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Barack Obama trips over girl on basketball court (Video)

By Gary Gurecki

Feb 2, 2015; Washington, DC, USA; Los Angeles Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena (R-M) listens as President Barack Obama (M) speaks at a ceremony honoring the NHL Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings and the MLS Champion Galaxy in the East Room at The White House. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 2, 2015; Washington, DC, USA; Los Angeles Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena (R-M) listens as President Barack Obama (M) speaks at a ceremony honoring the NHL Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings and the MLS Champion Galaxy in the East Room at The White House. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /
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President Barack Obama missteps on the basketball court and trips over a little girl.

Being the President of the United States means you have to be responsible for a great deal of things, and aware of a lot of things.  However, sometimes you get tripped up, which is something President Barack Obama would tell you after this recent incident in the clip below.

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After high-fiving and celebrating with some children that were present playing basketball, Obama trips over a small child that was seated on the pavement behind him.   He realizes what had happened right away and turns around to check if the little girl is okay.  It seems like she is fine, and Obama straightens himself out and seemingly goes onto continue the game.  

There have been more embarrassing moments in presidential history, but this moment of physical comedy beckons back to the Ford era.  Which is somewhat surprising in this age of smart phone cameras being everywhere, that we don’t get more moments like this.  Perhaps Obama’s long legs would not lend themselves to being as clumsy as one would think.

It looks like no harm, no foul as no one is seriously injured.  Which goes along with Obama’s reputation on the court as he is not known as a dirty player, he’s more of a spot-up shooter.    

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