Barack Obamais usually considered to be a pretty mild-mannered guy, but don’t mistake his diplomacy for passivity.

“What he knew was, ‘I can hurt you by saying this.’

I remember I popped him in the face and broke his nose…

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It was just reactive; I said, ‘What?!’

and I popped him.

He was like, ‘Why’d you do that?’

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“That is a fact.

And that’s still part of our DNA that’s passed on.

We’re not cured of it.”

Obama added that he is hopeful about the future.

“And that’s within our grasp, it’s available to us.”