Obama: Russia Is Just A ‘Regional Power.’ Nuke In Manhattan Is A Bigger Threat -- Washington Post
At a news conference with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, President Obama was asked if he agreed with Mitt Romney's assessment during the 2012 presidential campaign that Russia is America's biggest geopolitical foe.
Instead, Obama poked at Russia, downplaying its influence on the world stage.
"Russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors not out of strength but out of weakness," Obama said.
Russia's actions are a problem, but they're not what the U.S. worries about the most.
"They don’t pose the number one national security threat to the United States," Obama said. "I continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security of the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in Manhattan."
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President Obama Is More Concerned About The Prospect Of A Nuclear Weapon Going Off In Manhattan Than Russia
OBAMA: I'm More Worried About A Nuke Hitting Manhattan Than I Am About Russia -- Business Insider
Obama: I'm Concerned About a Loose Nuke Being Detonated in Manhattan -- Weekly Standard
President Obama: I’m More Concerned About A Nuke In New York Than Russia -- Buzz Feed
Obama: Russia Is 'A Regional Power,' Not Top Geopolitical Foe -- NBC
My Comment: The President's comments on his worries of a nuclear weapon going off in Manhattan is at the end of the above video.
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