“By the time I became president, I think something very valuable had happened and I think this was a hard learned lesson from Vietnam,” Obama replied.
Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama went for a joy ride in the singer’s vintage Corvette on the latest episode of their Renegades podcast on Monday (8 March).
Through the loss of my friends and my own experience, you know, ah it was… the loss of innocence.”
The former president, who grew up in the unpopular war’s aftermath, responded by sharing his memories around how Vietnam reverberated through history.