Obama stares down a war criminal

[u/lethargicwalrus2]

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[u/crankyticket]

Yes all very nice ... release the Epstein files.

[u/InAllThingsBalance → u/crankyticket]

Ummm…Obama cannot release the files.

[u/_The_Green_Witch_ → u/InAllThingsBalance]

No, No, they didn't mean Obama. They addressed the President of the United States, Vladimir Putin

[u/bilgetea → u/_The_Green_Witch_]

Thanks for making me cynically croak-laugh.

[u/Spamtickler → u/bilgetea]

And now, in my mind, you are The Penguin.

[u/Zefyrous → u/_The_Green_Witch_]

No no no, he is the vice president. Benjamin Netanyahu is the current president of the USA.

[u/ryan3797 → u/crankyticket]

Yeah not sure who your directing that towards

[u/2cats2hats → u/ryan3797]

Anyone reading who can release said files, that's who! :D

[u/CraigOpie → u/2cats2hats]

But there are no files. Nothing to see, except what filthy Obama and Hillary wrote, and what a hoax that is. There are no pedophiles, they don’t exist, never did exist. A lot of innocent people, mainly Trump, could be hurt by the hoax of information that we didn’t find; sure, Bill Clinton is in there too, but that Nasty Hillary doesn’t like him anyway. Cheese Pizza is great, by the way.

Disclaimer: This entire response is satire.

[u/2cats2hats → u/CraigOpie]

Let's just call them big beautiful files moving forward...the pedofuhrer will love this.

[u/eulersidentity1]

Ironically Putin probably actually respected Obama more for it. Instead now the president sucks off Putin and he probably just sees him as an object to be used and manipulated.

[u/apeekintonothing → u/eulersidentity1]

Alex, what is 'a bitch' for $500?

[u/Impossible_Depth_454 → u/apeekintonothing]

Trump final answer

[u/Alarming_Matter → u/Impossible_Depth_454]

What we are looking at here is the exact moment Putin realised that Russia would be better off with a weak, unintelligent, easy to manipulate potus.

[u/drgoatlord → u/Alarming_Matter]

Russia has had tacodick in their pocket for about 40 years now

[u/sharies → u/Impossible_Depth_454]

Sorry we're looking'TACO pedo'

[u/prince2lu → u/sharies]

Krasnov pedo

[u/slappadik → u/sharies]

ooooh sorry, the correct answer we're looking for What Is TACO Pedo

[u/Musk_bought_trump → u/sharies]

Tango taco tits

[u/Apprehensive_Fox4115 → u/sharies]

"Cankles McTacoTits"

[u/nugnug1226 → u/Impossible_Depth_454]

Ohhhh soooorry, the correct answer we were looking for is “what is Trump? But we would’ve also accepted “who is Trump” as well.

[u/LateralEntry → u/apeekintonothing]

There’s no $500 anymore, it’s increments of $200

[u/AhhTimmah → u/LateralEntry]

I’ll take, “what is a pedant” for $1600

[u/skellamans → u/AhhTimmah]

This type of poster would remark that answers are to be given in the form of a question, not board categories.

[u/mythrulznsfw → u/eulersidentity1]

The joint press conference in Helsinki (2018?) comes to mind.

Asked whether he thought Putin was behind the hacking attacks on the US, Trump replied that he “didn’t see how it could be.”

When criticized for his trusting Putin over his own intelligence agencies, Trump, in the ultimate act of spinelessness, said that he meant to say, “I didn’t see how it couldnt be Putin.”

Didn’t have the testicular fortitude to say it to Putin’s face, though. It’s all bravado, all theatre.

[u/asethskyr → u/mythrulznsfw]

He was having a lot of trouble not saying "my name is Reek" during that shit show of a press conference.

[u/IServeSatan → u/asethskyr]

Oh this would be a great meme ..

[u/Faiakishi → u/asethskyr]

Not even Theon deserves to be compared to the orange.

[u/TheRealMSteve → u/Faiakishi]

I'm with you on this. At least Theon had been broken and tortured into insanity. And he had a redemption arc.

[u/Faiakishi → u/TheRealMSteve]

It’s also understandable why he did the shitty things he did.

Like, I don’t agree but I understand.

[u/Turalyon135 → u/mythrulznsfw]

Just their facial expressions when they come out for that press conference.

Putin smiling like the proverbial cat that finally caught the proverbial canary

Trump looking like a dog that just got whipped for crapping on the carpet

[u/Less_Wealth5525 → u/Turalyon135]

Whereas Putin here looks like someone who realizes that he can’t put anything over on Obama.

[u/fgtoni → u/eulersidentity1]

But wouldn’t Trump end the war in one day, because, according to himself, he is respected?

[u/AtomicKittenz → u/fgtoni]

He also said he had the cure for cancer and wouldn’t release it unless he got reelected.

[u/fgtoni → u/AtomicKittenz]

First he has to unleash the Epstein files

[u/redonrust → u/fgtoni]

Russia, if you're listening, please release the Epstein files

[u/Time-Weekend-8611 → u/redonrust]

Nyet. Komrade Trump has more work to do.

[u/MooneyOne → u/redonrust]

He meant, “Oh, no. Please, don’t. Anything but that.”

[u/brighterside0 → u/fgtoni]

Instead he released the philes.

[u/IRMaschinen → u/eulersidentity1]

Obama was an adversary. Trump is just a tool.

[u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener → u/IRMaschinen]

In more ways than one.

[u/The_Cardboard_Cutout → u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener]

A multi tool? With no useful function.

[u/fieldsofanfieldroad → u/IRMaschinen]

We all know Trump is afraid of Putin. Big bitch energy.

[u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn → u/fieldsofanfieldroad]

He's not afraid of Putin. He's afraid of the kompromat Putin has on him. Donald J. Trump raped kids and Putin has proof. Anyone remember the "P tape?" (Well yeah and he's probably afraid of Putin.)

[u/SubstanceConscious51 → u/eulersidentity1]

It was interesting seeing the US with a respectable president for sure.

[u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener → u/SubstanceConscious51]

Iti was dumbfounded when I heard from someone I used to know that "the world finally respected us again" when Trump was elected and insisted that Obama wasn't respected on the international stage. Fucking Fox News induced brain rot.

[u/PiDicus_Rex → u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener]

On behalf of the rest of the world, your someone that you used to know, is an idiot.

Show them the photos of Tantrump leaving Melania to walk in the rain, compared to Obama holding an umbrella over Michelle while he gets soaked.

One is a clown with ego, the other is a Man showing Positive Masculinity.

[u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener → u/PiDicus_Rex]

Oh I agree. The world leaders literally laughed at Trump.

[u/ElenaKoslowski → u/PiDicus_Rex]

They will claim that Michelle is a man and shit on the table and claim victory.

The sooner we accept that these people are gone from our society, the better.

[u/Icy-Welcome-2469 → u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener]

Probably also racist. But of course Obama did wear a tan suit once.

[u/Sanjuro7880 → u/eulersidentity1]

I don’t know about that. In 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea Obama did fuck all about it. Don’t get me wrong. I loved Obama as president but that made the US and EU look weak.

[u/eulersidentity1 → u/Sanjuro7880]

True. I liked Obama. I think he’s the best president the US has had in decades, I’m Canadian btw. But I think he was also pretty flawed too. I think the bar has just gone so insanely low now it’s just gone into the sub basement and bellow.

[u/redsquizza → u/eulersidentity1]

IIRC, he didn't have the legislature, so anything meaningful he tried to pass got blocked.

I'm hoping the USA wakes up enough so that the mid-terms mean the second half of Trump's presidency gets similarly stymied in the houses.

Of course, I guess then Trump just goes full dictator, declaring congress and senate traitors and declaring himself dictator for life to restore a true America in his vision.

I'm not sure I'm even joking writing that at this point.

[u/Toothfairy51 → u/redsquizza]

Iirc, Moscow Mitch said that "we're going to do everything we can to make sure that Obama fails'. I'm paraphrasing, but yeah. Make sure the elected president fails and fuck whatever that looks like for the country.

[u/kingdead42 → u/redsquizza]

The problem is that even if the Democrats get Congress in the mid-terms, they'll have to be active in stopping Trump. It's not like he's using Congress to do all the shit he's doing now.

[u/_Damale_ → u/redsquizza]

That's probably plan B through K you're talking about right there.

[u/Sanjuro7880 → u/eulersidentity1]

It didn’t help that the GOP were racist fucks and stonewalled him at every turn.

[u/eulersidentity1 → u/Sanjuro7880]

100%. They treated him at times like a servant they want to fetch their drinks. It was disgusting to see. Course… that just accelerated it what the US has now :-(

[u/Tiny-Surround-7745 → u/eulersidentity1]

The whole “make him a one term president.” Racist Fucks.

[u/filipv → u/Sanjuro7880]

That's not exactly true. Russian Rouble never recovered from Crimea sanctions.

[u/outersqueeky → u/filipv]

I'm sure that devastated Russia. No way they would consider further expansion after such a tough blow to the F-ing ruble...

[u/Aqogora → u/outersqueeky]

It did, actually. It forced them into an overreliance on being a gas export economy, which has led them to become vulnerable to gas sanctions and Ukraine's relentless destruction of their energy infrastructure. Russia is paying very dearly for every kilometer of Russian soil. The Russian economy is beginning a downward spiral of collapse in the near future, and Putin's gamble now is if he can overrun Ukraine first, with the help of agent Krasnov. They take a few kms of bombed out fields, Ukraine retaliates with drone strokes on oil refineries. The Oil and gas industry is 1/3 of their GDP, and that's been reduced by around a quarter so far. Huge state owned corporations are defaulting on loans, interest rates are at 20% and climbing, consumer spending is at an all time low, and there's an extremely pessimistic outlook on the future of Russia - even if they win this war, these problems won't go away magically, and may in fact get worse once the unlimited military spending stops.

[u/eulen-spiegel → u/Sanjuro7880]

Wasn't there something about a red line? He then retroactively explained it away, but the perception of what he meant was all it counted. I think that statement (and not backing it up) was an error.

Using rose tinted glasses doesn't solve anything.

[u/GraXXoR → u/eulersidentity1]

It’s just a photo timing thing. The very next frame shows them smiling at each other.

Context folks. It’s a thing.

[u/sojuicy → u/GraXXoR]

Get out of of my internet with your so called facts and reasoning.

[u/TurdFerguson614 → u/GraXXoR]

Also both war criminals...

[u/Zaicheek → u/GraXXoR]

and the context of this photo was an engagement between two heads of state: this snapshot included. this moment mattered. the smiles also mattered. trivializing the cold look misses the point.

[u/pants_mcgee → u/Zaicheek]

A camera taking 20 pictures a second can capture any moment you want to push any narrative you want.

If you watch the video of their public interactions they are generally cordial and friendly, as one would expect. The only context of this photo is they are in the middle of shaking hands right before they smile at each other.

[u/mwa12345 → u/Zaicheek]

Hmm. Cold look can be because of a snapshot.

Not saying there wasn't tension...but snapshots can imply context that is the opposite of what a continuous video shows

[u/Dairy_Ashford → u/eulersidentity1]

Trump is trash but this is an overstatement and misframing, the entire "establishment" mishandled Putin, probably going back to George W. Bush.

[u/Guilty-Nobody998 → u/eulersidentity1]

If you look right below Putins right hand you can actually see the top of Donnies head.

[u/Actual-Employer-3255 → u/eulersidentity1]

Well maybe it’s because Putin doesn’t have video evidence of Obama raping children and getting golden showers.

[u/Earlier-Today → u/eulersidentity1]

Respected him so much he only invaded Ukraine the one time and stole Crimea while Obama's actions to punish Putin for that invasion were so effective that he was able to massively increase the number of Russian moles in Ukraine to stir up problems leading to yet another invasion which Ukraine is still dealing with.

But, hey - the cameras caught him giving Putin a look. That makes up for the massive betrayal of failing to uphold the treaty we had with Ukraine specifically about protecting them from invasion and the huge loss of lives.

[u/dr-tyrell → u/Earlier-Today]

Not one to do whataboutism, and not suggesting you are wrong in your statement. Just wanting to make sure you're not in the same breath suggesting Trump was tougher and more effective with Putin. We got the false promises, kissing up to Putin, the narratives and other facts on this matter regarding Trump which we can easily reference so it should be easy for you to say Trump was not effective with Putin.

[u/PermissionStrict1196]

[u/krombies → u/PermissionStrict1196]

What a terrible time to have eyes

[u/z4kk_DE → u/krombies]

MY EYES! MY BEAUTIFUL EYES!!!

[u/_Diskreet_ → u/z4kk_DE]

[u/Flip_d_Byrd → u/_Diskreet_]

[u/omenmedia → u/z4kk_DE]

[u/Vigilante17 → u/krombies]

Fucking glorious display of actual reality. It’s like a beautiful flower blooming in the first morning sun. Nothing can be truer.

[u/Cosmic_Surgery → u/krombies]

[u/s0methingrare → u/PermissionStrict1196]

Someone's grandma thinks this is real.

[u/fieldsofanfieldroad → u/s0methingrare]

I think this is real even though I know it isn't.

[u/itsjudemydude_ → u/fieldsofanfieldroad]

It's not real in composition, it's real in essence lmao

[u/Gilgalat → u/s0methingrare]

And that grandma will now be pro putin. Because trump is the best thing to happen to America since Reagan.

[u/Afrodite_33 → u/PermissionStrict1196]

Crazy how on top of kissing war criminals, Trump is also a disgusting pedo and was best friends with Epstein who's also a pedo.

[u/Nerevarine91 → u/Afrodite_33]

Don’t forget, there are also similar allegations regarding Putin. Maybe that’s what they bonded over

[u/AnnaKendrickPerkins → u/Nerevarine91]

I haven't heard about the allegations against Putin but Trump is trying to take over my country more than Putin is so fuck Trump.

[u/Nerevarine91 → u/AnnaKendrickPerkins]

The Russian dissident and naturalized British citizen Alexander Litvinenko alleged that Putin was a child molester shortly before being assassinated by Russian intelligence officers .

And yeah, fuck Trump.

[u/Aware-Sympathy-1180 → u/PermissionStrict1196]

And yet seventy million Amerikkkans loves him for it.

[u/ButtholeSurfur → u/PermissionStrict1196]

Fake! No tongue.

[u/shitnotalkforyours18 → u/PermissionStrict1196]

Two war criminals are kissing.

[u/CyberPrime_ → u/PermissionStrict1196]

Now that’s my president!

[u/dkcyw → u/PermissionStrict1196]

so gay

[u/TwoOk5044]

We used to be a society

[u/agangofoldwomen → u/TwoOk5044]

Now we got near trillionaires, pedo president, congress making podcasts, AI making all the art, climate worsening, brain rot, secret police rounding up civilians, and all the while everyone is just walking around in their pajamas.

[u/TortelliniSalad → u/agangofoldwomen]

To be fair we’ve had brain rot, people walking around in their pajamas, and the climate worsening for at LEAST 20 years now

[u/BodaciousFrank → u/TortelliniSalad]

We’ve known about climate change since the 60’s

[u/Ciggytardust1 → u/TortelliniSalad]

[u/guywithouteyes → u/agangofoldwomen]

It all started with harambe. That was the turning point of the US

[u/hurleyburleyundone → u/TwoOk5044]

Imagining a sad george costanza shouting then muttering that sadly

[u/insertbrackets]

Whereas Trump will be looking up to him from his knees in “Russia”.

[u/gexckodude]

When America had real leadership.

Now we are marked with the orange taint.

Edit:  the magats that can read are really upset, all 10 of them…LOL

[u/Tuscanlord → u/gexckodude]

Putin will be getting a reach around tomorrow.

[u/rhesusMonkeyBoy → u/Tuscanlord]

I think it’ll be face-to-face vs from behind. Humiliation ritual style.

[u/PretendThisIsMyName → u/rhesusMonkeyBoy]

TACO pedo is going rusty trombone before Dutch rudder. I wonder if draft kings will take that action.

[u/RedditJumpedTheShart → u/gexckodude]

Remember the Russian reset and large red button? Lol

[u/medz6]

You mean war criminals shake hands.

[u/Rad_Centrist → u/medz6]

[u/Majestic_Kade → u/medz6]

Short memories.

[u/DJ_Velveteen → u/Majestic_Kade]

And selective. Look at how the Gaza situation is suddenly a terrible tragedy now that it's bankrolled by a guy wearing an elephant pin rather than a donkey pin.

[u/Bionodroid → u/DJ_Velveteen]

It's always been an issue, things have just gotten so bad no one can ignore them now.

[u/notprussia69 → u/Bionodroid]

They were just as bad under Biden, just as bad as when the genocide began in 1947/48

[u/qianli_yibu → u/medz6]

From the title, I expected to see him looking into a mirror.

[u/KrisPBaykon → u/medz6]

For real, just gonna forget about all them drone strikes

[u/samettinho → u/KrisPBaykon]

this is how american style works. They do shit, make 100 movies about it, and be hero in 30 years

[u/TheAwesomePenguin106 → u/[deleted]]

[u/cryingonmysnacks → u/[deleted]]

We'll rehabilitate Trump's image, too, in 15 years. "At least he's better than Megahitler!"

[u/bitch-respecter → u/cryingonmysnacks]

at least megahitler tells it like it is!

[u/Lunchable → u/cryingonmysnacks]

Megahitler = Stephen Miller

[u/totallynotapsycho42 → u/[deleted]]

Every other evil world leader is a tyrant. Only americna presidnets are allowed to be "complicated".

[u/samettinho → u/totallynotapsycho42]

Some good ones are also evil if they dont wanna be US's dog.

[u/samettinho → u/[deleted]]

Aint that cute?

The biggest terrorist in the world, much bigger than osama, is giving candy. But now, bushy-cutie, you have a competitor, satanyahu.

[u/real_picklejuice → u/samettinho]

Almost like it’s propaganda

[u/kylo-ren → u/samettinho]

Not even 30 years. He won the Nobel Peace Prize amid drone strikes.

[u/samettinho → u/kylo-ren]

He got nobel at 2009 for doing nothing. He started bombing here and there at 2011. 

Peace prize is very political. Except for hitler and stalin, everyone got it. 

[u/TheFriedClam → u/KrisPBaykon]

Ever wonder why Trump revoked the rules on reporting civilian deaths due to drone strikes? I wonder if it was because his airstrikes in Afghanistan increased civilian deaths by 330%? 

[u/Lord_Trisagion → u/TheFriedClam]

Good people don't become president. Closest we had was Jimmy Carter / FDR. Even Lincoln was less than almost-good (his motivations and priorities weren't where you'd hope).

But yeah being a war criminal, at least in the past century, always comes with this turf.

And Trump is still the fucking worst of the bunch.

[u/IAmAGenusAMA → u/Lord_Trisagion]

Yeah, Carter's military support for Indonesia's brutal suppression of East Timor was admirable.

[u/Lord_Trisagion → u/IAmAGenusAMA]

Yeah. Exactly. Him being on the better side of the presidential "good person" scale is a testament to how fucking bad everything is.

Jimmy Carter is about as close to being a good person as a barrel of oil is to being a juicy dinosaur steak- and the vast majority of presidents are still below that.

That is my point.

[u/WakeMeUpB4UPogo → u/Lord_Trisagion]

Jimmy Carter? The Jimmy Carter, who singed off Operation Cyclon that funded Osama Bin Laden and helped the rise of Islamic Terrorism?

[u/LucidFir → u/TheFriedClam]

28% increase in total bombs dropped, compared to Obama

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/cggWEmKdYI

What's the source for 330% increase in casualties?

[u/1jf0 → u/KrisPBaykon]

I dunno why some people are always in denial of this being the default setting for US presidents

[u/GRF999999999 → u/KrisPBaykon]

Did you know that W is a painter, he paints his dogs! They're adorable!

[u/Diskonto → u/KrisPBaykon]

Liberals want to be at brunch while their ghoul does it.

[u/Hellknightx → u/medz6]

When's the last president that wasn't a war criminal, though?

[u/Kidiri90 → u/Hellknightx]

Correct, they all should be prosecuted.

[u/BrenTen0331 → u/Kidiri90]

Based

[u/Maleficent_Monk_2022 → u/Hellknightx]

Jimmy Carter didn’t start nor engage in war, but he was indeed responsible for Operation Cyclone

[u/Most_kinds_of_Dirt → u/Maleficent_Monk_2022]

He also provided military support and funding for the Indonesian invasion and occupation of East Timor:

The US played a crucial role in supplying weapons to Indonesia.[84] A week after the invasion of East Timor the National Security Council prepared a detailed analysis of the Indonesian military units involved and the US equipment they used. The analysis revealed that virtually all of the military equipment used in the invasion was US supplied.[...] Military assistance was accelerated during the Carter administration, peaking in 1978.[92] In total, the United States furnished over $250,000,000 of military assistance to Indonesia between 1975 and 1979.[...]

The overthrow of the popular and short-lived Fretilin-led government sparked a violent quarter-century occupation in which approximately 100,000–180,000 soldiers and civilians are estimated to have been killed or starved to death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_invasion_of_East_Timor#US_involvement

[u/Own-Site-2732 → u/medz6]

yeah but americans cant be war criminals because america good rest of world bad

/s if it wasnt blatantly obvious

[u/libretumente → u/medz6]

Came here for this. Fuck exceptionalism for either side. All world leaders are complicit.

[u/BerriesNCreme → u/libretumente]

Obama and Trump are not the same, not even close.

[u/Rage_Like_Nic_Cage → u/BerriesNCreme]

domestic policy: they are not the same Foreign policy: they are far more similar than they are different

[u/JayJay_Abudengs → u/medz6]

Yeah but don't forget this is Reddit they kiss Obamas ass for some reason 

[u/DumbFish94 → u/medz6]

For more information look up "Obama Yemen wedding"!

[u/ausipockets]

Bot thread!

[u/SputnikSauce → u/ausipockets]

This is the first thread I've seen like this. So many comments are even worded the exact same. It's unnerving.

[u/Rough-Farmer2836 → u/ausipockets]

Absolutely my thought

[u/TvaMatka1234 → u/ausipockets]

How do you spot it? I need to get better at this

[u/Blacky239 → u/TvaMatka1234]

The easiest is probably to look at how old the account is and how many comments it has.

An account that has been inactive for the past 6 years won't suddenly engage in a conversation.

[u/RandomRedditReader → u/Blacky239]

Not to mention a lot of the posts here are completely nonsensical and yet still have up votes.

[u/visualentropy → u/ausipockets]

Right? That was what I noticed also. Why else would there be 100 comments using the term "Two war criminals" like this? That's so crazy...

[u/Ilikehotdogs1]

This photo on many, many occasions has been debunked as not telling the whole story. They were friendly and smiling throughout this exchange.

Edit: I’m not a Russian bot. You just have a bird brain that’s easily influenced by posts like this and yes r/Iamverysmart

Replies are muted now. I look forward to seeing this exact photo reposted again in a few months

[u/jujubean67 → u/Ilikehotdogs1]

Exactly:

• https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/russian-president-vladimir-putin-meets-with-his-us-news-photo/599442452 death stare
• https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/russian-president-vladimir-putin-shakes-hands-with-his-us-news-photo/599442348 slight smile

Same meeting, same venue, same photographer.

[u/Noctale → u/Ilikehotdogs1]

There are a lot of photos from this meeting in 2016 where Obama is clearly pissed at Putin. I haven't seen any of him smiling. There are other photos from a meeting in 2013 where they are both smiling, but those were different times, before Russia invaded Crimea in 2014.

[u/AnduwinHS → u/Noctale]

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/9/5/1378402368546/Vladimir-Putin-and-Barack-001.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none

https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-YU243_obamap_G_20130905095100.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WqAGjFCKaAQ/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&rs=AOn4CLAgMWcV956R5jh5OuaBAGmVj3X4Lg

https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2012/06/Mexico-G-20-Summit-Ob_Horo.jpg

Not saying these prove anything, just showing that using still images to judge a relationship is stupid

[u/ScanianGoose]

Let's not pretend that Obama was some kind of angel. He droned the Middle East to no end.

[u/matty25 → u/ScanianGoose]

Or that he was even tough when it came to Putin and Russia.

He clowned on Romney for calling them a threat, refused to arm Ukraine, Hillary gave Russia the goofy reset button, he told Medvedev after reelection he’d have more flexibility, Putin took Crimea under his watch, etc. Obama was a total doormat when it came to Russia.

[u/Spaff_in_your_ear]

Obama was also a war criminal lol. He bombed children in multiple countries.

Fucking yanks are deluded as fuck.

[u/Spooderman-690 → u/Spaff_in_your_ear]

And they then proceed to make movies that glorify it

[u/Rage_Like_Nic_Cage → u/Spooderman-690]

C’mon man, that’s not the full picture. The movies also show how killing civilians made our soldiers feel sad.

[u/Cloobsy → u/Spaff_in_your_ear]

Sadly this is correct

[u/Jgucci10]

They’re both war criminals

[u/floofnstuff]

That criminal slaps around the current president

[u/Any-Length-9742]

Edit - Two war criminals staring at each other

[u/Illustrious_Spend_51]

War criminal staring down another war criminal

[u/J-DubZ]

Two war criminals staring each other down*

[u/aptwo → u/J-DubZ]

Was gonna say, Obama was a good president in some areas but he’s not an angel like most people think.

[u/InfieldTriple → u/aptwo]

America is uniparty when it comes to foreign policy. This is true of most western nations. Really those who are algined with American interests.

[u/Themanstall]

War criminal vs war criminal.

Any president overseeing the war in iraq/Iran is a war criminal.

Edit: and bombing Libya and Syria Edit: us presidents are some of the biggest war criminals.

[u/maysdominator → u/Themanstall]

The good ol deporter in chief

[u/gingerflakes → u/Themanstall]

But he was sooooo coool when he did it!! /s

[u/TransportationAway59]

*two war criminals stare at each other

[u/vt2022cam]

Trump’s will probably sell Alaska back to the Russians

[u/notta_3d]

Trump and Putin are meeting on American soil today. Am I mistaken? Wasn't Putin declared a war criminal under Biden at one point? Is that how it works? Must have been more of a political move.

[u/sirhackenslash]

Out of frame: trump on his knees

[u/rhetoricalnonsense]

I hate these snapshots in time made to look like something significant. Here is another:

https://www.businessinsider.com/obama-putin-syria-iran-deal-2015-7

and another:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-40196

another:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/putins-first-tweet-recalls-warmer-relationship-obama-n58516

Wait. Those doesn't fit the narrative. My bad. Donald Trump is a corrupt piece of shit. But the OPs picture makes the rounds so much and means so little.

[u/Eagle1_Fox2]

Obama himself is a criminal

[u/Oppopity → u/Eagle1_Fox2]

Yeah the post should be titled "two war criminals staring at each other."

[u/Sixaxist → u/Eagle1_Fox2]

Lol, I voted for the guy, and as soon as I saw this post I said: "Game recognizes game."

[u/Papaofmonsters]

And then Putin invaded Crimea and Obama did.... what?

Seriously, stop reposting this revisionist garbage from a single still frame image.

[u/Sfelex]

A war criminal staring down another war criminal.

It is weird that people are unaware of the many many civilians that were killed by the Obama administration.

[u/TheThockter]

I mean they’re both war criminals

[u/LamppostBoy]

I see two war criminals locking eyes

[u/bbyxmadi]

Now we have a Russian shill that kisses his feet.

[u/Opening-Dependent512]

While trump will just go down on a war criminal

[u/PlayfulWeekend1394]

Putin also is staring down a war criminal

[u/lLikeCats]

Obama himself was a war criminal too so its two war criminals looking at each other. 

Obama fucking loved drone strikes. 

[u/MoonSentinel95]

I mean do Americans just gloss over all the bombing that Obama did?

[u/sadcode69]

Isn't obama a war criminal too ?

[u/IslandDreamer58]

Trump fellates the war criminal.

[u/RedditJumpedTheShart]

Soon after they were laughing and joking.

[u/MikeRizzo007]

And now we give home Alaska back, great!

[u/Nostradamus_of_past]

But did he condemn or took any action when Russia illegally annexed Crimea?

[u/rarmih]

Putin looks like he's about to cry in that pic. 😂