Barack & Michelle Obama NYC Lunch With Bono Earned Them A Standing Ovation Fit For Rockstars

Now that we’re stuck with Donald Trump for the next 3-plus years, everyone’s got serious nostalgia for the good ol’ days of the Obama Presidency.

So when the coolest Commander in Chief makes a public appearance – with a bonafide rockstar, no less—Americans tend to freak TF out.

That was the case when Barack and Michelle had a casual lunch with none other than Bono in an upscale New York restaurant.

Now, it’s hard to imagine people cheering for a politician over a rock god, but the U2 frontman was totally relegated to ‘obscure drummer’ when eating with the Obamas.

The crew dined at Upland Restaurant. They were seated in a private room downstairs, but upon exiting were treated to the sort of greeting usually reserved for Tom Brady in Boston, or The Beatles in the ‘60s.

Then there’s this epic shot of the World’s Greatest Couple just after they exit the restaurant. As many were quick to point out, these are the smiles of two people who’ve had the weight of the world lifted off their shoulders:

As much as we may beg them, you can tell the Obamas aren’t coming back to politics anytime soon—they’re having way too much fun as civilians. Barack and Michelle recently spent a week in the Caribbean with Richard Branson, and they’re both making a killing on book deals—their White House memoirs recently sold for a record-breaking $60 million.

In 2017 (or any year, really), it’s good to be an Obama.