President Barack Obama took questions from reporters today during his visit at the G7 summit in Japan, but appeared annoyed when he was asked about Hillary Clintonâs emails instead of his trip to Asia.
After speaking at length about presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and the Democratic primary fight, Obama took an additional question.
âAs a special bonus, Iâm going to take one more question,â Obama said, motioning to a reporter.
But when the reporter asked about the State Departmentâs inspector general report criticizing Hillary Clintonâs email practices, Obama appeared grumpy, calling into question her trustworthiness. He was also asked about Clintonâs refusal to release the transcripts of her speeches to Wall Street.
âOK. You know what, I take it back, Iâm not taking another question,â Obama said, smiling weakly. âWeâre in Japan, donât we have something in Asia that we want to talk about? Iâll be talking about this in Washington the whole time.â
Obama dismissed both questions as campaign related issues, referring them to Clintonâs campaign.
âDuring the course of a primary, people say what they think might help them get some votes,â he said, âOnce the campaign is over they move on.â
Earlier in the press conference, Obama spoke at length about the ongoing primary fight between Sanders and Hillary.
âItâs been my view to let this play out, let voters make up their minds,â Obama said. âDuring primaries people get a little grumpy with each other.â
Obama recalled his own experience in 2008, citing a âbuildup of aggravationâ as the process got closer to a finish.
âFor the most part, thereâs not that big a difference ideologically in terms of the issues,â citing affordable college, universal health care, and raising taxes. âThe differences are primarily tactical.â
He appeared confident that Democrats could unite by the time of the Democratic convention in July.
âTheyâre both good people, I know them both well, and I think itâs important to try to end this in a way that leaves both sides proud of what theyâve done,â he said.
He dismissed every bit of news conflict and poll as âday to day choppinessâ but admitted that the eventual nominee probably wished the campaign was over. He said that it was also difficult for candidates to argue and fight with members of their own party.
âWould it be nice if everybody was immediately unified and singing kumbaya and whoever the nominee ended up being could just take a nice two week vacation to recharge?â he asked. âAbsolutely.â
Source: Breitbart