And he brought along with him a presidential historian named Jon Meacham. When I - when I - when you - when you got me elected, and you did - when you got me elected, I walked in - I didn’t realize, even though I’d been in the Oval Office every day for eight years in a row, nine o’clock in the morning with Barack - I didn’t realize there was a requirement that the outgoing president be out of the office by 10 o’clock on the 20th and the incoming president could come in - I think it was at three or four o’clock.Īnd so I asked my brother, Jim, who has better taste than I do, to set up the office for me, from everything from picking the rug, to the desk, and that kind of thing. We’ve never walked away from it.Īnd - and so, I’ll tell you a quick story. And we’ve never fully lived up to it, but we’ve never in the past - since, I guess, way back in the Civil War - walked away from it. We’re - we’re based on an idea that we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal, et cetera. We’re in a situation where the vast majority of countries are formed based on ethnicity, on religion, on - on all things that don’t relate to anything other than an idea.
I mean, not that we’re better or worse, just unique. We’re uniquely a product of our political institutions, unlike any other nation. You know, we’re the most unique nation in the history of the world. It turns out, after that speech was over - for the next couple of weeks, it turned out there were over 65 percent of the American people registered, saying that they were concerned as well.
And I talked about that I thought democracy was at risk, and I defined what I thought democracy was.Īnd the press, understandably, was somewhat skeptical why the heck I was talking about democracy the way I did. You know, it is true that - I remember when I ran the first time, I made a speech at Independence Hall with - one night, with a whole - I don’t know how many people - five, six, seven hundred people. And I want to thank your family for all you’ve been willing to do and standing up and speaking out. THE PRESIDENT: Well, Shannon and Kev, thank you very, very much. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative.Office of Science and Technology Policy.Executive Offices Show submenu for “Executive Offices””.Administration Show submenu for “Administration””.
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