Obama humiliated Putin on the air. VIDEO

“Russian President Vladimir Putin, having lowered the economy of his country to the very bottom, cannot claim global leadership,” said US President Barack Obama. Such a statement he made a live television channel CBS.

“Syria was the only ally of Russia in the region, and today, instead of counting on Syria’s support and maintaining its military base there, Mr. Putin is throwing all his troops to support his only ally a little,” the head of the White House said.

Obama responded rather sharply to the journalist’s remark that Putin may be trying to challenge the US leadership on the world stage in this way.

“If you think that lowering the economy of your country to the bottom and sending troops to help your only ally is leadership, then we have different ideas about this concept,” the US president emphasized.

Earlier, the Forum reported that Russian aviation in Syria began military operation 30 September. Her goal was declared fighting terroristsas well as the bombing of their positions. After the start of the bombing, many Western countries declared that Russian planes bombed the positions of opponents of the Syrian president. Bashar al-Assad, including the so-called moderate opposition.