{"id":49076,"date":"2016-09-14T14:08:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=49076"},"modified":"2016-09-14T14:09:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T18:09:58","slug":"this-electioneering-cant-help-already-fragile-relations-kremlin-on-obamas-russia-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=49076","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This electioneering can\u2019t help already fragile relations\u2019 \u2013 Kremlin on Obama\u2019s Russia remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RT.com<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/359272-obama-putin-kremlin-saddam\/video\/\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article__summary summary \">The \u201cRussia card\u201d too often gets the spotlight in the US presidential election campaign, President Putin\u2019s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, adding that Obama\u2019s recent comments on Russia do not contribute to fragile trust-building efforts.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>&#8220;<em>Unfortunately, we see continued displays of often hard-core Russophobia<\/em>,&#8221; Peskov said Wednesday during his daily conference call with reporters. &#8220;<em>We can only express regret in this regard<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRTvids%2Fvideos%2F1309712419039008%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=900\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<em>This rhetoric, which is being formulated in electoral campaign style&#8230; is unlikely to help fledgling fragile attempts to build at least some sort of mutual trust.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/359234-obama-trump-rt-putin-hussein\/\"><strong>READ MORE: Obama slams Trump\u2019s appearance on RT, compares Putin to Saddam Hussein<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Obama blasted Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump for offering a soundbite to the Larry King Politicking Show that airs on RT.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HAes_GOCyXw\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The US president went further, comparing Putin to Saddam Hussein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>When the interviewer asks him [Trump], \u2018why do you support this guy [Putin]?\u2019 He says, \u2018He is a strong guy. Look, he\u2019s got an 82 percent poll rating.\u2019 Well, yes, Saddam Hussein had a 90 percent poll rating. If you control the media and you\u2019ve taken away everybody&#8217;s civil liberties, and you jail dissidents, that&#8217;s what happens,<\/em>\u201d Obama told a Hillary Clinton rally in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/358715-trump-larry-king-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH: Iraq, Hillary and baseball: Donald Trump talks to Larry King (RT EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peskov deplored what he says is now becoming a common practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The \u2018Russia card\u2019 and the \u2018card\u2019 of our president at times literally determine the election process in the United States. It would be much more pleasant though if this card played a positive role, [was used] in a positive way,<\/em>\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/359272-obama-putin-kremlin-saddam\/\">http:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/359272-obama-putin-kremlin-saddam\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RT.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}