Obama's Donald Trump Jokes Helped by 'Daily Show' Writer (Hollywood Reporter)

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by Kimberly Nordyke
5/3/2011 

President Obama has been praised for the jokes he made at Saturday's White House Correspondents Association dinner, during which he poked fun at Donald Trump and Matt Damon, among others.


It turns out that a writer on the Daily Show With Jon Stewart is one of those whom Obama should be thanking.

Kevin Bleyer was one of the writers who helped Obama with his jokes, Comedy Central confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter late Monday. Bleyer apparently took the job independent of Daily Show and was the show's only writer who had a hand in Obama's script.

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