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Why Donald Trump and Barack Obama are suddenly talking about aliens

Poynter · Maria Briceño · last updated

A viral Obama podcast answer about aliens prompted Trump to accuse him of revealing secrets and promise to release UFO files

President Donald Trump said Thursday he will direct multiple U.S. government agencies to declassify files related to aliens and UFOs.

The move came five days after former President Barack Obama sparked interest in the topic by saying aliens are real.

Obama made the comments in a Feb. 14 interview with political commentator and podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen, who asked Obama a lightning round of questions, including whether aliens are real. Obama’s answer in the affirmative quickly went viral on social media.

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