Some of his deepest disappointments concern Middle Eastern leaders themselves. Benjamin Netanyahu is in his own category...Other leaders also frustrate him immensely...Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the president of Turkey...King Abdullah II of Jordan.
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Obama has always had a fondness for pragmatic, emotionally contained technocrats, telling aides, “If only everyone could be like the Scandinavians, this would all be easy.” [STEREOTYPE! STEREOTYPE! lol]
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Obama has always had a fondness for pragmatic, emotionally contained technocrats, telling aides, “If only everyone could be like the Scandinavians, this would all be easy.” [STEREOTYPE! STEREOTYPE! lol]