Obama: Trump Has to Appreciate that He Can’t Manage the Gov’t Like a Family Business

STEPHANOPOULOS: "You— you’ve talked to the president-elect Trump now several times over the course of this transition. What have you tried to impress on him about the job?"
OBAMA: "Well, as I’ve said before, the— the conversations have been cordial. He has been open to suggestions, and the main thing that I’ve tried to transmit is that there’s a different between governing and campaigning, so that what he has to appreciate is as soon as you walk into this office after you’ve been sworn in, you’re now in charge of the largest organization on Earth. You can’t manage it the way you would manage a family business. You can’t manage it the way you would manage a Senate office. I— I was a senator before I became president. And so you have to have a strong team around you. You have to have respect for institutions and the process to make good decisions because you are inherently reliant on other folks."