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Jeffrey Goldbery, The Atlantic: How Obama Views the Men and Women Who (Also) Rule the World
A rough guide to the president’s relationships with other leaders
During the course of reporting on the Obama administration’s foreign and defense policies over the past several years, I’ve gained a certain level of insight into its frustrations, proclivities, and predispositions in the international arena. President Obama himself is famously transactional when it comes to relations with other leaders; in my new article on his foreign policy, I make note of his strong belief that countries tend to act in what their leaders perceive to be their core interests, and I’ve come to see that Obama doesn’t place enormous value in the notion that well-developed personal relationships between leaders could ever trump the cold-eyed pursuit of those interests. Nevertheless, he has intense relationships with many world leaders—and he has become, in his last years as president, a mentor to a handful of important new ones.
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WNU Editor: What would be more interesting is a post on how other world leaders view President Obama. Case in point .... Russian President Putin On President Obama: 'He's A Child .... He's A Child'.
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Jeffery is going for the Olympic gold in apologia's here.
"Obama a Petulant 'Man-Child' Who Can't Stand Opposition" - Rush
Putin is right.
Rush is right.
... Obama never grew up.
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