{"id":49871,"date":"2014-11-17T14:08:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T14:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=49871"},"modified":"2015-05-05T21:29:31","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T20:29:31","slug":"g20-ends-abruptly-as-obama-calls-putin-a-jackass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/11\/g20-ends-abruptly-as-obama-calls-putin-a-jackass\/","title":{"rendered":"G20 Ends Abruptly as Obama Calls Putin a Jackass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/obama-putin-g20-580.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/obama-putin-g20-580.jpeg\" alt=\"obama-putin-g20-580\" width=\"580\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/obama-putin-g20-580.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/obama-putin-g20-580-300x173.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hopes for a positive G20 summit crumbled today as President Obama blurted to Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin at a joint press appearance, \u201cEveryone here thinks you\u2019re a jackass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The press corps appeared stunned by the uncharacteristic outburst from Mr. Obama, who then unleashed a ten-minute tirade at the stone-faced Russian President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I\u2019m not just talking about Snowden and Syria,\u201d Mr. Obama said. \u201cWhat about Pussy Riot? What about your anti-gay laws? Total jackass moves, my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Mr. Putin narrowed his eyes in frosty silence, Mr. Obama seemed to warm to his topic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you think I\u2019m the only one who feels this way, you\u2019re kidding yourself,\u201d Mr. Obama said, jabbing his finger in the direction of the Russian President\u2019s face. \u201cAsk Angela Merkel. Ask David Cameron. Ask the Turkish guy. Every last one of them thinks you\u2019re a dick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Mr. Obama\u2019s volcanic performance, Mr. Putin released a terse official statement, reading, \u201cI should be afraid of this skinny man? I wrestle bears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After one day of meetings, the G20 nations voted unanimously on a resolution that said maybe everyone should just go home.<\/p>\n<p>____________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Andy Borowitz is a <\/em>New York Times<em> best-selling author and a comedian who has written for <\/em>The New Yorker<em> since 1998. In 2001, he created the Borowitz Report, a satirical news column that has millions of readers around the world, for which he won the first-ever <\/em>National Press Club<em> award for humor. The Borowitz Report was acquired by <\/em>The New Yorker<em> in 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/g20-ends-abruptly-as-obama-calls-putin-a-jackass\" >Go to Original \u2013 newyorker.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hopes for a positive G20 summit crumbled today as President Obama blurted to Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin at a joint press appearance, \u201cEveryone here thinks you\u2019re a jackass.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-for-thought"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}