Former FBI director James Comey said in the ABC interview that aired Sunday he believes the United States will be tested like it hasn't been in a long time during President Trump's time in office, but Americans will put the country back on the right track.

"The strength of this country is that we're going to outlast it. That there will be damage to that norm. But I liken President Trump in the book to a forest fire. Going to do tremendous damage. Going to damage those important norms. But a forest fire gives healthy things a chance to grow that had no chance before that fire," he said.

When asked how to put out that fire, Comey said the first step is asserting that norms are important.

“We put it out first by not becoming numbed to the fact that the truth is being assailed every day,” Comey said when asked how to put out the Trump forest fire.

The fired FBI director said the strength of the U.S. is what will outlast the Trump administration, that will not escape without damage to the norms.

Comey also said people need to get involved by voicing their opinions and concerns in the way they vote.

“The American people need to stand up in the public square and in the voting booth and say, ‘Look, we disagree about an awful lot. But we have in common something that matters enormously to this country. And our leaders must reflect those values,’” Comey told ABC in his first television interview since Trump fired him last year.