Speaking on the issue of Hillary Clinton using a private email server to conduct her correspondence while secretary of state, President Barack Obama said that though Clinton had made a "mistake," it had not created any "national security problem."
"She made a mistake. She has acknowledged it. I do think that the way it's been ginned up is in part because of politics. 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 said in an interview reports Fox News.
When asked by interviewer Steve Kroft if Obama shared Bill Clinton's view that the email controversy "wasn't a big deal," Obama was circumspect. "It is important for her to answer these questions to the satisfaction of the American public. And they can make their own judgment. I can tell you that this is not a situation in which America's national security was endangered," he said, according to CNN.
Discussing the upcoming presidential nominations, Obama described Donald Trump as "the classic reality TV character" and a "great publicity-seeker." He continued by saying that "I don't think he'll end up being president of the United States," on Trump's chances of getting elected, reports Business Insider.
Moving on to his vice-president, Joe Biden, Obama refused to comment on whether Biden should join the race.
"If you're sitting right next to the president in every meeting and, you know, wrestling with these issues, I'm sure that for him, he's saying to himself, "I could do a really good job,'" was all he said, according to Business Insider.
Of his own chances of winning a third term as President, if it were allowed, Obama had a simple, single word reply, "Yes."
