Washington (CNN) Barack Obama used his departing words as President Wednesday to offer an assured -- if not entirely optimistic -- outlook for a country governed by Donald Trump. "At my core I think we're going to be OK," Obama said as he concluded his final news conference at the White House. "We just have to fight for it, work for it, and not take it for granted." "I know that you will help us do that," he told reporters assembled in the White House briefing room. If the message was still hopeful, it was a sharp downgrade from the grand visions of progressive change that propelled Obama to the presidency eight years ago.George W. Bush held his final news conference a week before leaving officeA CNN/ORC poll showed 60% of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama is doing
He said once _ gets into office and is hit with the intricate details of governing, his thinking might shift on issues such as Obamacare and jobs. He said the greatest advice he could give -- and has given -- to _, is to rely on others around him.