12/21/2008
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"Try sitting behind his desk and making these decisions. You know it, both of you know it, they know it. I'm not bad at what I do. It doesn't mean I never make a mistake, I do, but I'm making those dec..."
"Oh, it wasn't -- look, GDP still grew. Look at the response to the markets, overwhelmingly positive, overwhelmingly positive."
"I was also the guy that expanded NATO. I'm the guy that put NATO together. I'm the guy that shut Putin down. Who's going to be able to hold NATO together like me?"
"I know I will respect the limits of the president's powers, I have for three and a half years, but any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law."