He can’t handle Putin that way.
When he tried to hand over Egypt to the muslim brotherhood the Egyptian people said, “NO!”
But he can work his crap with those in the US who need their salaries and pensions.
His method of handling others is to try to bulldoze, intimidate them.
A sicko.
And his spokesmen for this are the repulsive Josh Earnest, Marie Harf and Jen Psaki.