a very long time is they would love him whether he won or lost. that, he found, was grounding for him as he went through these very challenging eight years. >> david axelrod, thanks very much. >> happy holidays. >> you can listen to the rest of that conversation between axelrod and the president by downloading "the axe files" podcast from cnn.com. and as we said, donald trump gave his response tweeting it out a short time ago. "president obama," he wrote, "said he thinks he would have won against me. he shouldn't say that, but i say no way! jobs leaving, isis, ocare, et cetera." a short time later he threw in this jab -- the world was gloomy before i won. there was no hope. now the market is up nearly 10% and christmas spending is over a trillion dollar. on that note, let's bring in the political panel. political strategist, angela rye. trump supporter and contributor to "the hill," kayleigh mcenany. matt lewis, senior contributor at "the daily caller."