Putin endorsed fellow bully Vladimir Trump!
Mr. Goldberg, you're confusing that: Thomas Hobbes wrote that Donald Trump is "nasty, brutish, and short-fingered, not Putin."
But, Obama told me, Putin is not particularly nasty.
WHAT ABOUT BRUTISH AND SHORT?! He is short.
“The truth is, actually, Putin, in all of our meetings, is scrupulously polite, very frank.
“The truth is, actually, Putin, in all of our meetings, is scrupulously polite, very frank.
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. You have previously stated that Putin sat in meetings with you "like a spoiled child." AND, hold on here, Mr. President, even if Putin is polite in meetings what does that have to do with the price of tea in China? Mao was polite and frank with Nixon and Kissinger. He was a BRUTISH DICTATOR! A MURDERER!
Our meetings are very businesslike. He never keeps me waiting two hours like he does a bunch of these other folks.”
He never keeps me waiting...
Obama said that Putin believes his relationship with the U.S. is more important than Americans tend to think. “He’s constantly interested in being seen as our peer
That is true.
and as working with us, because he’s not completely stupid.
Well...
He understands that Russia’s overall position in the world is significantly diminished.
Dude, he has greater standing in China, Egypt and Syria now than before you took office. Agree? You cannot disagree with that Mr. President, he DOES, that is FACT.
And the fact that he invades Crimea or is trying to prop up Assad doesn’t suddenly make him a player.
Putin's not a player in Syria. Okay! We now return control of your television set to you.
You don’t see him in any of these meetings out here helping to shape the agenda.
I have a scheduler who sets my agenda for me.
For that matter, there’s not a G20 meeting where the Russians set the agenda around any of the issues that are important.”
Barack, would you schedule a meeting for me?
