Debt, not Trump, is focus of Obama's talks in Greece
Source: USA Today
ATHENS — Americans have had seven days to come to terms with the election of Donald Trump as president. The Greeks have been dealing with their debt crisis for seven years.
But the meeting of President Obama and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipris was so focused on the debt crisis that Trump didn't come up until the end of their joint press conference in Athens Tuesday.
"To be honest, I know very little of Donald Trump," Tsipris said, though he noted Trump's reputation for "his aggressive manner and the manner in which he defended some unconventional points of view."
"Some have told me that I should have read his book before going to bargain in Brussels," the headquarters of the European Union. He confessed that he didn't read The Art of the Deal "but I don’t know if that was decisive to the result."
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