Trump and Obama discuss Kanye, acronyms, inauguration guests in imagined Conan chats

(Image credit: Conan)

As a mere plebeian, you are not privy to the phone calls between President Obama and his successor, President-elect Donald Trump. Neither, of course, is Conan O'Brien, but a man can dream — so on Wednesday's Conan, O'Brien revealed what's essentially an aural artist's rendering of some of the POTUS-PEOTUS chats — including about the acronym POTUS.

"Hey, Bar, what's SCOTUS?" the Trump impersonator asked. "It's an acronym for Supreme Court of the United States," the Obama voice replied. After explaining to Trump what an acronym is, he gave another example: "Like POTUS is President of the United States." "It is?" Trump said. "I thought it was another weird name you had. Like Barack." Kanye West's visit to Trump Tower gets two exchanges.

Want more? Conan's got some. Watch below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.