• @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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        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.