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Brexit Leader: Putin More Statesmanlike Than Obama

<p class&equals;"MsoNormal" style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;" align&equals;"center">Obama not only condemned Britain for deciding to leave the UN&comma; but also plans to punish the country by no longer allowing the country to be a close ally to the US&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">But&comma; UKIP leader Nigel Farage defended the Brexit on Fox News arguing that it was time for the country to regain control of its own borders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&&num;8220&semi;People said enough&period; We want to govern our own country&comma; we want to make our own laws&comma; we want our own Supreme Court to be supreme&comma; and we want to control our borders&period; And that now is what must happen&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Farage&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">The British politician then criticized Obama for his unprofessional response to the matter and said that even Putin responded more appropriately than the US president&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&&num;8220&semi;Vladimir Putin behaved in a more statesmanlike manner than President Obama did in this referendum campaign&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Farage&period; &&num;8220&semi;Obama came to Britain&comma; and I think&comma; behaved disgracefully&comma; telling us we&rsquo&semi;d be at the back of the queue&hellip&semi;treating us&comma; America&rsquo&semi;s strongest&comma; oldest ally&comma; in this most extraordinary way&period; Vladimir Putin maintained his silence throughout the whole campaign&period; I&rsquo&semi;m not a fan of Vladimir Putin&period; But you know&comma; the Ukrainian crisis actually was sparked by the European Union saying they wanted to extend their borders to take in the Ukraine&comma; which Putin took as being a direct threat&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Not to mention&comma; Obama then blamed Trump for the anti-immigrant fear&comma; which he cites as the motive for the Brexit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">&ldquo&semi;There&rsquo&semi;s a xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment that&rsquo&semi;s flashing up not just in Great Britain but throughout Europe that has some parallels with what Mr&period; Trump has been trying to stir up here&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Obama to NPR Tuesday&period; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">He also faults the Republican candidate for seeking to &ldquo&semi;tap into a fear that people may have about losing control and to offer some sort of big&comma; nostalgic feelings about how we&rsquo&semi;ll make Britain great again&comma; or we&rsquo&semi;ll make America great again&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Obama&period; &ldquo&semi;The subtext for that is somehow that a bunch of foreigners and funny-looking people are coming in here and changing the basic character of the nation&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"MsoNormal">Again&comma; the president has made this into a social issue of racial and ethnic equality and his disapproval of Britain&rsquo&semi;s decision has only caused the relationship between the US and Britain to be strained&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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