Nerd fury as Obama mixes Star Wars, Star Trek lore

He shot first. (AP Photo/20th Century-Fox Film Corporation)

President Obama, in an apparent attempt at sci-fi-bipartisanship, today said he did not perform a “Jedi Mind Meld“ with Republican leaders to end the automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration.

As soon as the most powerful being (on this planet) jumbled Star Wars and Star Trek lore, the Twitterverse erupted in Nerd Fury.

“Am deeply disappointed that Pres Obama just referred to a Jedi Mindmeld. #fail #yourenotrekker, said @joshtpm.

“Jedi mind TRICK, not meld. Impeach this clown,” said @daveweigel.

Politico and Salon were among the news organizations drawing attention to the intergalactic gaffe.

As anyone still living in their mom’s basement can tell you, Obama was likely trying to say “Jedi Mind Trick,” a mental ploy famously used by Obi-Wan Kenobi to slip past Empire guards in Star Wars.

A “Vulcan Mind Meld” is how Spock, science officer aboard the Starship Enterprise in the Star Trek television series (and later the films), telepathically linked his superior brain to that of his captain.

Here are a few ideas for the president’s NEXT speechwriter.

• “Next time I meet with Speaker Boehner, I won’t have my lightsaber set on stun.”
• “As I told Jar Jar at Starfleet, you don’t go to the trouble of a clone war over Tribbles.”
• “Reagan’s Death Star defense initiative made as much sense as hopping on a carnivorous Tauntaun.”
• “If I have to make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs to keep the American people safe, that’s my Kobayashi Maru to bear.”