ESPN host Pat McAfee explained his reasoning for conducting a friendly interview with Donald Trump on Tuesday.

The former NFL punter, who was airing his Veterans Day show from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Parris Island, South Carolina, clapped for Trump as he introduced the 79-year-old president. And McAfee laughed along with him at points during their 22-minute interview.

Immediately after, McAfee, 38, addressed the “people that are going to mad about that happening.”

“It’s the president of the United States. It’s Veterans Day. He’s the commander in chief,” he explained. “Obviously if we have the opportunity to talk to him, we’re going to. And he is hilarious.”

McAfee said that he had also contacted former President Barack Obama to see if he was interested in coming on the show,

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