Last Wednesday, the White House released a longer version of Mr Obama's birth certificate to answer some Republicans, including Mr Trump, who claim he was not native-born and therefore ineligible to be president, with the president himself giving a short speech blasting "carnival barkers" who refuse to let the issue die.
Mr Trump has seized on the issue while testing the waters for a possible 2012 run for the Republican presidential nomination. Mr Obama is running for re-election with the Democrats next year.
"Donald Trump is here tonight. And I know that he's taken some flak lately. But no-one is happier, no-one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than 'The Donald'," said Mr Obama, using Mr Trump's nickname.
"And that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter. Like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?" Mr Obama added, drawing laughs and applause.
Roswell refers to an incident in the vicinity of Roswell, New Mexico, where, according to some theories, an object that crashed in 1947 was an extra-terrestrial spacecraft carrying alien occupants. Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur were rap stars whose deaths are the subject of continuing controversy.
Mr Obama suggested that Mr Trump's biggest decisions typically involve the sackings he dishes out on his reality television show Celebrity Apprentice, such as when he dumped actor Gary Busey last week, while keeping singer Meat Loaf.
"These are the kinds of decisions that would keep me up at night," Mr Obama deadpanned. "Well handled, sir. Well handled."
Trump grinned, pursing his lips and looking uncomfortable.
"I think we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience," Mr Obama said of Mr Trump, drawing laughs.
"Say what you want about Mr Trump," the president added. "He certainly would bring change to the White House."
Big video screens in the ballroom then flashed an image of what was labelled "Trump, The White House," spoofing the businessman's practice of naming buildings after himself.
It portrayed a hotel-casino-golf course with bikini-clad girls frolicking in a fountain, and the white columns replaced by gold ones.
Mr Trump's mood worsened as comedian Seth Meyers picked up where Mr Obama left off.
"Donald Trump often talks about running as a Republican, which is surprising," said the Saturday Night Live actor. "I just assumed he was running as a joke."
Mr Trump has made a series of controversial comments as he mulls a presidential campaign and attacked Mr Obama and other US political leaders in a profanity-laced speech in Las Vegas last week, calling them "stupid".
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