World | Egypt protests Mubarak: I Want to Leave but I Can't He tells ABC he fears even worse chaos would ensue By John Johnson Posted Feb 3, 2011 2:04 PM CST Copied A wounded anti-government protester holds up his bloodied hand. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Hosni Mubarak tells ABC's Christiane Amanpour that he's tired of being president and would like to resign immediately, but fears Egypt would sink into even worse chaos if he did. Other early highlights from the interview: On the violence: He insists his government isn't responsible and blames the Muslim Brotherhood. "I was very unhappy about yesterday," he said. "I do not want to see Egyptians fighting each other." On the US: He called President Obama a good man, but said he told him, "You don't understand the Egyptian culture and what would happen if I step down now." Amanpour says he "wavered" when asked if he felt betrayed by the US, but the full response isn't up yet. About the shouts against him: "I don't care what people say about me. Right now I care about my country, I care about Egypt." Succession: He reiterated that he never intended that his son Gamal (who was present during the interview) would succeed him. Read These Next Kristi Noem won't like this Wall Street Journal exposé. Au pair struck a deal to walk free in murder case. She got 10 years. Jeanine Pirro is suing her own hometown after she fell in the street. Jimmy Fallon's pasta sauces are now kaput thanks to Epstein files. Report an error