White House takes 'Jedi Mind Meld' to Twitter

The White House followed up a reference mixing Star Wars and Star Trek that President Obama made during a press conference on Friday with another reference on Twitter.

After a meeting with congressional leaders on replacing the sequester, Obama was asked why he hasn't locked top Democrats and Republicans in a room until a deal was reached. In response, Obama said the conventional wisdom was that he could somehow use a "Jedi mind-meld" to make lawmakers come to an agreement.

Later on Friday afternoon, the White House tweeted out a picture of Obama paraphrasing a famous Star Wars line.

"These aren't the solutions Americans are looking for," the text of a photo, in the classic Star Wars font, tweeted out by the White House said.

We must bring balance to the Force. #Sequester #JediMindMeld twitter.com/whitehouse/sta…

— The White House (@whitehouse) March 1, 2013

The comment actually confused two popular science fiction worlds. In Star Wars there's a Jedi mind trick, and in Star Trek there's a "Vulcan mind meld." Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock in the original Star Trek, responded to Obama's bungled reference.

Only a Vulcan mind meld will help with this congress. LLAP

— Leonard Nimoy (@TheRealNimoy) March 1, 2013

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