President Obama encourages Trump protesters and eggs on young voters to engage

President Obama refused to speak down anti-Trump protesters on Thursday, talking at a press convention in Berlin (above) 

President Obama inspired Trump protesters on Thursday and even appeared to egg on younger voters into changing into extra politically engaged. 

In a snub of pleas made by President-elect Trump's camp to place an finish to the unrest, President Obama advised a press convention in Berlin he had no intention of quietening the crowds. 

'I would not advise them to be silent,' he mentioned in response to a query about anti-Trump protests and riots which have unleashed chaos in a number of states because the election.

As a substitute, President Obama advised 'younger individuals' to not take without any consideration their political freedom and urged them to be concerned not solely when they're disgruntled. 

'One of many nice issues about our democracy is it  expresses itself in all types of the way and that features individuals protesting. 

'I've been the topic of protests, through the course of my eight years and I believe there's not a president in our historical past that in some unspecified time in the future hasn't been topic to those protests.  

'I'd not advise individuals who really feel strongly or are involved about some of the problems which were raised over the course of the marketing campaign... I would not advise them to be silent.'  

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Protesters have taken to the streets of their hundreds since Trump's shock election win on November 9 

In Portland, Oregon, police resorted to utilizing tear fuel and flash grenades to regulate the offended crowds 

President-elect Trump has been largely holed up in Trump Tower, his Manhattan residence, since his win 

He as an alternative inspired voters to take a extra withstanding place and be dedicated to points on a regular basis quite than simply when an election returns an undesirable outcome. 

'My most necessary recommendation is to know what are the foundations of a wholesome democracy and the way we now have to interact in citizenship repeatedly, not simply when one thing upsets us. 

'Not simply when there's an election or when a problem pops up for a couple of weeks.' 

Earlier, he implored protesters and younger voters to understand the liberty they must voice their considerations.

'What I persistently say to younger individuals, I say it in america however I'll say it in Germany and throughout Europe, is don't take without any consideration our methods of presidency and our lifestyle. 

Trump's marketing campaign supervisor Kellyanne Conway final week pleaded with President Obama to place an finish to the protests 

'I feel there's a tendency, as a result of we now have lived in an period that has been largely secure and peaceable at the least in advances international locations, the place dwelling requirements have typically gone up, there's I feel an inclination to imagine that that is all the time the case and it isn't.' 

He went on to take goal on the 'social media age' the place actual info is troublesome to decipher from 'propaganda'. 

President Obama additionally hinted on the nasty tone of this yr's election, amongst each candidates and voters, which he mentioned threatened the rules of democracy.  

'If we will not discriminate between critical arguments and propaganda then we now have issues.'  

His feedback fly within the face of Donald Trump's marketing campaign supervisor Kellyanne Conway who earlier this week pleaded with the President to place an finish to the protests. 

1000's have revolted in opposition to President-elect Trump's shock election win, piling on to streets in various states. 

Most protests have been peaceable nonetheless some in Portland, Oregon, and Oakland, California, bred aggression. 

Crowds smashed retailer fronts and police automobile home windows in some instances and needed to be managed with tear fuel and flash grenades by cops in riot squads.

'I'm calling for duty and decency. I hope President Obama says, "Minimize it out,"' she advised Fox Information Sunday. 

President Obama made the feedback throughout a joint press convention with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Thursday 

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