▲On April 21, 2018, the funeral for former First Lady Barbara Bush was held in Houston, Texas. But Twitter went crazy over a particular series of photographs captured at the event: Melania Trump laughing with Barack Obama. One user tweeted: "Melania looks happier at a funeral than she has in ages."

▲But she isn't the first Trump to fall for Obama's tricks. Donald Trump himself was cracking up following his swearing-in ceremony on January 20, 2017.

▲Neither Santa Claus nor Miss Piggy is safe, as evidenced here by this shared laugh on stage during the national Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the White House in 2015.

▲The former First Lady, and senator at the time, couldn't hold it in during a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 5, 2016.

▲Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie were amused by whatever Obama had to say in Parliament in Ottawa in June 2016.

▲Obama might have been caught in his own trap with Pope Francis. He was definitely more amused than the sovereign of the Vatican City State at the Joint Base Andrews on September 22, 2015.

▲Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were not immune to Obama's sorcery at the 2014 G20 Brisbane summit.

▲The shared laughs between the former Danish Prime Minister and Obama at Nelson Mandela's funeral also caused an onslaught of tweets and memes poking fun at the situation, specially because former First Lady Michelle Obama didn't look particularly amused in a lot of the photos.

▲The astronaut couldn't help but laugh during a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida in April 2011.

▲Either History class was really funny or former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was cracking up at Obama during their visit to Wakefield High School in Virginia on March 7, 2011.

▲This one may be a battle of former Presidents. Who's laughing at whom here? Who knows.

▲Former Peruvian President Alan García was amused by whatever Obama said at the APEC Summit in Yokohama on November 14, 2010.

▲South Korea's former President Lee Myung-bak and former First Lady Kim Yoon-ok could not contain themselves at the 2010 G20 Seoul summit.

▲The former French President also could not resist in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 30, 2010.

▲The late basketball icon could not help but crack up at Obama's remarks during a ceremony honoring the 2009 NBA basketball champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, in January 2010.

▲The former Japanese Prime Minister was amused at a joint news conference in Tokyo on November 13, 2009.

▲The entertainer was highly amused during a ceremony in which Obama presented her with the Medal of Freedom in August 2009.

▲The former Governor General of Canada clearly found Obama's remarks hilarious during his first international trip as President on February 19, 2009.

▲Not even babies are safe from Obama's secret weapon. This 13-month-old girl was amused at the soon-to-be President at a campaign office in Brighton, Colorado on October 26, 2008.

▲The former prime minister of the Netherlands shared a big laugh with Obama in the Oval Office on November 29, 2011.

▲The players, including Landon Donovan and David Beckham, were cracking up at Obama's jokes in the East Room of the White House on May 15, 2012.

▲"Little Stevie" can't resist a good joke, as evidenced by his reaction to Obama's remarks during an event in which the musician received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song on February 25, 2009.

▲The former Prime Minister of Singapore couldn't resist laughing at whatever Obama said during a state dinner at the White House on August 2, 2016.

▲You'd think the former First Lady would have acquired immunity against her husband's special ability, but nope.

▲Shaq may be three times Obama's size, but that doesn't mean he's immune to the former President's special skills.

▲While the late novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner couldn't resist laughing at Obama's jokes, she seemed to have a similar effect on the former President, as evidenced by this shared moment during the event in which he presented her with a Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 29, 2012.

▲This time at an election rally at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in January 2008, Michelle Obama again showed she's not immune to her husband's skills.

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In June 2014, Queen Máxima was highly amused by something Obama said during a ceremony in commemoration of D-Day on Sword Beach in Ouistreham, France.

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▲Barack Obama and Stephen Curry both attended the Obama Foundation's My Brother's Keeper Alliance and, after being questioned about childhood struggles, Obama made a joke about Curry's ankles. While Curry's potentially career-ending ankle injury in 2011 is no laughing matter, Obama managed to make the athlete laugh with his lighthearted jibe. The Golden State Warriors player is likely used to the former president's joking ways after his 2016 visit to the White House (pictured).

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And again on January 9, 2025, during Jimmy Carter’s funeral. Trump was caught laughing at a comment made by Obama.

▲From athletes to musicians, authors to other politicians, Barack Obama has the unique ability to charm and get a laugh out of seemingly anyone, regardless of their political leanings. Click through the following gallery to see hilarious moments caught on camera of the former president making people laugh.

Funny moments of Obama making famous people laugh

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From athletes to musicians, authors to other politicians, Barack Obama has the unique ability to charm and get a laugh out of seemingly anyone, regardless of their political leanings. Click through the following gallery to see hilarious moments caught on camera of the former president making people laugh.