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Barack Obama continued his media tour in promotion of his new memoir, 'A Promised Land,' on Sunday's '60 Minutes,' where he revealed the meaning behind the book's title and expressed regret for keeping quiet about Trump for so long.

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00:00You know, I think that there has been this sense over the last several years that literally anything goes.

00:09Former President Barack Obama revealed the meaning behind the title of his new book

00:13and his advice to President Trump in a new interview with 60 Minutes.

00:17The former president revealed that the book title, A Promised Land, is indicative of his hope for the country,

00:22saying, even though we may not get there in our lifetimes,

00:25even if we experience hardships and disappointments along the way,

00:28I at least still have faith we can create a more perfect union.

00:34Not a perfect union, but a more perfect union.

00:36In the interview, he also opened up about some parts of his book,

00:39including writing about wife Michelle Obama's objection to his decision to run for president way back when,

00:44when she said, as he writes in the book, the answer is no.

00:47When asked why he still chose to run despite her objections, he noted it was a legitimate question,

00:52saying that his presidential run came after a series of other races,

00:55including his successful run for U.S. Senate and his failed run for Congress two years before that.

01:01Not to mention, they had two young daughters, and Michelle was working full-time.

01:05Over time, she made a conclusion,

01:07I shouldn't stand in the way of this.

01:08She did so grudgingly, and the fact that I ended up winning didn't necessarily alleviate her frustrations,

01:13because the toll it takes on families is real.

01:15The fact that she put up with it and forgave me,

01:18it was an act of grace that I'm grateful for, and I'm not sure I deserved it.

01:22Obama also wrote about his last day as president in his book,

01:24where he revealed that he left a note to Trump that read in part,

01:28We are just temporary occupants of this office.

01:30It's up to us to leave the instruments of our democracy at least as strong as we found them.

01:35However, he notes in the book that he felt like he was leaving the presidency

01:38in the hands of someone diametrically opposed to everything we stood for.

01:42I don't see him as the cause for our divisions and the problems with our government.

01:48I think he's an accelerant, but they preceded him and sadly are going to likely outlast him.

01:56As for his advice to Trump, Obama noted that the former doesn't like to lose and never admits loss,

02:01but he said that he should concede and refrain from making any more accusations about voter fraud without evidence.

02:07A president is a public servant. They are temporary occupants of the office by design.

02:13And when your time is up, then it is your job to put the country first

02:16and think beyond your own ego, your own interests, and your own disappointments.

02:20My advice to President Trump is if you want at this late stage in the game

02:25to be remembered as somebody who put country first, it's time for you to do the same thing.

02:31A promised land hits bookshelves on November 17th.

02:34For more on this interview, head to THR.com.

02:36For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.

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