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I used to work at CD Baby and heard a lot of crazy stories from the musicians who would sell their music through the site. One of the craziest was from a Michael Jackson superfan who had his own dreams of breaking into the music biz. During Jackson's 2005 trial for pedophilia, this guy was one of the Jackson supporters who would congregate outside the Santa Barbara courthouse each day, screaming "Michael, Michael!"

One morning this guy brought his demo tape to the courthouse with the hopes of handing it to his hero. As Michael made his way through the crowd, this guy thrust his demo at him. This could be his big break! If only he could get his music in the hands of the King of Pop himself, then all his pop-star dreams would come true. So he waved it aloft, shouting, "Michael! Michael!"

And miracle of miracles, as Jackson passed through the crowd, he took this guy's demo... then autographed it, handed it back to him, and walked into the courthouse.

I always thought that was a dick move on Jackson's part. (The superfan didn't, though—he took it as a tacit endorsement of his music, and put a banner on his website touting that Michael Jackson himself was an avowed fan of his music.)

Anyway, I thought that was pretty mean, if unintentionally so. But what our president did today is even worse and even funnier. This is Donald Trump, who lost the popular vote by 2,864,974 votes, during the White House's Easter Egg Roll this morning:

"No."

That wasn't the only gaffe our Werther's Original-in-Chief made today. Here, we see a Slovenian-born immigrant nudge the American president because he's not being patriotic enough.