Just because Iran and Syria may recognize Assad's weaknesses doesn't necessarily mean that Assad recognizes his weaknesses.

I've got a pen, and I've got a phone, and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive action. I've got a pen to talk executive actions where congress won't. Where congress isn't acting, I'll act on my own. I have got a pen and I got a phone. And that is all I need.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal.

I do not want two classes of citizens in this country. I want everybody to prosper. That's going to be a top priority.

We've seen those results in generations of Muslim immigrants - farmers and factory workers, helping to lay the railroads and build our cities, the Muslim innovators who helped build some of our highest skyscrapers and who helped unlock the secrets of our universe.

On issues like Ukraine, on issues like Syria, we've had very significant differences [with Russia].