Name: President Obama Delivers a Statement
Uploaded: 2016-12-06T16:09:56.000Z
Duration: 9 min 19 s
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The President: Good afternoon, everybody.

Yesterday, before votes were tallied, I shot a video that

some of you may have seen in which I said to the American

people: Regardless of which side you were on in the

election, regardless of whether your candidate won

or lost, the sun would come up in the morning.

And that is one bit of prognosticating that

I had a chance to talk to President-elect Trump last

night -- about 3:30 in the morning, I think it was --

to congratulate him on winning the election.

And I had a chance to invite him to come to the White

House tomorrow to talk about making sure that there is a

successful transition between our presidencies.

Now, it is no secret that the President-elect and I

have some pretty significant differences.

But remember, eight years ago, President Bush and I

But President Bush's team could not have been more

professional or more gracious in making sure we

had a smooth transition so that we could hit the

And one thing you realize quickly in this job is that

the presidency, and the vice presidency, is bigger than

So I have instructed my team to follow the example that

President Bush's team set eight years ago, and work as

hard as we can to make sure that this is a successful

transition for the President-elect -- because

we are now all rooting for his success in uniting and

The peaceful transition of power is one of the

And over the next few months, we are going to show

I also had a chance last night to speak with

Secretary Clinton, and I just had a chance to hear

She was an outstanding senator for the state of

And she could not have been a better Secretary of State.

Her candidacy and nomination was historic and sends a

message to our daughters all across the country that they

can achieve at the highest levels of politics.

And I am absolutely confident that she and

President Clinton will continue to do great work

for people here in the United States and all around

Now, everybody is sad when their side loses

But the day after, we have to remember that we're

We all want what's best for this country.

That's what I heard in Mr. Trump's remarks last night.

That's what I heard when I spoke to him directly.

That's what the country needs -- a sense of unity; a

institutions, our way of life, rule of law; and a

I hope that he maintains that spirit throughout this

transition, and I certainly hope that's how his

I also told my team today to keep their heads up, because

the remarkable work that they have done day in, day

out -- often without a lot of fanfare, often without a

lot of attention -- work in agencies, work in obscure

areas of policy that make government run better and

make it more responsive, and make it more efficient, and

it's actually helping more people -- that remarkable

work has left the next President with a stronger,

better country than the one that existed eight years ago.

So win or lose in this election, that was always

And everyone on my team should be extraordinarily

proud of everything that they have done, and so

should all the Americans that I've had a chance to

meet all across this country who do the hard work of

building on that progress every single day.

Teachers in schools, doctors in the ER clinic, small

businesses putting their all into starting something up,

making sure they're treating their employees well.

All the important work that's done by moms and dads

and families and congregations in every state.

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President Obama Delivers a Statement

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