“He is, you know, the classic reality TV character, and at this early stage, it’s not surprising that he’s gotten a lot of attention”, Obama said of Trump in an interview.
Advertisement
The president did not identify the “we” arriving at such an impression.
Clinton’s email communications deemed work-related and devoid of classified information are being released publicly in whole or in part by the State Department on a rolling basis to comply with a federal judge’s order. The FBI’s focus is on the security of the information and its circulation via the Internet. “She has acknowledged it”, Obama said.
The issue has become a major distraction for Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and a flashpoint with Republicans.
Her private server was unprotected for more than three months between June and October 2013 before Clinton employees installed a “threat monitoring” product on the network to enhance its security. “He is a great publicity-seeker – and at a time when the Republican Party hasn’t really figured out what it’s for as opposed to what it’s against”, Obama said of Trump during an interview on CBS” “60 Minutes” program airing on Sunday night. “She made a mistake”. He said her evident reluctance to be transparent as the controversy escalated this spring served to complicate her bid for the White House, a fact she now concedes. Kroft asked the president if he echoed the assumption from Clinton & former president Bill Clinton in that the e-mail disagreement “wasn’t a huge deal”.
“I think she’d be the first to acknowledge that maybe she could have handled the original decision better and the disclosures more quickly”, Obama explained, adding that it is important for Clinton to answer questions about the controversy “to the satisfaction of the American public”.
Advertisement
When the president was asked if he believed he could win a third term if he were allowed to run again, he had a simple reply: “Yes”.
