This past Friday you likely came across President Obama making an amusing geeky gaffe. In response to a White House press corp question, the President stated he couldn’t just perform a “Jedi mind meld” and make Republicans agree to his plans.
The internet took it and ran, as is the internet’s way. Personally, I’m not one to begrudge the leader of the free world over a mix-up of sci-fi terms (I would begrudge myself, but getting that correct is literally part of my job.) and just ignored the development.
[Then the White House totally owned it]