President Trump during an interview that aired Monday praised congressional Republicans as "great people."

"They're friends of mine, they're really special people, whether it's Freedom Caucus or Tuesday or Thursday or let's go have a drink, that group," the president said during an interview on "CBS This Morning."

"They're great people, I know them all. And I can honestly say, a lot of them, I can honestly say I don't dislike any of them. I like almost all of them a lot."

The Republican Party has now become the governing party, the president added.

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"Before, it didn't matter. They could vote no. It wouldn't matter because President Obama was going veto everything and they didn't have the Senate," he said.

"Now we have the Senate, the House, and the White House. But these are great people. And I think you're going to see the Republican Party really come together."