Above, Obama jabs Prime Minister Netanyahu and forces him to bend backwards onto a dining table at a White House event during Obama's first term. Obama unable to contain his contempt or display basic good manners.
Above, now outdoors Obama again disrespectfully pokes a world leader. Netanyahu has to turn his upper body over the edge of the sidewalk as Obama leans into him. photo via Breitbart, 1/18/13. photo undated
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1/29/12, "A pattern of petty contempt," Augusta Chronicle Editorial Staff, "The president can be dismissive, even rude, to leaders he dislikes."
"In early 2010, The Telegraph of London wrote, Mr. Obama dropped a list of some 13 demands on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House – and when Netanyahu balked, Obama reportedly rose, brusquely announced he was leaving to have dinner with his family and told the prime minister to let him know if his position changed.
“Netanyahu is being treated as if he were an unsavory Third World dictator, needed for strategic reasons but conspicuously held at arms length,” Jackson Diehl wrote in The Washington Post last year.
Obama also refused to pose for photographs with Netanyahu at the time, a rare and conspicuous diplomatic insult."...
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9/11/12, "In unusual snub, Obama to avoid meeting with Netanyahu," Reuters
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