Doesn't make Donald a good man! I salute you, Barack! People like you actually donate more to the cause against this revolting disorder.-Where it really counts!
no, idubbbz.
Yep
They forgot trump. trump also nominated obama.
Animal Cartoon Channel who gives a shit about trump... oh wait 60 million people religiously follow him... *begins making noose*
No one cared about trump back then, until he ran for president.
@@z3bb374 I do think Obama did noticed Trump. Remember Trump was the one who spear headed Birthder movement.
@@z3bb374 he wasn't racist either back then, shame what the msm conjures up
Because showing Trump doing fun things would normalize him instead of making deranged people loathe him even more
I wonder if George Bush used jet fuel instead of water for the ice bucket challenge.
Haha
+Keagan Okeefe I wouldn't be surprised!
too bad I didn't have a lighter
Keagan Okeefe Yes but the bucket was made of steel
Alan tam movies
On the bright side, he still donated.
+TheSarahkitten42 if you don't do the challenge you have to donate, if you do do it you can choose to donate or not....
+mathias de potter You don't "have" to do either, it's just nice to help the cause, and frankly donating money is probably more productive.
Our tax money
leviadragon99 obama had no money man, even if he had he wouldn't pay, not even for a cause or a research, by now he is swimming in money but still wouldn't pay out of his out pocket
mathias de potter Proof? You seem to be talking completely out of your ass.
Amazing how he got wrapped up with this just like everybody else.
First of all *is* that an *"ICE Bucket Challenge"* or *"WATER Bucket Challenge"*
Its ice bucket challenge. But the fuckin ice always melts
I think that's fine he did not put cold water on himself! At least he donated! That is what people SHOULD be doing!
the rules state: if the nominator has nominated, the nominee is to donate under 24 HOURS in order to NOT POUR WATER THAT IS COLD OVER SELF you basically have to punish urself if u did not donate under 24 hours, so Obama did the right thing
He donated $100. Trump, either before or after, donated $20,000.
Tyrant Gregcag liar, the amount was “in disclosed” in the video, no one knows genius
Obama refuses to accept Trump’s challenge. Trump: *So then I just became president after him*
and tomorrow we’ll have his mugshot
@@timmysdad9009 which means nothing and just made his campaign stronger
@@TheAngryAustrianWhich means his ass is going into a cell and the only people that buy his bs like yourself included just gobble up anything he says even if it’s totally undeniably false
@@TheAngryAustrianFor an Austrian, you sure seem to care about the guy that's going to lose the primary in New Hampshire, lol
@@vemtrmz6969 For an american you have a hard time grasping why someone would care who runs a country that likes to play world police
1:07 I see u girl on the left in the white dress skipping out on it
I was about to say the same thing
just to point out, the entire point of the ice bucket challenge is not just to donate money and raise awareness. but about showing you for just one split second how it feels to have ALS.
Doesn't anyone listen? All government officials are not allowed to partake in the challenge. All that matters is he donated!!
shut up.
You know there's no reason for government officials to not be allowed to partake in it right. It's just an excuse The White House came up with
@@jrgen7144 This was 5 years ago. The donation is the only thing that matters. Actually, there is a lot you can't take part of. Emergency service people, and any government officials cannot participate in demonstrations, protests, etc. Because it shows a bias when you're supposed to be neutral. THAT is a fact if you've taken any general government class.
@@Shalyn-ln9tu that's right. Educate these people please. Oh you just did. Hehe
@@Shalyn-ln9tu I was looking for your comment lol. The answer was literally given in the video lol
He probably refused because trump nominated him to do it
Sophiethe unic0rn This was from 2 years ago, it wasn't him then
Kvn Svc oh whoops
trump had the balls to do it :) with the most lovely women in the world, miss USA and miss universe, on top of a building like a boss. bet he owns that building too.
Chris Baker dont get lost going that deep into donalds ass
Fue rubius xd
all dat watter could be helping Africans
shut your mouth
so they can pay for foreign water instead of local?
RAIN people! RAIN!!!
Smitty Johanson Ever heard of pollution?
But it's helping ALS instead...
Well considering the person who nominated him, it's not hard to see why he refused.
Donald Trump
+Bowen Zhou Nope even worse Justin Bieber
+Adam Stewart angrydad show
+Adam Stewart donald trump nominated him also
+Rabbit MachineKiller Holy shit! even worse than the other!!
When he said wet house I instantly started laughing. My mind is so dirty!
He didn't do it because Beiber nominated him. Nobody wants to do what Beiber tells them.
Donald Trump challenged him too
Enough reason to not do anything!
Well Steph Curry did it to.
I used to do this at home as a kid...I was scolded for wasting water
Trump nominated him. Obama's refusal was a political statement.
Tim Suetens Yeah we all know how careless his politics can be just like when he funded ISIS.
Trump nominated him almost a week after this video
Obama was President in 2014 when this challenge went viral. So plenty of celebrities naturally nominated the President to do the Challenge, not just Trump. Also as the other comment mentioned, Trump uploaded his ice bucket challenge video on 28-Aug-2014. You can check it out here :kzhead.info/sun/mdx9cd2NoIqmm58/bejne.html So that is around a week after this BBC Report.
I still did this yesterday to the Corporal in the Marines.
Michelle said to drink more water, drink! not to spill it! That's why he refused. He's obedient boy.
we will miss you Obama :'(
TRUE. I WILL TO... :(
... Too*
Nope only fools would miss this sack of shit..
+Fuck Obama well guess im a fool then...the best president we ever had since bill clinton
BritBrat how's that ? our credit went down. our nation got weaker racial divide is all time high jobs at all time low. your an idiot if you think he did anything positive
Both his predecessor and successor did it.
Obama was President at time and Presidents couldn’t do it. Now if Ice Bucket Challenge happen today he could do it but trump couldn’t
Thank you for recommending this to me 5 years on
wow just wow
Stan Lee nominated him too.
yep
Does Stan Lee cancel Justin Beiber and Donald Trump?
Yep, Stan Lee does cancel.
RIP STAN LEEEEEE
Trump Nominated Obama!
lol yeah av just watched trump nominate him
NoTriangles Trump used pee.
yes
It's Amazing!!
Let's be honest. Donating does the job better than doing the challange
Nah. Doing it shows that the people fun-out going person with humor
Why not do both instead of being a lame, irrelevant, out of touch boomer like Obama?
They are equally important. Without the challenge from many celebrities, trump prob wouldnt heard of it. Obama prob not heard of it and not donating it
*stop the cap*
Donating is easier than throwing ice water though, not impressive
1:02 ohhh I see what you did there....
Yes, this really is a news the world need. Well done, BBC!
it was 9 years ago, and are politicians not allowed to be cool and have fun?
Yeah
What’s this doing on my recommendations 😂😂
actually that's a wise choice. no waste of water
At least he donated
Make this challenge come back again, please
Took 5years for this to get on my recommended.
What's so wrong with not wasting water?
Love the song he's singing, favorite Al Green song.
Cmon
I love how people say "Wow what a waste of water" and then they say the Obama scared to do it, maybe he doesn't want to waste water
Obama literally wasted oceans of water.
0:22 WWWOOOOOOOOOWWW GONE SEXUAAAAAAAL
HAHAHAHAHA LOLOLOL XD
Wow.
where is the video!
Pause video. Click this -> 1:07. Second girl from left. She poured water on ground instead of on head. $10,000 bounty.
BBC stands for British British Cats
No I saw his video on him doing the ice bucket
it would've been awesome to see him do it
0:11
That's not him refusing; that's a rule that prohibits government officials to take part in a somewhat juvenile activity. NO, I don't think the IBC is childish or stupid. It looks really funny, and it's for a good cause.
people like you are what's wrong with humanity, you will waste INSANE amounts of precious resources that is enough to save a country from drought, for a superficial idea because it "looks funny" are you serious? it's not for a good cause, it literally doesn't do anything but waste tons of water, the world needs to grow up.
Jody Boles Good to see another illiterate and heartless KZhead nobody with no profile picture or soul to speak of. And since when did organizations like the Red Cross start taxing penniless villages? It is somewhat wasteful, however the water in amusement parks is recycled and reused.
@@codybgamin Somewhat wasteful? Aren't you glad to be born in a first world country? where a BUCKET OF WATER is somewhat wasteful to you. Water used in these challenges are not recycled. I hope you changed your mind after two years.
Sadiqa Quadri i think YOU need to grow up
The intro was awesome 🤣
0:53 wow
Trump also nominated him.
Literally if Trump refused the ALS challenge, BBC and others would say he doesn't care about ppl who suffer from it
This is so true. By the way BBC is liberal so what could you expect from it?
@Allison Gargiulo Why would you be a liberal gay supporter? Most of the world is conservative, and only some parts of western countries are liberal.
@Allison Gargiulo Nope. Most liberals are either bisexual, gay or lesbian. The straight people are nearly all conservative.
@Allison Gargiulo Don't feed the trolls Allison.
@Allison Gargiulo Not sure why any straight person would be for Biden, when Biden deeply supports gay marriage, gay sex LGBTs supporter. You're brother is probably gay, while your parents probably have homosexual feelings. It is widely known that gays/trans/lesbians are most of the Democrats.
im sorry guys!
My president 😭💙
The challenge's main purpose is to raise money, and not to gather vids of celebs pouring water over them (which hardly will fund any research). I'd appreciate to see more folks like Obama with the stance "Nope, will not make a vid, but donate money for the purpose you wanted me to"
The things people do just to be popular. Ridiculous.
this is for a good cause dipshit
swadtheking you entirely missed the point. Nice try, though.
enlighten me with your point?
Tipping water over your head does fuck all unlike actually donating money, lots of people did it as a thinly veiled attempt to seem like a good person to others. I think that might be his point.
He finally accepted it
I didn't even know it was for a disease awareness campaign 7 year old me and the boys legit just did it for fun back in the day
The reason why he didn't do it was because Justin beiber nominated him
He's too busy golfing...
No, presidential ethic it doesn't allow...
haha so true! and going to hawaii
IKR, it's like all the President does is golf with OUR tax money! Surely the next president would do such a thing, or at the very least not increase the amount they do it. wait
While I may not agree with some of the things he has done, he still seems like a pretty cool guy.
"The president has donated an undisclosed sum" $5
He refused Trumps Ice Bucket Challenge…
Traitor Empire Trump wasn't running for president at the time of the challenge so they weren't against each other back then
Marc Weiner President-Elect Trump still had opposing views on the matter and refusing the ice bucket challenge could very well have been a political move with the information we have now.
I gotchu, live now
children in Africa seeing this like 👁💧👄💧👁
I LOVE the selfies!!!! One girl in the line of people at the end poured her water on the ground instead of her head. Yeah, I saw that!!! Loved the two with the blue ice chest at the end.
Did any body notice that there was a girl who poured the bucket of water on the floor instead of on her head?! *1:03*
Trump is just a real OG that’s the real story behind this.
It's so crazy how popular this got
Stan Lee challenged him too
This is why i love Obama, he doesn't do stupid stuff, he does what is needed.
DiamantVis so shooting a 3 pointer is needed?
Like bombs brown people?
I got nominated just today by a friend. So, I'm gonna honour the challenge! Although, I think some people have forgotten the purpose of the challenge and so there's not really much being donated to ALS. It's what I've heard, anyway...
Alot of the time they do the challenge but forgot to donate...
$70 million have been raised in the past month. More than 10 times the amount raised in the same month last year.
AvWorgen The challenge is supposed to be for the people who don't donate, the people who do donate don't have to do the challenge, those were the rules.
For the amount of people who have done this challenge, it should equate to much more than $70 million.
He did do it
Great video keep up the good work!
proud of you
look at all that water that people from California could've used
Oh yes
You know how the water cycle works right?
Derek Bao, the rain comes from the sky on to the land and then goes into the sky and then back to the land. of course clouds play a part in it too.
Derek Bao You know how jokes work, right?
@@abdulrahmanalenezi6068 Still water though.
come on! be a real man
WHAT!
oh my god that pun: "cold on the idea"
Sad this is actual news.
ikr
I freaking love Obama 😂❤️ his soooo sweet to ppl😂❤️
Obama is a moron
omg love him
NO ONE is surprised he’d skip doing anything decent for others.
He's such a pantsy. He's scared.
Yeah, a PANTSY.
Atlas Kebab to break federal law?
Atlas Kebab Or y'know, he could do the actually productive thing and donate money instead. Pretty sure if people are asking the president of the USA to do the challenge, the cause already has all the exposure it could possibly get, it has maximum public attention, him drenching himself is not going to raise awareness any further.
+Atlas Kebab Did you not hear that he's not allowed to do the challenge?
Wow Obama is so selfless. He could have had a cooling shower on such a hot summer day, but he decided to donate money instead. Best president ever ... nothing more to say.
I love this man :))
I love him soo much ObamA Thank you!!
Thanks, Obama.
Alguien por El Rubius :V?
He's too busy jet-setting around the country playing golf with our tax dollars.
COUGH COUGH DONALD TRUMP IS DOING IT TOO COUGH COUGH. Sorry. I coughed.
That's Trump you're thinking of.
ZOMBIƎE this comment aged well! 😐😂😂😂😂
ZOMBIƎE Trump has gone to play golf internationally at least 123 times. No joke, costing tax dollars of 72 million dollars and up. Barack Obama however: 37 times and using only 2 million $for security, everything else was paid for by him.
well thats now ironic isnt it
Fue rubius
Miss him
Ethics code, really? You gotta be kidding me, Obama's chicken lol
I guess Obama decided not to do it because, IMHO, he didn't see anything in it for himself. The guy only does mildly respectable things if he himself benefits from it. Just saying. :(
Or maybe it was the fact that someone of his advisors opted against it considering that he's got meetings with some pretty high up dudes with internet connection. Imagine Putin doing IB challenge then go straight back to negotiating warheads.
There's just no winning for Obama. He either does the challenge and gets called an idiot for doing it and being a child, or he doesnt do it and gets called a prick who's too good for silly games.
i know. the whole world is fucked up like that.
También el rubius lo nominó
Un poquito de conciencia, dejen de gastar y desperdiciar el agua.
waste of water tbh
omg its just water lol
Dude 96% of earth is water so stop bitching about it.
SpUngE Only 2.5-2.75% is fresh water, including 1.75-2% frozen in glaciers, ice and snow, 0.5-0.75% as fresh groundwater and soil moisture, and less than 0.01% of it as surface water in lakes, swamps and rivers. Get your shit straight.
He said water, not fresh water dumbass.
ItacooL you do realize when can make fresh water right.... lol