President Barack Obama gave a final goodbye to the nation Tuesday night in Chicago. Obama focused on the values of the democratic system and recollected the successes and setbacks the country has faced over the past eight years under his presidency.

Obama listed off the accomplishments of his presidency including the reversal of the recession, rebooting the auto industry, opening a new chapter with Cuba, shutting down Iran’s nuclear weapons program without firing a shot, taking out the mastermind of 9/11, winning marriage equality and and securing the right to health insurance for another 20 million American citizens. He stated that eight years ago, all of these tasks would have seemed impossible.

The president argued for progressive change, economic and gender equality, a strong social safety net, a health care system like the one set up under his Affordable Care Act, and a tax system that does not overly benefit the rich according to CNN.

In a week, America will watch as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office as the 45th president of the United States. Trump was only mentioned once in the speech when Obama remarked on the fact that he had assured Trump that he wanted it to be a smooth transition of power.

According to The New York Times, the president did contradict some stances Trump has made on issues like climate change and banning Muslims from the country. Obama rejects discrimination against Muslim Americans who he says are just as patriotic as other American citizens.

One of Obama’s final points was that democracy is only threatened when it is taken for granted. He suggested things that can be done to rebuild these democratic institutions, like making it easier to vote in a time where voting rates are the lowest, reducing the influence of money in politics and insisting on principles of transparency and ethics in public service. Obama reminded the audience that none of these changes can happen on their own, and that this rebuilding depends on every person to accept the responsibility of a citizen of the United States.

To wrap up his farewell address Obama asked one final thing as the President of the United States, the same thing he asked eight years ago. To believe, not in his ability to bring about change, but in the country’s.  At the inauguration next Friday, Trump’s ability to bring about this change will be tested as the nation watches over to see if he can make America great again.