“I think this picture embodied one of the hopes that I’d had when I first started running for office,” Obama said. In the video, Obama also reflected on his time in the presidency and how that image was one that reverberated his aspirations as commander in chief. “It is very wonderful to see representation in the government because if I get to see another Black man be at the top, be at that pinnacle, then I want to follow that lead,” he added.