{"id":44687,"date":"2016-10-12T11:41:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T18:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=44687"},"modified":"2016-10-12T11:41:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T18:41:17","slug":"president-obama-the-trek-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2016\/10\/president-obama-the-trek-fan\/","title":{"rendered":"President Obama The Trek Fan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>President Obama<\/strong> spoke about<em> Star Trek<\/em> and what the show means to him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Absolutely,&#8221; he said, when asked if he was a <em>Star Trek<\/em> fan. &#8220;I was a sucker for<em> Star Trek<\/em> when I was a kid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The show endured, said Obama, because of its stories. &#8220;What made the show I think lasting,&#8221; he said, &#8220;was it wasn&#8217;t actually just about technology. 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