Watch Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda Freestyle with President Obama


During a visit to the White House on Monday, Lin-Manuel Miranda, the star and creator of the enormously popular Broadway show “Hamilton,” stopped by the Rose Garden to showcase his freestyle skills with an assist from President Obama.

The performance featured the president holding up cue cards with words such as “Constitution” and “Obamacare” for Manuel to weave into his performance—and the result was pure magic:

The performance concluded with both Miranda and Obama dropping the mic.

“You think that’s going viral?” Obama joked. “That’s going viral.”

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