Saturday, July 9, 2016

Republicans slam grinning Obama for politicizing Dallas police massacre as he laughs his way through NATO summit



David Cameron and Barack Obama seemed cheerful as they prepared to get down to business at the NATO summit in Warsaw ¿ but Americans remained in shock after five police officers were gunned down in Dallas


President Barack Obama's Republican adversaries piled on the criticism on Friday after he turned the overnight Dallas police massacre into a political platform – and then grinned from ear to ear as he reconnected with world leaders at a NATO summit in Poland.

Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, both on their way out of office soon, seemed in a particularly light-hearted mood despite the day's grim and dominant subject matter.

The pair laughed and joked with fellow leaders as they posed for a group picture and yukked it up as photographers kept snapping.

Hours earlier Obama had sermonized about the deaths of five police Texas police officers upon landing in Warsaw, saying that 'when people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately it makes it more deadly and more tragic.'

'And in the days ahead we are going to have to consider those realities as well.' READ MORE