Is the President Too Fearful to Let Him Adlib?

A staffer dressed up as the easter bunny literally pulled the president from having a conversation about afghanistan. Never seen such a moment where the presid bisie pulled away and not allowed to answer a question about a policy thing. And it's happened in the aftermath of several moments where the president said something a usually about security or the world, and then a few days or hours later, his chief spokeswoman the white house or the pentagon had to retract what he said.