While President Putin is busy redrawing the map of Europe, President Obama is busy filling out his brackets.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Putin is playing the long game. He has a strategic plan in mind: the Eurasian Union, which would be in competition to Europe.
It's almost as if Putin is brilliant, really - he's outfoxing Obama all the time.
Barack Obama is Occupy Wall Street. Barrack Obama is plugged into that world. That's what he believes.
In the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a still-stagnant economy, President Barack Obama faces two important questions on energy transmission: a decision on the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and the question of increasing American natural gas exports. These are choices that will resonate from Crimea to Cove Point.
It's essential for the U.S. and Europe to prevent Putin from going farther and reversing the hard-won independence of former Soviet republics.
Trump is very plugged in. He's very connected.
I think President Obama, like myself, is a multitasker.
You'd better believe that Putin sees that in Syria, Obama draws a red line and ignores the red line.
He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I'm waiting for that action.
President Obama could keep a big map with push pins on it to keep track of how many countries hate us, and when we get down to only half, let's have a ball. I'll blow up the balloons myself.