• @WillySpreadum@lemmy.world
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        321 year ago

        just thinking logistically, I imagine that happened a lot. Anyway I expect a decent number of his calls were made by aides and he just took the phone after they got through to the right person.

        • GladiusB
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          211 year ago

          Even if it said “President Obama” many people would think it’s a prank.

          • @Guntrigger@feddit.ch
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            61 year ago

            True, but if you just got elected as the head of a US friendly nation, it probably wouldn’t be quite so unbelievable.

          • r00ty
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            21 year ago

            Well to be fair I’d answer just to say “no you’re not!”

      • @StaticFalconar@lemmy.world
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        241 year ago

        Im surprised the aides from each side didnt do all the logistics of connecting with one another and the president wasnt just handed a phone with the call already connected through.

        • @makyo@lemmy.world
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          91 year ago

          That’s what I was thinking, surely it was an aide who was dialing who’d only hand the phone to Obama when it actually connected to Key

        • @Klear@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          That was the aides from Obama’s side calling 100%. The minister was newly elected, maybe fairly new to politics as a whole? Maybe he just doesn’t like middlemen. Edit: **Re-**elected, I missed that. I guess the second option then.

    • RBG
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      301 year ago

      Its a news site but the only place you can find the date of the article is in the URL. Sometimes I am baffled by the weird design decisions people are making.