Obama Has Few Foreign Friends
Jackson Diehl, Washington Post | March 8, 2010
Obama has been unable to form a personal bond with a foreign leader since assuming the Presidency. ++ A series of snubs have cooled Obama’s relationship with Pres. Sarkozy, Chancellor Merkel, and PM Brown. ++ “In this he is the opposite of George W. Bush, who was reviled among the foreign masses but who forged close ties with a host of leaders.” ++ Obama has been more concerned with his domestic agenda than with taking the time to make friends with foreign leaders. ++ This “coolness” on Obama’s part will cost him diplomatically.
