The intense conversation between Barack and Obama at Ethel Kennedy’s funeral has been decoded for the first time, revealing exactly what they said to each other.
A clip showed Obama and Biden having a private conversation at the matriarch of the Kennedy political dynasty’s funeral, and sparked a slew of theories on social media.
While no audio was captured, Jeremy Freeman, a professional lipreader told DailyMail.com: ‘She’s not as strong as me.’
Obama solemnly replied: ‘I know.. that’s true. We have time.’
It is not currently known exactly who the pair are referring to, but Freeman said that they were having ‘a very supportive conversation.’
US President Joe Biden (L) speaks with former president Barack Obama (R) ahead of a memorial service for Ethel Kennedy
US President Joe Biden (L), alongside former presidents Barack Obama (C) and Bill Clinton (R) attends a memorial service for Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, DC
When the clip first emerged, there was a slew of speculation about what they spoke about.
But DailyMail.com decoded the conversation.
Obama said to Biden ‘No that’s not on’, to which Biden simply responded: ‘Hmm.’
Obama added: ‘[I think it’s important that we can have some time together, we’ll take it at [face] value.’
Biden then says ‘Yes that’s right. Maybe we can… she’s not as strong as me.’
‘I know, that’s true. We have time…’, Obama responds.
Biden then appears to back his predecessor up, saying: ‘Yeah, we’ll get there in time.’
Obama then turns his back to the camera and says something to Biden, to which he responds: ‘Uh huh.’
The funeral was the first time Obama and Biden met since the current president abandoned his reelection campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.
In July, Obama told his Democrat allies that Biden ought to seriously consider resigning, following the president’s disastrous performance at a debate against Donald Trump.
Reports at the time claimed that Obama believed Biden’s path to victory greatly diminished in the wake of the debate, but thought the president needed to make the decision to quit himself.
Biden said in his resignation speech: ‘I’ve decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. It’s the best way to unite our nation.
‘I know there was a time and a place for long years of experience in public life. There’s also a time and a place for new voices, fresh voices, yes, younger voices. And that time and place is now.’
Despite the grandiosity of his speech, Biden was reportedly furious at being forced to resign.
‘He’s really pissed off,’ said a person in touch with his inner circle at the time.
The conversation at the funeral appeared to have been interrupted by Clinton who looked over at them and gestured toward the front of the cathedral.
Obama endorsed Kamala Harris after Biden dropped out of the race and was last week on the campaign trail.
He stirred controversy for accusing black male voters who don’t support Harris of sexism and demanded they got on board with the Democrats.
Ethel Kennedy was the widow of former U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert, who was assassinated while seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968.
Biden, Obama and Clinton sing during the memorial service for Ethel Kennedy on Wednesday
She never remarried and went on to raise her 11 children, enduring a host of other family tragedies along the way, including separate plane crashes that killed her parents, brother and nephew as well as the untimely deaths of several of her children, grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
She and her husband were devastated by the assassination of his brother, President John F. Kennedy, in Dallas in 1963.
Biden, a fellow Irish Catholic who has leaned on his faith amid his own losses, including the death of his son Beau, said the Democratic family matriarch was there for him at his time of tragedy.
He said her husband had been one of his heroes.
‘Ethel was a hero in her own right,’ Biden said.
‘She was a spitfire,’ Obama said. ‘As serious as Ethel was about righting wrongs, she never seemed to take herself too seriously.’