President Barack Obama has warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to stand up to Russia if the country does not follow American “values and international norms.”
Obama made his comments at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Thursday as fears grow that Trump will grow increasingly close with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Obama said that Trump should not just “cut some deals” with Russia when it was convenient.
He said that while he did not expect his successor to “follow exactly our blueprint or our approach,” he hoped that Trump would continue to defend the values of …read more
Source: Newsweek
