Obama wins battle with fly

US President Barack Obama, annoyed by a fly during a television interview at the White House, took matters into his own hands by killing it.

Obama told the persistent fly: “Get out of here.”

But it did not.

So Obama waited for the fly to settle and then smacked the fly dead at the first attempt.

Without missing a beat, the president said to CNBC correspondent John Harwood: “Now, where were we?

“That was pretty impressive, wasn’t it? I got the sucker.”

The camera crew was still rolling in the East Room.

Obama didn’t mind. He pointed to the vanquished insect on the floor and said: “You want to film that?”