Even though I'm president of the United States, my power is not limitless. So I can't dive down there and plug the hole. I can't suck it up with a straw. All I can do is make sure that I put honest, hard-working smart people in place … to implement this thing.


Radio interview, Grand Isle, LA, June 11, 2010. - 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (April 2010)

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Even though I'm president of the United States, my power is not limitless. So I can't dive down there and plug the hole. I can't suck it up with a...

Even though I'm president of the United States, my power is not limitless. So I can't dive down there and plug the hole. I can't suck it up with a...

Even though I'm president of the United States, my power is not limitless. So I can't dive down there and plug the hole. I can't suck it up with a...

Even though I'm president of the United States, my power is not limitless. So I can't dive down there and plug the hole. I can't suck it up with a...