Press Quizzes Obama On Trump Election - Full News Conference
2,488 views · Published 15 November 2016 · 1:04:13 · Indexed 23 September 2026
Channel: The Uptake by Bridgemakers · 2016 · News & Politics
President Barack Obama spends most of a news conference answering questions about President-Elect Donald Trump. Obama did not criticize Trump, instead giving him space. "I also think that he is coming to this office with fewer set hard-and-fast policy prescriptions than a lot of other Presidents might be arriving with. I don't think he is ideological. I think ultimately he’s pragmatic in that way. And that can serve him well, as long as he’s got good people around him and he has a clear sense of direction. "Do I have concerns? Absolutely. Of course, I’ve got concerns. He and I differ on a whole bunch of issues. But the federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat, it’s an ocean liner -- as I discovered when I came into office. It took a lot of really hard work for us to make significant policy changes -- even in our first two years, when we had larger majorities than Mr. Trump will enjoy when he comes into office."
