| Donald J. Trump |
WASHINGTON - Trump backs away from attack on election protesters. Donald Trump has backed away from an attack on demonstrators who have launched two nights of protests against his election, praising their “passion” and vowing to bring the country together as president. Mr Trump’s U-turn, written on Twitter in daybreak hours in New York, came nine hours after he lashed out at the demonstrators on the social media site, blaming the two nights of unrest on “professional protesters” egged on by the media.
Fresh from his first White House meeting with President Barack Obama on Thursday, the president-elect tweeted: “Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting. Very unfair!”The reversal by Mr Trump is an echo of tensions that arose during his presidential campaign, where top aides struggled to keep the candidate on-message and constrain his angrier outbursts. Financial Times.