Putin respected Bush, Jr. Love him or hate him, people knew Bush meant what he said. He said he wanted to go into Iraq and get those WMDs, and he did... errr... well, he went in anyway. Sure, he signed-off on the bailout and mortgaged our country like some ****-poor third world hell-hole, and eagerly signed off on the "Patriot Act" -- because he always wanted to act patriotically. In fact, I'm persuaded that is why the powers that be decided to name it that, so Retard JR would sign off on it without looking beyond the title.
But at least the dude was known for doing what he said BY THE ENTIRE PLANET.
The duplicitous dictator in charge today doesn't even know what that means. His mouth is a factory of lies, and it doesn't know how to do it any other way. Some people think he's a "great orator." Well, if your definition of oration is simply sounding authoritative, then OK. When I listen to him, it's always the same talking bobblehead saying the same words to the same people. It's all double-speak with the "we're going to buckle down and get things done." He has literally never given a speech with specifics. I feel like we have a president who was trained in Amway-speak. I always think he's going to break out a whiteboard and markers and start drawing circles with "this is you..."