Obama: ‘I Would Distinguish Between American Society and American Politics’

OBAMA: “We are the strongest military, we have the most dynamic economy. The thing that’s going to hold us back is going to be us. And if we make good decisions, then we will continue to be not only the dominant power, but a benevolent force around the world.”
FRIEDMAN: “Are we making good decisions, though? Because I feel — and I look at Washington from abroad — it feels like we kick around this country like it’s a football. And it’s not a football. It’s actually a Faberge egg. I mean, we can drop it, we can break it. I mean, enough dysfunction on all these core issues that you’ve talked about. And that’s what I worry about, because I feel like so many times we’re saying to the world, do as we say, not as we do, not like we used to.”
OBAMA: “I would distinguish between American society and American politics. The truth is that countries should continue to do as we do. We still set a pretty darn good example.”