In an interview with CNN’s Candy Crowley, President Obama took a shot at pundits–and Putin. He made the comments in response to a question about whether he’s getting rolled in his deal with Cuba.
“So let me move you on to the other big story that we’ve had, and that is your reach out or Cuba’s reach to you and your reach to Cuba,” Crowley started, according to a transcript provided by CNN. “Listening to the critics, part of this is they wrap it up in how you dealt with other sort of bad actors. Oh, this is what he’s done. He’s accommodated Syria by not crossing the red line. He has accommodated Iran by talking to them on nuclear weapons. You know, and sort of down the line, Russia — he’s allowed Putin to move in and take Crimea. And here’s the gist of it. The gist of it is that you’re naive and they’re rolling you.”
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