Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161227:04:04:00
And clearly what he was suggesting in this discussion was that didn't happen in this campaign, and the result was a donald trump victory. >> you're very close to president obama. you talked to him about his personality. also why he's become the politician and the man that he is. you call him a friend. going back 25 years. helped him in the senate, presidential campaigns. i just wonder as you speak with him in this interview and elsewhere how personally did the president take the results of this election? >> it was interesting because it was almost -- i almost was watching him puzzle through th...