President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE is expressing concern about what he has heard during his intelligence briefings on global threats.

"I've had a lot of briefings that are very … I don't want to say 'scary,' because I'll solve the problems," he said in an interview with Axios.

"But … we have some big enemies out there in this country and we have some very big enemies — very big and, in some cases, strong enemies."

He also talked about the importance of making the right decisions while in office.

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"You also realize that you've got to get it right," Trump said, "because a mistake would be very, very costly in so many different ways."

The president-elect also told the news outlet he prefers his briefings to be short.