President Obama sat down with Trevor Noah for a wide-ranging interview that kicked off, naturally, with the Daily Show host asking about Russia.
The president talked about how the intel community has been looking into this for a few months now, saying, “None of this should be a big surprise. This was reported on before the election.”
But as the interview continued, it became clear Obama couldn’t quite comprehend how Hillary Clinton‘s emails became the dominant topic of conversation in the election:
“What is it about our political ecosystem, what is it about the state of our democracy where the leaks of what were frankly not very interesting emails that didn’t have any explosive information in them… ended up being an obsession, and the fact that the Russians were doing this was not an obsession?”
He said the emails were “fairly routine” but they got “breathless coverage” and were “depicted as somehow damning in all sorts of ways,” lamenting how emails overshadowed every single big policy issue.
Trevor’s interview with POTUS will air on Comedy Central Africa this Tuesday at 21h00 on DSTV.
NoJokesComedy: Staff Reporter
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