Barack Obama: “We can't have the best rail lines and the best airports built in China or Singapore.”

The success of this experiment was never a given.

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

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…

It shows me somebody who’s not focused on the American people and the job they’re supposed to do.