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Quiet time and writing: Obama plots new chapter

By Reuters in Washington | China Daily | Updated: 2017-01-20 07:54

President hopes to copy Bush and give successor space to govern

He is ready for some quiet time, plans to do some writing and intends to give his successor space to govern, at least on most issues.

US President Barack Obama gave some insight into his vision for life after the White House during a final news conference on Wednesday in which he praised the role of a free press and shared personal reflections on how his daughters had dealt with the results of the 2016 election.

Obama and his family will leave for Palm Springs, California, on Friday after the inauguration of Republican Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States.

"I want to be quiet a little bit and not hear myself talk so darn much," said Obama, 55, who wants to write a book during his first year out of office and spend time with his family.

Obama, a Democrat who made history in 2008 when he was elected the country's first black president, has said repeatedly he appreciated the example set by his predecessor, Republican George W. Bush, who steadfastly refrained from weighing in publicly with his views after leaving the Oval Office.

Hope, resilience

But Obama made clear there were some issues on which he would not hesitate to speak out - issues "where I think our core values may be at stake", like new obstacles to voting, "institutional efforts to silence dissent or the press" and any push to deport undocumented people who were brought to the United States as children.

In 2012, Obama said his administration would allow people brought to the US illegally by their parents to remain in the country on temporary authorizations that allow them to attend college and work - one of the executive actions on immigration that Trump has pledged to undo.

"The notion that we would just arbitrarily or because of politics punish those kids, when they didn't do anything wrong themselves, I think would be something that would merit me speaking out," Obama said.

The Obamas will live in Washington, where Sasha, 15, is finishing high school. Malia, 18, has been accepted to Harvard University but is taking a "gap year" break before starting this autumn.

The president and his wife, Michelle Obama, campaigned hard for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton last year. The first lady, in particular, made an impassioned case for Clinton, her husband's first secretary of state, after a leaked recording showed Trump talking openly about groping women.

Obama said his daughters did not "mope" or feel cynical after the loss.

"They were disappointed. They paid attention to what their mom said during the campaign and believed it because it's consistent with what we've tried to teach them in our household," Obama said.

"But what we've also tried to teach them is resilience, and we've tried to teach them hope, and that the only thing that is the end of the world is the end of the world."

 Quiet time and writing: Obama plots new chapter

US President Barack Obama walks away after his final presidential news conference in Washington on Wednesday.Pablo Monsivais / Associated Press

 Quiet time and writing: Obama plots new chapter

Workers put the finishing touches to a waxwork of US president-elect Donald Trump in London on Wednesday.Neil Hall / Reuters

Quiet time and writing: Obama plots new chapter

(China Daily 01/20/2017 page12)

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