George H.W. Bush: “It signifies pretty good strength. It also shows he's a pretty good prognosticator or predictor because he sat there in…”

“It signifies pretty good strength. It also shows he's a pretty good prognosticator or predictor because he sat there in great confidence and told me without any arrogance, with confidence in his own ability, ``I will be the next Prime Minister.'' And I reminded him of that a few minutes ago. And yes, sure enough, he was just correct. But it says a lot about the viability of Turkish democracy because we work closely with the government in Turkey. I'm not knocking the previous government. I'm simply saying this good man has been elected, and he has my full cooperation and the cooperation of the United States Government. And that's U.S.-Turkish relationship at its best. Thank you all very much. Note: The exchange began at 11:02 a.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. During the exchange, the President referred to Manfred Woerner, Secretary General of NATO.”