The 54-year-old outgoing president revealed during the casual Q & A session with Bill Simmons, 'I would've enjoyed campaigning against Trump' (Republican front-runner) - 'that would've been fun'.
On his smoking habit:
"I made a promise that once health care passed, I would never have a cigarette again. And I have not."
On current state of race relations in America.
"The challenge of Ferguson and all issues related to police shootings, race, and the criminal-justice system is that in order to actually get something done, you have to build consensus. Expressing simple outrage without follow-up is often counterproductive. In the case of Ferguson, I’m the attorney general’s boss. If I chime in with a strong opinion about what’s happened, not only do I stand to potentially damage subsequent law-enforcement cases, but immediately you get blowback and backlash that may make people less open to listening. What was different in Charleston was the clarity of what happened—that allowed, I think, everybody to be open to it."
For more on Obama's full interview visit GQ
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