Speaking out against the automatic spending cuts set to take effect next month, President Barack Obama said he has realized “you can’t do things by yourself” as America’s leader.
“The one thing about being president is, after four years, you get pretty humbled. You’d think maybe you wouldn’t, but actually you become more humble. You realize what you don’t know. You realize, you know, all the mistakes you make,” he said, speaking in Newport News, Va.
“But you also realize you can’t do things by yourself. That’s not how our system works. You’ve got to have the help and the goodwill of Congress, and what that means is you’ve got to make sure that constituents of members of Congress are putting some pressure on them, making sure they’re doing the right thing, putting an end to some of these political games.”