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Obama Urges Americans to Give Trump “Room” to Adjust to Presidency

HeadlineNov 15, 2016

This comes as President Obama said he was encouraged by Donald Trump’s election night speech and urged Americans to give Trump the room and space to make his Cabinet appointments and to get adjusted to the White House.

President Barack Obama: “What I also discussed was the fact that I had been encouraged by his statements on election night about the need for unity and his interest in being the president for all people, and that how he staffs, the first steps he takes, the first impressions he makes, the reset that can happen after an election, all those things are important and should be thought about. And I think it’s important to give him the room and the space to do that.”

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