Why did POTUS say that he had never been asked about bringing Gen. Flynn back into his administration?

At the news conference on 4/27, OAN asked POTUS if there is any reason he would not bring Flynn back into his admin if he's fully exonerated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfyjTZfCYxs (46:29 start) (embed)

Then, when asked the again on 4/30, he said, "it's something that nobody's asked me but you're asking me for the first time…"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIL2JjGuemc (34:12 start)

I realize there's a slight difference in the questions, but POTUS still seemed to emphasize that it was the first time he'd been asked.

Ep. 1240 It’s Worse Than We Thought - The Dan Bongino Show® - 4/30/20

Flynn was going to expose Obama's Iran deal, his failures in Afghanistan, his use of politics in intelligence to target political enemies…

Flynn was public enemy no. 1, he had to go down…

Obama starts sniffing out that this is going to come out.

And he knows Flynn is going to be the Paul Revere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iayPQ8S5wlU (30:17 start)