ATHENS: US President Barack Obama flew into Athens on his final foreign trip to Europe Wednesday, seeking to calm the nerves of allies concerned by Donald Trump's surprise presidential election victory.

With Europeans worried by Trump's downplaying of the importance of the NATO alliance, Obama pointedly told Greek daily Kathimerini before his visit that Washington had to resist the "urge" of isolationism.

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