Presidents have to learn how to adapt. Every president comes into the job, it's different than they expect, they must adapt.
John S. DickersonWhy should anybody who doesn't like Donald Trump think, oh, well, I should think he is legitimate now?
John S. DickersonFor the last 60 years, dictator Fidel Castro was America's most persistent adversary. Although Castro formally handed off to his brother, Raul, eight years ago, the communist leader was a symbolic force in Cuba and around the world.
John S. DickersonMr. Obama said that he personally told Mr. Putin to knock it off and vows to retaliate. But the Obama presidency is coming to an end and his successor still won't accept that Russia is guilty of tampering with U.S. elections. But president-elect Donald Trump is accepting the thanks of those who voted for him.
John S. DickersonThe country is split. There are - more people voting for Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump, but he's the president.
John S. DickersonI think the people marching in L.A., on college campuses around the country, aren't marching simply because Trump was a Republican president and he got elected. They're marching because the Trump campaign is very much centered on demagogic rhetoric against immigrants, against Muslim-Americans, against black protest, against sort of America's non-white community.
John S. Dickerson