![]() The second reason I said I was running was to rebuild the economy from the middle out and the bottom up, because when that happens, everybody does well. And we stood for things that were of - of conscious concern for others. I said, “The first reason I’m running is to restore the soul of this country.”Īnd Jon Meacham wrote a book about the soul of America, about restoring the soul, a sense of decency, who we are, what we stand for. But I came back to make the case.Īnd I ran on three principles that even my - my good friends and my staff were - thought maybe weren’t able to be conveyed very well. I didn’t want to run again, didn’t want to be engaged. And - and the President was asked, “Well, what do you think happened down there?” And he said, “Well, there were very good people on both sides.”Īnd that’s when I decided I had to get engaged, had to get back out, because I - my son had just passed. And in the process, I’ve talked to her mom. Because remember when the - down in Charlottesville, Virginia, and there was - toward the end of the - the beginning of the last President’s campaign, and they asked - these - all of a sudden, coming out of the woods in the fields, literally carrying torches - lighted torches, were hundreds of people who were singing and chanting the same antisemitic bile that was chanted in - in Germany in the early ‘30s, and accompanied by the Ku Klux Klan.Īnd a young woman was killed. THE PRESIDENT: I indicated I was running for three reasons. You know, we’ve - when I announced the first time, I said I was running for. ![]() I’m convinced if we work together, there’s not a damn thing we can’t get done. But we just haven’t focused much - very much in the last four or five years in terms of focusing on what we need to do. And we can do anything we set our mind to. President, by others as “the ugly Americans”: We think we can do anything. One of the reasons why we’re always referred to, Mr. In one word…” - the Gov has heard me say this before - “In one word: possibilities. I mean, in over - they keep mec- meticulous records - 82 hours’ worth just he and I, 60-some of it in person.Īnd we were in the Tibetan Plateau, and he said, “Can you define America for me?” And I said, “Yes, I can. And I - I come at this reelection thinking about what I was as- I was asked by Xi Jinping - I’ve spent a lot of hours with him over the last 12 years. You know, I’ve met a lot of world leaders. (Laughter.)Īnd, look, you know, all of you being here, I don’t know why you’d ever leave here. (Laughter.) We both - we both married way above our station. And I can’t thank you for your friendship - I can’t thank you enough.Īnd as I’ve told you many times, I don’t know how the hell you got her, but you’re a good man. And, Gov, I tell you what, we - I tell you what: I - it’s amazing the job you do. Stephanie and Mark, thanks for welcoming me into your home. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you, thank you. 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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