Barack Obama: “It should be a balance of some smart cuts in programs that don't work.”

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

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

It is a decision about how do we face and embrace this finite amount of time we have on the planet.

The effort, he said, “should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views.”