"There was a spate of stories about how he is the chess master and outmaneuvering the West and outmaneuvering Mr. Obama and this and that and the other. And right now, he's presiding over the collapse of his currency, a major financial crisis and a huge economic contraction," Obama said. "That doesn't sound like somebody who has rolled me or the United States of America."
That's funny - so Comrade Chairman Obumble think he's responsible for increased petroleum production by the U.S.A. and the elimination of the QE disruption of natural market forces?
And how did the economic castration of Germany work out circa 1933?
Putin's followers are loyal to Putin's Ideology and will endure great hardship toward that end, Obumble's follows are just Idiots whose goal in life is to burn down the village.
Who's getting played?
Obozo is playing his standard game — do nothing, and if results (or polls) look positive, take credit. If not, blame someone else.
The drop in oil prices which has sent the Russian economy reeling is the very thing Obozo has vehemently opposed at every turn-—increased drilling and oil production in the USA.