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Trump Election: US Presidency Not Family Business, Says Obama by Benikuuse(m): 12:26pm On Jan 10, 2017 |
US President Barack Obama says he has advised
his successor Donald Trump not to attempt to
run the White House “the way you would manage
a family business”.
In an interview with ABC News, Mr Obama said
that Mr Trump must “respect” US institutions.
“After you have been sworn in,” he said, “you
are now in charge of the largest organisation on
Earth”.
He warned that there was a difference between
governing and campaigning.
“There are world capitals and financial markets
and people all around the world who take really
seriously what he [Mr Trump] says,” Mr Obama
said.
Mr Obama also talked about the US intelligence
agency’s report into alleged cyber-attacks by
Russia and the attempt to influence the 2016 US
presidential campaign.
He said that he had “underestimated” the impact
of such attacks.
“I think that I underestimated the degree to
which, in this new information age, it is possible
for misinformation… and so forth to have an
impact on our open societies.”
He said that a conversation had taken place with
Mr Trump in which he had discussed the
importance of having faith in the intelligence
community.
“There are going to be times where the only
way you can make a good decision is if you have
confidence that the process is working,” he said.
Last week Mr Trump said he was a “big fan” of
intelligence agencies, after months of casting
doubt on the Russian link to the security breach.
But he later raised questions over how the
Democratic Party had responded to the cyber-
attacks.
“How and why are they so sure about hacking if
they never even requested an examination of the
computer servers? What is going on?” Mr Trump
asked in a tweet.
Mr Trump will be inaugurated on 20 January. |
Re: Trump Election: US Presidency Not Family Business, Says Obama by ckmayoca: 12:39pm On Jan 10, 2017 |
Yes oh. Not daura business oh. |
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