Obama making the statement at his last press conference in office credited himself a pass in regards to two times tenure as President.
“I am very proud of the work I’ve done. I think I’m a better president now than when I started,” Obama said.
The President made know the challenges encountered in the beginning which were tackled.
President Obama recalled past economic situation as at 2009 when he first came into power.
“As I was preparing to take office, the unemployment rate was on its way to 10 per cent. Today it is at 4.6 per cent, the lowest in nearly a decade.”
The success of the Obama administration in eradicating the leader of the Al Qaeda group Osama Bin Laden, noting that 165,000 troops were assigned on the mission.
The president affirmed his achievements and noted the need for the incoming government to put in maximum effort to the achievement of a greater nation.
“What I can say with confidence is that what we’ve done works. That I can prove.
Obama warned Trump that there was a difference between campaigning and being President, adding it was a reality that Trump has yet to embrace.
Obama recalled the number of uninsured people from his first year in office till date. Notwithstanding his efforts work is still needed to get 100% of people insured.
“When I came into office, 44 million people were uninsured. Today, we have covered more than 20 million of them. For the first time in our history, more than 90 per cent of Americans are insured.”
“I can show you where we were in 2008 and I can show you where we are now. And you can’t argue that we are not better off. We are,” the two-term U.S. president said.
He said: “I think there is a sobering process when you walk into the Oval Office,” Obama said.
“What the President-elect is going to be doing is going to be very different than what I was doing and I think people will be able to compare and contrast and make judgments about what worked for the American people.”
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