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Mr Obama addressed a White House news conference on Monday before leaving for Greece
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Modern Greece may also have some interesting lessons for the
outgoing president. The recent global wave of populism had its
beginnings in this country when the left-wing Syriza movement came
to power in January 2015. The party's leader, Alexis Tsipras,
promised to tear down a corrupt system. But almost two years on,
Mr Tsipras finds himself carrying out many of the policies he had
campaigned against.
Mr Obama may have little clue as to whether or not his own
successor will follow a similar path. But he can expect to spend
much of his time in Athens explaining and even defending the
motivations of president-elect Trump.
The Greek authorities are concerned that leftist movements may try
to disrupt the president's visit. For that reason, security around Mr
Obama is expected to be even tighter than usual.
Mr Obama said that in last Thursday's White House meeting with his
successor, he had urged Mr Trump to send "some signals of unity"
after the bruising election battle.
"I did say to him, as I've said publicly, that because of the nature of
the campaign and the bitterness and ferocity of the campaign, it's
really important to try to send some signals of unity, and to reach out
to minority groups or women or others that were concerned about
the tenor of the campaign," he said.
Mr Obama said he "absolutely" had concerns about Mr Trump but
urged his fellow Democrats to accept the result and "recognise that
that is how democracy works".
In another development, the Kremlin said on Monday that President
Vladimir Putin had spoken by phone to Mr Trump and agreed to work
with him towards improving relations between the two countries. Mr
Trump has repeatedly praised the Russian president, describing him
as a stronger leader than Barack Obama.
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