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“I should have anticipated the optics,” President Obama said of his decision, and its ensuing backlash, to go golfing minutes after his remarks following the beheading of American journalist James Foley.
Appearing on Meet the Press, President Obama said vacation or recreation lends itself to “the possibility of a jarring contrast, given the world’s news [because] there’s always going to be some tough news somewhere,” quipping that he wouldn’t mind a vacation from the press as a whole at some point.
Nonetheless, his role as the president requires him to engage in political theater, which President Obama said he has struggled with during his time in Washington. “It’s not something that comes naturally to me, but it matters, and I’m mindful of that,” he said.