My take is that after Obama's statement that he'd "have more flexibility after the election"; he's trying to come off as though he and Putin are at odds with each other. In reality, they probably see eye to eye. This is just metrosexual Obama "acting butch".
On FoxNews this morning they touched on the economic aspects of the G20 summit. Soon the discussion turned to who is leading out in the West on economic matters.
They mentioned Reagan and Thatcher, and lamented that nobody is leading out in the West. They mentioned Merkle but didn’t see her as an elevated individual.
If they even mentioned Obama, I don’t recall them doing so.