Barack Obama held his year end press conference before going on his mult-week vacation in Hawaii.
During the presser Obama admitted his spoke with and joked with Raul Castro, the communist tyrant from Cuba.
Obama spoke about his conversation with tyrant Raul Castro.
My opening comments took about 15 minutes which is an awful long time on the phone. At the end of that he said, “Mr. President, you’re still a young man.” I apologized for taking such a long time before we engaged in a conversation. You’re still a young man and you still have a chance to break Fidel’s record which is seven hours straight… And then President Castro delivered his own opening remarks which lasted twice as long as mine. And, I said, “It obviously runs in the family.”
Obama says apologized to Raul Casro for opening remarks lasting 15 minutes. Castro said dont worry you're still a young man, 1/2
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) December 19, 2014
His brother fidel once spoke for 7 hours.
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) December 19, 2014
Raul Castro said, “President Obama deserves respect and recognition.”