BERLIN // Offering some pointed foreign policy advice to his successor, US president Barack Obama expressed hope on Thursday that his succesor, Donald Trump, will stand up to Russia when it deviates from American “values and international norms”. Mr Obama, in a joint news conference with German chancellor Angela Merkel during his final presidential visit to Germany, said that while he does not expect Mr Trump to “follow exactly our blueprint or our approach” he is hopeful that the president-elect will pursue constructive policies that defend democratic values and the rule of law.He said Mr Trump shouldn’t “simply take a …read more
Source: The National
