This photo perfectly illustrates how politicians never leave high school
AP Photo/Charles Dharapak
Someone is still on the outs with the Queen Bee.
President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin both attended ceremonies in France on Friday commemorating the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasions. While the pair did finally speak briefly — the first time the leaders have met face-to-face since the Ukraine crisis flared earlier this spring — a photo from one of the events suggests tensions were not entirely smoothed over:
Russian media can report that Putin is back in good standing with his Western counterparts all it wants, but let's be serious: The only thing Putin and Obama revisited was their frenemy battle for Clique Leader.
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