While attending the United Nations General Assembly last month in NYC, US President Barack Obama had his credit card declined at a restaurant! He insisted that he really has been paying his bills, after his credit card was turned down at a posh New York restaurant. First Lady Michelle had to pay and luckyly she had her credit card.
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Obama told reporters in Washington, D.C. : “I went to a restaurant up in New York when I was, during the U.N. General Assembly, and my credit card was rejected,”
According to President Obama, he was dining with his wife Michelle Obama at the time of the incident and he tried to convince the waitress his card worked.
Obama said: “I was trying to explain to the waitress, you know, I really think that I’ve been paying my bills,””Even I’m affected by this.”
“It turned out, I guess, I don’t use it enough,” “So they thought there was some fraud going on.”
