President Obama Says Donald Trump May Have ‘Enough Craziness’ to Be President

U.S. President Barack Obama is interviewed by Vox at the Blair House on Jan. 6, 2017 in Washington, DC. The president discussed the future of Obamacare during a livestreamed broadcast. (Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images)

“The conversations have been cordial,” Obama said on ABC’s show on Sunday. “He has been open to suggestions, and the main thing that I’ve tried to transmit is that there’s a difference between governing and campaigning.”

Regarding Trump’s use of Twitter, Obama added: “Clearly this worked for him and it gives him a direct connection to a lot of the people that voted for him.”

“I’ve said to him, and I think others have said to him, that the day that he is the president of the United States, there are world capitals and financial markets and people all around the world who take really seriously what he says, and in a way that’s just not true before you’re actually sworn in as president.”

Trump will be sworn in as president on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, which is also Obama’s last day in office.