On “Small Business Saturday,” at the Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama joked to his oldest daughter Malia that “Meet the Press” host and “Stranger” author Chuck Todd was “sad.”

When the president was paying for his purchases he spotted the new book about his presidency and joked, “Oh, Chuck Todd! Let’s see what Chuck has to say here!”

Malia said, “How is he writing a book already? Sad.”

Obama agreed saying,  “He’s just sad,” 

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