Barack Obama: “As I said earlier, Germany is one of our strongest allies.”

I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.

Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

A drift towards extremism was "not inevitable

And I will fight for that, even if I don’t always think it’s going to win.