Barack Obama's First Move After His Presidency Has Been Announced

If you were wondering what a president does when they're forced to retire following the end of their second term, then Barack Obama has provided you with an answer.

He made his first Tweet after relinquishing his position of president, earlier, telling his followers than he and his wife Michelle would be going on a much earned vacation.

But after that the two will be back to work, with the couple having set up a charity named the Obama Foundation.

The couple explain exactly what the organisation will do in the following video...

Credit: Obama.org

The Obama Foundation website says it will be a "living, working startup for citizenship - an ongoing project for us to shape, together, what it means to be a good citizen in the 21st century."

Barack Obama first tweeted a link to the foundation in a farewell message on Twitter, put out through the official President of the United States account.

He wrote: "It's been the honour of my life to serve you. You made me a better leader and a better man.

"I won't stop; I'll be right there with you as a citizen, inspired by your voices of truth and justice, good humour, and love.

"I'm still asking you to believe - not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours. I believe in change because I believe in you."

You can find out more about the Obama Foundation by visiting their website.

The former President had previously joked about what he would be doing when he was forced to retire at just 55-years-old...

Barack's Pre-Retirement Banter

In May, Barack hosted his final White House Correspondent's Dinner and found the time to create a hilarious video called 'Couch Commander'.

The video's title was a dig at MSNBC news anchor Chuck Todd, who famously said Obama was going 'from commander-in-chief' to 'couch commander'.

The film took the piss out of the amount of time President Obama would have on his hands when he became a citizen.

Watch it here...

Credit: Obama White House

The video even features a cheeky dig at the scandal surrounding his 'foreign' birth certificate when he was first sworn in as President.

However, it looks like the video won't come to fruition, and the Obamas are still going to have a lot on their plates, even now they've left the White House.

Topics: Charity, Barack Obama

James Dawson

James Dawson is a Journalist at LADbible. He has contributed articles to LADbible’s ‘Knowing Me, Knowing EU’ series on the EU referendum, the 'Electoral Dysfunction' series on the 2017 general election, the ‘U OK M8?’ series tackling mental health amongst young men, and for its ‘Climate Change’ initiative in partnership with National Geographic.

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