Secretary of State John Kerry talked about running for president again. Though the comment appeared to be lighthearted, it comes less than a week after the once-inevitable Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, was trounced in the New Hampshire primary.
Kerry made the joke in Germany over the weekend, where he was speaking at the Munich Security Conference.
“Thank you, Wolfgang. Thank you very much. Well, Wolfgang, thank you for reminding me that everything I’m doing now is a last,” Kerry said as he began his remarks, thanking the chairman of the conference, Wolfgang Ischinger.
“It’s a little – depending on what I decide to do, so maybe not,” Kerry said, alluding to a possible run. The audience laughed.
“I am really happy to be back in Munich and I’m very happy to share thoughts with this, the 52nd edition of the Security Conference.”
State Department spokesman John Kirby told the Wall Street Journal that Kerry was just having “a little fun.”
“He’s focused on his job at Foggy Bottom,” Kirby told the Wall Street Journal. “And as you know, he serves at the pleasure of the president.”
