Barack Obama: “This is where we are right now. It's a racial stalemate we've been stuck in for years.”

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.

We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse…

And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.