white house that has a relationship to the truth that is unbefitting of our country. the other sort of latent thing we re talking about whether we take him literally or seriously is how dangerous he is. honestly, we are going to look back at this moment and ask how much backbone we all had at this moment. are we going to follow those in his party like romney and ryan and cruz who frankly ended up putting their love of power ahead of their love of country, or are we going to have the backbone to stand up for our neighbors who are under threat right now and stand up for our constitution and our values and the planet? let me say one word about the foreign policy aspects of this. that is why you have a national security adviser, whether it s steve hadly, sandy berger, who was the national security adviser, tony like, thake, heret your defense secretary wants, here is what i believe, if you want. these are the risks and benefits. if you want to change china policy, accept this phone call.
leaders around the world. he has been briefed. those have been courtesy conversations. but it s all part and parcel of beginning the kinds of relationships that will allow our new president to advance america s interests in the world. where are we on secretary of state? when donald trump did the thank you tour, there was chants of no romney. what did he make of that? is mitt romney still a top tier candidate for secretary of state? i think what people are seeing in the transition, which is moving it s outpacing all of his predecessors for the last 40 years. to be around donald trump as you know, having known him for a number of years, is to be around a man of boundless energy from literally the day after the election. historical election where he won 30 out of 50 states, more counties than any candidate on our side since ronald reagan. we went right to work. my job, chairing the transition, has been to bring together the broadest range of men and women with diverse backgrounds fo
the idea that donald trump doesn t have a mandate after he got 100 more electoral votes than mitt romney, he got 306, it wasn t close. he won states that had not gone republican in decades. had this been a race for the popular vote, we would have won that, too. mr. trump would have campaigned in california, in new york, stayed in florida, gone to illinois perhaps. these population raich states. we did what you are supposed to do to become president. campaign in the battleground states, actually have an economic message that appealed to workers across the country, actually talk about patriotism, defeating radical islamism, people open their mailbox, they see premium increases. the idea he doesn t have a mandate when they lost the white house 60 seats in the house, over a dozen senate seats, over a dozen governorships and over 1,000 state legislative seats, this is democratic party is having an identity crisis and a circular firing squad what i
receiving presidential daily briefs. we receive the formal daily briefings that come about during the course of the transition. and i know the president-elect has been briefed as he has been making the calls. i saw a report that during his transition, president obama reached out to 22 world leaders. president-elect trump has already spoken to more than 50 leaders around the world. he has bn iefed. those have been courtesy conversations. but it s all part and parcel of beginning the kinds of relationships that will allow our new president to advance america s interests in the world. where are we on secretary of state? when donald trump did the thank you tour in cincinnati, there were chants of no romney and what did he make of that? is mitt romney still a top tier candidate for secretary of state? i think what people are seeing in the transition, which
his party like romney and ryan and cruz who frankly ended up putting their love of power ahead of their love of country, or are we going to have the backbone to stand up for our neighbors who are under threat right now and stand up for our constitution and our values and the planet? let me say one word about the foreign policy aspects of this. that is why you have a national security adviser, whether it s vince scowcroft, steve hadley, sandy berger, tony lake, this is what the defense secretary wants, and this is what i believe, if you want. these are the risks and benefits. if you want to change china policy, accept this phone call. here is what s going to happen. you are being told, john bolton has written this is a great thing to do. but this will be the after affect. you now have to make that decision. that s the problem i m not sure that he is getting that kind of advice. more so than the literally