One of President Obama’s closest advisors revealed today Donald Trump’s victory came as a shock to the administration.

Senior advisor Valerie Jarrett spoke to Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown and said Trump’s win was “soul crushing” to Obama’s White House.

“We were surprised by the outcome of the election, it was kind of a, I’m not sure what the right analogy would be, like a punch in the stomach, let’s say,” Jarrett said.

“Soul crushing might be another description,” she added, as the audience of women began to chuckle.

Jarrett also said, “The president has been clear with us, our number 1 priority, other than finishing up the business that we have left to do before January 20th, is to ensure a smooth and orderly transition.”

She went on to compliment George W. Bush and his team for how they helped hand over power to Obama.

“They were terrific and so we want to make sure — part of what we should pride ourselves about our democracy — that we do everything possible to prepare for that smooth transition,” she said.

She added the mood is a lot better today than it was the day after the election.

This, of course, was the scene that day:

Obama staff on verge of tears as #PresidentElectTrump arrives at the White House yesterday #Trump2016 #TrumpPence16 pic.twitter.com/oUssLic85Z — THE NEW RIGHT (@The_NewRight) November 11, 2016