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."


Film at 11..... 🤔




Refresh my memory, Obama did what when Russia took Crimea..?? 😕

Yea. Trump should be more like Obama not less.

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Is that where I was going..??

Well you want Trump to cut deals with pootie right?

if needed.... Syria will prolly be the test... I'm real curious what's gonna happen there... 😟

So is Obama admitting that it wasn't racism when people opposed him?
Because that's a new take.
Brand new.

I dunno.... he did say he would take it as a personal insult if a black dude voted for Trump tho... not sure if that's racist or not... 😟

When did the Dixie Chicks add a fiddler?

Trump? He says he was against the war too. He wasn't, because it would have gotten the same response the Dixie chicks got, but that's beside the point.

Talk about missing the point...the Dixie Chick's had to leave the country to find an audience that would pay them to play. Once there they decided to bash on a sitting President.

The Kenyan King just couldn't wait till January.

Quite the false argument there teedubya

I thought you guys would like that one

I thought you were serious and didn't want to hurt your feelings... 😟

That said anti-Iraq war position that got the Dixie chicks in trouble is now the mainstream Republican position and a little bit of revisionist history on Trumps part puts them in the same boat as them.

but Hillary voted for the war too right..?? seems like it was the style at the time... 😟

Nice double down.

It was disrespecting the POTUS in the context of THAT moment with the utter lack of thoughtful reasoning.

AND they weren't in the US.

Hillary was wrong too drafter.

I get the context Z. The primary reason was the war however.

I'd still hit them though.

If Hillary was wrong.. I don't wanna be right.... 😟

wait.. what.. 🤔 🤔