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I prefer leaders who DON'T kiss tyrant's asses... (Original Post)
kpete
Jul 2017
OP
GOP presidents tend to get awfully friendly with despots who throw money at them.
sandensea
Jul 2017
#8
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)1. I have never seen a picture like that of two world leaders
Obama looks like he is about to throw Putin against the wall.
Atticus
(15,124 posts)3. Quite a contrast to today when Trump's lipstick is all over "Pooty's" ass.
Obama demonstrated that you don't have to "pack" or spew profanities and threats in order to be a "man" and it continues to enrage and embarrass wingnuts.
sandensea
(21,620 posts)8. GOP presidents tend to get awfully friendly with despots who throw money at them.
Poppy with Saudi Prince "Bandar Bush"
Dubya and King Abdullah. Both profited very handsomely from the Iraq invasion.
orangecrush
(19,510 posts)4. Same here
Great photo.
Thanks!
dweller
(23,625 posts)5. so stealing this meme
to post on my FB ... credit to you kpete 👍🏻
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)6. I LOVE that picture.
IIRC, Obama said, "knock it off."
OUR PRESIDENT.
Of all the great Obama pics,this is one of my favorites. He stood STRONG, for US.
THANKS, OBAMA.💖
thanks for this!
C Moon
(12,212 posts)7. That picture in and of itself tells us Trump has got something going with that ahole.
Response to kpete (Original post)
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Skittles
(153,138 posts)10. he is looking at him like he is a bug in a jar
too bad he dropped the ball on the Russia hacking
Putin WON HIS PRIZE
cwydro
(51,308 posts)12. Yes he did.
It sickens me.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)11. Obama was a man. And a force to be reckoned with.
Trump is a pathetic little baby-man and will roll over whenever his Russian overlord commands.
dalton99a
(81,432 posts)13. A real American president.