It totally clear that intelligent people recognized immediately that Obama cancelled the summit with Putin because it would highlight Obama's wimpiness and man-child state.
So, the "brilliant" (not!) counter to this widespread recognition was for Obama to come out publicly and say something to help mitigate the downside of his recent running away from Putin. It wasn't effective, but it was a deliberate, planned ploy.
This is all so transparent ...
Exactly. Barry has a habit of these dump and run pressers before he heads off on vacation.