President Barack Obama said that the United States would remain the world's "indispensable" power and that President-elect Donald Trump had told him he was committed to NATO.
"In my conversations with the President-elect, he expressed a great interest in maintaining our core strategic relationships," Obama said, adding that he had a message from Trump to pass on to world leaders he will meet this week.
"There is no weakening of resolve when it comes to maintaining a strong and robust NATO relationship," Obama said.
Obama took questions from reporters before leaving on the final scheduled international trip of his presidency -- to Greece, Germany and Peru. Watch CNN coverage.
On Republicans’ election victories, Obama said the Democratic Party has “better ideas” but that “good ideas don’t matter if people don’t hear them.”
"I think it's a healthy thing for the Democratic Party to go through some reflection,” Obama said.
He encouraged Trump to reach out to women and minorities who were concerned about the tenor of the campaign.
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