Here endeth the lesson....

Honestly, was that so hard?

On Thursday, he called on the press and public to “just listen to what he says and follow up and ask questions about what appear to be either contradictory or uninformed or outright wacky ideas."

Obama cautioned that this particularly unusual election cycle shouldn’t “normalize” “behavior that in normal times we would consider completely unacceptable and outrageous.”

“People start thinking that we should be grading on a curve,” Obama added. “When you speak, it should actually reflect thought-out policy that you can implement.”

And if anyone can watch the "interview" between Trump and Lauer and find any reflection of "thought-out policy that you can implement" in Trump's responses.......