The last two years have been so long that this reference feels ancient

But well played.

Nah, it's all Star Trek's fault that Obama was president.

See, Star Trek Voyager wasn't very good. To boost it's sagging ratings, they hired the perky (pun intended) Jeri Ryan to play Seven of Nine. Jeri's successful career put more stress on her already troubled marriage to Republican senator Jack Ryan. It exploded in a very messy divorce. The details of which were made public during his Jack's reelection campaign forcing him to withdraw. One Barack Obama would then go from the underdog in the campaign to the easy winner. A former cog in Chicago machine politics was now on the forefront of American politics.