The president sat down for an extended interview with the New York Times’ Thomas L. Friedman that will be printed this weekend, and the two touched on a number of topics, including Obama’s foreign policy. Despite all that’s going on in the world, the president suggested that the United States’ biggest threat … is us.
"At the end of the day, he mused, the biggest threat to America — the only force that can really weaken us — is us." https://t.co/zwqxt81Oht
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 9, 2014
At the end of the day, the president mused, the biggest threat to America — the only force that can really weaken us — is us. We have so many things going for us right now as a country — from new energy resources to innovation to a growing economy — but, he said, we will never realize our full potential unless our two parties adopt the same outlook that we’re asking of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds or Israelis and Palestinians: No victor, no vanquished and work together.
Is the biggest threat to America really us?
@nytimes @nytopinion no it's him
— roy clevenger (@roy18977) August 9, 2014
@nytimes @nytopinion Could someone please tell Mr. Obama that the biggest threat to America is not us but it is Obama's ineptness as POTUS.
— Country Girl (@Nashville_RN) August 9, 2014
@nytimes is he kidding? We are screwed.
— clioprof (@kellliwalsh) August 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/patrickbec/status/497929805325549568
@nytimes @nytopinion The biggest threat now is Obama & his BS double standards passive aggressive attitude on his BS foreign policies.
— Acid Burn (@ZICONOTIDE) August 9, 2014
@nytimes @nytopinion More like displaced guilt. Thanks radical regime. You've used and guilted innocent hard working people. How do u sleep?
— BootySmackInfinity©(Undies) ???? (@fancybuttplume) August 9, 2014
@nytimes @nytopinion The greatest threat to our national security is Barack Obama.
— Roy Biker (@roybiker123) August 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/Logsdon3687/status/497931023184068608
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https://twitter.com/delima_antonio/status/497932320431951872
@nytimes @nytopinion And here I thought the biggest threat to U.S. was a lazy, trigger happy govt.
— Caín Andrade Salas (@ChaosThrillsMe) August 9, 2014
@nytimes @PamelaKafirFarm @nytopinion by "us" I assume he means his administration
— syd (@SydneyCarton1) August 9, 2014
@nytimes @nytopinion someone slap him back to reality.
— Robert (@PettitRobertS) August 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/JerryCupat/status/497938224426123264
@nytimes @nytopinion us= he and his admin
— D McB (@DiannaMcB) August 9, 2014
I do not think Obama or Friedman did themselves any favors in that interview. More later. I'm beat.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) August 9, 2014
Editor’s note: A typo in the last sentence has been corrected.
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