Putin needs the U.S. as an enemy, because it builds him up as a brave leader and allows him to crack down on internal dissent. The regimes in Iran, Venezuela or North Korea are no different in their dependence on U.S. censure – the harsher, the better.
Obama
A President for the World
Obama would have won a landslide if the whole world could have voted. Yet his global popularity isn’t entirely of his own making. Most people in most places already admire America for its openness, diversity and opportunity. Obama just embodies these qualities like no U.S. leader before him.
He’s the first president of the world.
