Anti-Trump "riot" in Oregon
Several thousand opponents of Donald Trump, harnessed to the formation of his team, demonstrated Thursday for the second consecutive day against his election to the White House, the police evoking a "riot" in Oregon.
The continuation of these demonstrations contrasts with the desire for appeasement displayed the day after the election by the Republican and the outgoing Democratic President, Barack Obama.
In a tweet, Donald Trump attacked the media, accused of fueling tensions. After "a successful and very open presidential election", "professional demonstrators, encouraged by the media" oppose the result, which is "very unfair", he denounced.
In a second message, he mentions "small groups of demonstrators" who show "passion for our great country". “We will all come together and be proud,” he said.
According to police, a demonstration in Portland, Oregon, marked by "dangerous and criminal behavior" degenerated into "a riot". According to TV channel footage, protesters threw projectiles at law enforcement and vandalized shops.
Among the protesters opposed to Donald Trump, 70, taking office in January are many young people and students.
In Baltimore, near Washington, some 300 people gathered. "I did not elect hatred for the presidency", one could read on the signs. “Not my president! Chanted the demonstrators.
On the west coast, traditionally Democratic, in addition to Oregon, several hundred students also demonstrated in San Francisco and Los Angeles where some brandished signs affirming: "Love crushes hatred". Rallies have also been reported in New York, Chicago, Denver or Dallas.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday rejected the "crazy idea" that false information on his social network could have contributed to Trump's victory.
First international contacts
Officially, no meeting was scheduled for Friday for Donald Trump, who had his first telephone contacts with world leaders.
He invited British Prime Minister Theresa May, responsible for implementing the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, to visit him "as soon as possible". A meeting with the head of the Japanese government Shinzo Abe is also planned for next week.
After a conciliatory speech upon his election, the Republican gave Thursday a strong sign of his willingness to don his presidential costume during his first one-on-one meeting with outgoing Democrat Barack Obama.
“It was a great honor to be with you,” said in a very calm, almost intimidated tone, the real estate mogul who has, for years, fueled a campaign of rumors implicating Barack Obama was American. Later, he even spoke of a "good chemistry" with President Obama.
The latter evoked "an excellent conversation" with the man whom he repeated, in campaign, that he represented a threat to American democracy. “We want to do whatever we can to help you succeed,” he added.
In addition to the constitution of his team, the businessman who was never elected and had gone alone to the conquest of power, must also by January ally the caciques of the Republican party which controls Congress.
His election and the political earthquake it provoked clearly removed the reservations that some had expressed about the style and speech of a candidate regularly accused of xenophobia and sexism.
"I hope everyone has seen this presidential Donald Trump, whom we knew from the start that he would be up to the job," Republican President Reince Priebus told CNN. According to media reports, he could be part of the future Trump administration.
The 45th US President, who will officially take office on January 20, met the two men who will be responsible for transforming his program into laws: Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader.
The surprise election of Donald Trump, carried by the anger of elites feeling ignored by elites and threatened by globalization, shattered the dreams of Democrat Hillary Clinton, given the all-poll winner, of becoming the first woman to accede to the presidency.
It also threatens the record of Barack Obama (climate, health insurance, free trade ...) whose popularity is, cruel paradox for him, at the highest.
Once the astonishment passed, the stock market quickly regained its senses, while investors were still worried last week at the idea of a Trump presidency: the Dow Jones broke a record Thursday on Wall Street.
Canada and Mexico have expressed their readiness to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Donald Trump pleaded during his campaign for a return to more protectionism in the United States, repeatedly referring to a renegotiation, even an abrogation, of NAFTA.
