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发帖数: 1402 | 1 看看这个民主党的总统是怎么说的，这就是明代的党争在美利坚重现。
President Obama, speaking at a press conference in Germany, passed up the
opportunity Thursday to tamp down the anti-Donald Trump protests back home -
- urging those taking part not to remain "silent."
The president fielded a question on the protests during a joint news
conference in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"I suspect that there’s not a president in our history that hasn’t been
subject to these protests," he answered. "So, I would not advise people who
feel strongly or who are concerned about some of the issues that have been
raised during the course of the campaign, I wouldn’t advise them to be
silent."
He added: “Voting matters, organizing matters and being informed on the
issues matter.”
Protests have broken out in cities across the country since Trump's upset
victory last Tuesday. Some have been peaceful, but there have been incidents
of violence -- and a demonstration last Thursday in Portland escalated into
a destructive riot.
Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway repeatedly has called for Obama to
speak out on the unrest.
“I am calling for responsibility and decency. I hope President Obama says,
‘Cut it out,'" she told "Fox News Sunday."
Obama, though, so far has not done so, speaking mostly in generalities.
"Whenever you have got an incoming president of the other side, particularly
after a bitter election like this, it takes a while for people to reconcile
themselves with that new reality. Hopefully, it's a reminder that elections
matter and voting counts," he told reporters on Monday.
Asked about the president’s reaction to those carrying “He’s Not My
President” signs, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the freedom
to protest should be “exercised without violence” but that “it's not
surprising that people are disappointed in the outcome, but it's important
for us to remember, a day or two after the election, that we're Democrats
and Republicans, but we're Americans and patriots first.”
While he expressed cautious optimism Thursday that Trump would be an ally to
Europe, Obama advised the president-elect to avoid simply taking “a
realpolitik approach” with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Obama also suggested Trump not “cut deals when convenient,” and he urged
him to stand up to Putin when Russia’s values "differ from international
norms."
Obama also argued social media can erode a democracy, after a campaign in
which the candidates' Twitter accounts -- especially Trump's -- acted as
their own broadcasting outlets.
“If we are not serious about facts and what is true and what is not.
Particularly in an age of social media when people are getting their
information in soundbites and snippets ... if we cannot discriminate between
serious arguments and propaganda, then we have problems,” he said. |
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