Obama says he based decisions on ‘facts, reason and logic’

(Jason DeCrow | AP file photo) In this 2018 file photo, former President Barack Obama accepts the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award at a ceremony. Obama spoke in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. But he made several comments that seemed to allude to the state of the country and the Trump administration.

Obama says he felt confident in difficult decisions he had to make because he surrounded himself with smart people who didn’t always agree with him, and based choices on “facts and reason and logic.”