Barack Obama’s high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is already off to a tense start. And the two men haven’t even sat down together yet.
When the two leaders do convene Monday afternoon at the United Nations, they’ll be at odds over why they’re meeting, what to discuss — and even what counts as good posture.
Expectations for a substantive breakthrough are low, leaving the two leaders jockeying for public relations advantage amid the world leaders gathered for the U.N.’s annual gathering in New York.
White House aides are sure to aggressively spin Obama’s performance after what could be a machismo-infused sitdown …read more
Source: European Voice
