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Obama: ‘We have to twist arms when countries don’t do what we need them to’

Obama: ‘We have to twist arms when countries don’t do what we need them to’ President Barack Obama has said the reality of “American leadership” at times entails “twisting the arms” of states which “don’t do what we need them to do,” and that the US relied on its military strength and other leverage to achieve its goals. READ MORE: ‘US unilateral actions to protect its interests let other govts use same excuse’ In a broad-ranging interview with Vox, which Obama himself described as a venue “for the brainiac-nerd types,” the US president both denied the efficacy of a purely… View Article