Barack Obama

And I say all that because I think that –

I think the majority – the vast majority of Americans I still – I think still believe in that creed, that sense of unity, that sense of a shared narrative.

But it's not reinforced a lot in the media and that's where we get back to this whole issue of social media.

You don't hear –

That sense of what we have in common, except during the Super Bowl and a couple other – maybe during the Olympics.

Forbearance, I think, is the formal term that political science use.

You have to put up with folks.

That's right.

As long as they're not actively hurting you, you've got to put up with them.

And you can battle them and ultimately it gets sorted out in politics and the winners get to

move their agenda forward and the losers lick their wounds and come back later.

But there's always that sense of, yeah, but we're not going to call each other vermin.

And we're not going to try to crush you if you lose.

We're not going to target you.

Well, and look, that's the thing that –

I spend a lot of time talking to younger leaders about this.

There's no simple solution to it, but I will say that part of what a liberal democracy requires is an acceptance of partial victory and not perfection.

When I was in the White House, I'd sit around

on any issue with my cabinet or my staff, senior staff, and we'd go around analyzing everything.

And at some point, I'd say, all right, I think I've got all the information.