President Obama assembled the press today to give an update on the fight against the Islamic State. As he concluded his prepared statements, however, the president announced that although he hadn’t planned on it, he would stick around to take a couple of questions.
Obama as he walks out in response to questions: "I wasn't even planning to do that! Ya'll got two bonus questions!"
— Aaron Mehta (@AaronMehta) July 6, 2015
Obama just told press corps, "You guys just got two bonus questions," after statement. Wasn't planning on answering Qs. So generous!
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) July 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/CalebHowe/status/618155111991394305
That went so well, who knows? It might become a regular thing.
"You guys got two bonus questions!" – @POTUS, after unplanned post-statement mini-Q&A. How about a real press conference on a regular basis?
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) July 6, 2015
Our only wish is that this could have been one of the two questions:
So which is going best: the war to stop Isis, the reset with Russia, the new Libya, or the all-options-on-table to stop Iran nuclear bomb?
— David Frum (@davidfrum) July 6, 2015