President Barack Obama saw his former Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in Chicago Thursday night, six months after he left the White House for a successful mayoral bid.
During a speech before a DNC fundraiser in the city, Obama said that he arrived to find both former Mayor Richard Daley and Emanuel talking.
“Both of them [were] a little intimidating, even though they’re not tall in statute. I was trying to figure out who I should bow to first,” Obama quipped. “I decided to go with the current mayor.”
Obama went on to praise Emanuel for his work in the earlier days of his administration.
“I … am so lucky to have had in some of the toughest times that we’ve seen since the Great Depression somebody who is not only a great manager, a great strategist, a great political thinker, but also my friend,”
Added the President, “Yes, he is foul-mouthed.”