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The President’s Day In Hangzhou

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President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Theresa May hold a press conference

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President Barack Obama and Turkish President Erdogan hold a meeting

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President Barack Obama attends the opening ceremony of the G-20 Summit in Hangzhou, China

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President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel chat

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President Barack Obama chats with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping

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99 Responses to “The President’s Day In Hangzhou”


  1. 1 desertflower
    September 4, 2025 at 7:41 pm

    MAGNIFICENT!

  2. 4 99ts
    September 4, 2025 at 7:47 pm

    GM from my world - and a delightful set of pictures to wake to on a slightly miserable Monday - because I have the dreaded lurgy again - I blame living with old folks🙂🙂

  3. 5 Nerdy Wonka
    September 4, 2025 at 7:48 pm

  4. 8 99ts
    September 4, 2025 at 7:57 pm

    And - I might add - shame the chinese didn’t ban the “the travelling White House juggernaut” and leave them on the plane. They NEVER report on the trip, simply go for the ride while attacking the President at every opportunity.

  5. 9 vcprezofan2
    September 4, 2025 at 8:01 pm

    I see our President continues to be the man to greet. Good to see you ‘doing your thing’, Mr. President….. in a meeting of world leaders as well as for the climate!

  6. 10 vcprezofan2
    September 4, 2025 at 8:03 pm

  7. 11 vcprezofan2
    September 4, 2025 at 8:07 pm

    Lots of students, and teachers, will be heading back to school after Labour Day here. ‘Nice’ message below from PM Trudeau to some of them.

    • 12 carolyn
      September 4, 2025 at 9:55 pm

      Okay…… I have to admit it…..listening to Justin Trudeau speak French gives me goosebumps!

      • 13 vcprezofan2
        September 4, 2025 at 10:09 pm

        Hi Carolyn. Yea, JT makes me feel jealous (sounds so beautiful to me); not jealous enough to practise though. 😀

      • 14 arapaho415
        September 4, 2025 at 11:39 pm

        GE Carolyn.

        Wish the US had as great a commitment to our indigenous population as Canada does.

        I think that if most Americans knew the appalling conditions of the public schools on Native American land, they would be shocked.

        It’s a travesty that Native Americans are at the mercy of the federal government, while this nation pretty much turns a blind eye to their plight.

    • 15 niliathiel
      September 5, 2025 at 3:27 pm

      This guy is what makes my very lkely handsome-northern-American-heads-of-state withdrawals a bit more bearable.🙂
      Interestingly, I have been guessed to be Canadiana few times by my accent when I speak English. I have also never ever been to Canada. [/randomness]

      • 16 vcprezofan2
        September 5, 2025 at 3:34 pm

        Well, Nilia-t, it’s never too late - why don’t you come for a visit? I can’t guarantee that you’ll see PM Trudeau but if you came in any other season but winter, you probably could convince me to drive you up to see Parliament.

        • 17 niliathiel
          September 5, 2025 at 3:43 pm

          I am actually half-considering to do a road trip with my best friend next summer (at least it was briefly thrown in as an option) so I´ll likely come back to you for suggestions.🙂 Also, it´s probably no surprise that I am the kind of person to get super nerdy around parliament buildings…🙂

          • 18 vcprezofan2
            September 5, 2025 at 3:51 pm

            ‘a road trip’? Tell me you aren’t planning to *drive* here! 😀 😀 Seriously, summer sounds good. I myself am not good on travel ideas but I don’t mind driving. I can drive you and your friend to Ottawa (from Toronto) then you both can check out the Parliament buildings and other tours. I’m not a fan of museums. 🙂 🙂

            • 19 niliathiel
              September 5, 2025 at 3:54 pm

              Well, we´ve driven around in Ireland (where people drive the wrong side of the road) , im Amsterdam (I thought THAT was bad) and on the motorway surrounding Paris. Driving in Canada cannot possibly worse than that😀 But I´ll keep it in mind🙂

              • 20 vcprezofan2
                September 5, 2025 at 3:58 pm

                No, driving here is good (we drive on the *right* side of the road)😉 and our highway systems are okay. I’d say usually parking (not enough) is more of a problem that actually driving. 😀

  8. 21 donna dem 4 obama
    September 4, 2025 at 8:19 pm

  9. 23 meta
    September 4, 2025 at 8:36 pm

    I wonder if POTUS had any special greeting for Pena-Nieto?

  10. 27 desertflower
    September 4, 2025 at 8:49 pm

    This is what a tiny brained bully looks like. Honestly, what a fucking juvenile he is.

    http://www.cbs5az.com/story/33013762/sen-flakes-refusal-to-back-trump-sparks-twitter-jabs-from-nominee

  11. 28 Dakota
    September 4, 2025 at 9:03 pm

    Happy Birthday Alycee!

  12. 30 desertflower
    September 4, 2025 at 9:09 pm

    Chuck Todd calls him transparent. I do suspect that Upchuck has no idea what the word “transparent” actually means.

    https://thinkprogress.org/the-big-lie-about-donald-trumps-tax-returns-585aa23bf529#.iwuvws7gy

  13. 31 amk for obama
    September 4, 2025 at 9:21 pm

  14. 32 amk for obama
    September 4, 2025 at 9:24 pm

  15. 43 amk for obama
    September 4, 2025 at 9:34 pm

    Xenophobia is back in fashion in germany. This time it’s muslims.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37271971

    • 44 niliathiel
      September 5, 2025 at 3:38 pm

      While I too am disgusted by the success of the AfD in this state and generally the stupidity of voters in some areas, this statement doesn´t sit well with me and that doesn´t go against you, AMK. Xenophobia is a problem in some areas and it is a problem in certain social circles, but I resent to say it´s “In fashion in Germany” because that denies the effort of all those people welcoming refugees, helping to integrate them, protesting the Afd etc.etc andbasically going against all this nonsense.
      Yes, we need to take people like the AfD seriously, yes, and partly they are so popular because we have a mentality of, by historic failing, we do not quite feel comfortable tackling very delicate topics, which allows those that do so (albeit wrongly) to draw a bottom-of-society-crowd of the uneducated, but I will never allow xenophobia to be seen as the only trend because I see the contrary in many instances all the time. That does not mean denying, it just means going against this particular statement.🙂

  16. 45 amk for obama
    September 4, 2025 at 9:37 pm

    see? that’s why I always ask for beer single malt.

    paging alycee.

  17. 51 amk for obama
    September 4, 2025 at 9:46 pm

    The giant panda is no longer an endangered species, following decades of work by conservationists to save it.

    The official status of the much-loved animal has been changed from “endangered” to “vulnerable” because of a population rebound in China.

    The change was announced as part of an update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.

    But the update also brought bad news. The eastern gorilla, the world’s largest primate, is now endangered.

    Efforts by China, which claims the giant panda as its national animal, have brought its numbers back from the brink. The latest estimates show a population of 1,864 adults.

    There are no exact figures for the numbers of cubs, but estimates bring the total number of giant pandas to 2,060.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37272718

    • 52 Obama Grandmama
      September 5, 2025 at 12:11 am

      Heard a report on this from NPR this morning that included that China has instigated birthing Pandas in captivity then programming them to go back to the wild. The humans working in this program wear Panda suits soaked in Panda urine to help the pandas avoid knowing human contact.

  18. 53 prettyfoot58
    September 4, 2025 at 10:10 pm

  19. 55 amk for obama
    September 4, 2025 at 10:18 pm

    what lives under your fingernails.

    http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160622-what-lives-under-your-fingernails

    with that psa, my job here is done.

  20. 57 globalcitizenlinda
    September 4, 2025 at 10:19 pm

    I know there a many scumbags and dictators and self-proclaimed strong men who need to lose power;

    but as a start, if all of this crew of evil-to-the-core egomaniacs lost their current leadership positions, the world would be able to make huge strides towards peace:

    - putin

    - assad

    - Erdogan

    - lil’ kim

    - netanyahu

    - anyone else I have forgotten?

  21. 65 desertflower
    September 4, 2025 at 10:29 pm

    Night all…have a great evening:) Birthday girl must be still partying….

  22. 66 vcprezofan2
    September 4, 2025 at 10:31 pm

    Toodle-di-doo, folks!

  23. 67 prettyfoot58
    September 4, 2025 at 10:35 pm

  24. 68 prettyfoot58
    September 4, 2025 at 10:42 pm

    • 69 COS
      September 4, 2025 at 10:50 pm

      Joy had a nice segment on her show this morning on the treatment of the Clintons; especially the NYT and how they botched the Clinton email story.

    • 70 globalcitizenlinda
      September 4, 2025 at 11:50 pm

      the punk couldn’t even fill the pews in 1 black church in Philly…. so yes media, keep convincing us that the homegrown demagogue has YUGE support among “the blacks”

      • 71 SUEDUVALLSMITH
        September 5, 2025 at 10:26 am

        THE FALSE PROPHET DISGUSTS ME..HE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW WHICH END OF THE BIBLE TO OPEN..WHICH REMINDS ME…ALL CHURCHES NEED TO TEACH THE AFRICAN INFLUENCE IN THE BIBLE WHICH IS QUITE YUUUUUUUUUUUUGE. I’M GOING TO BE WORKING ON MY CHURCH!

        • 72 SUEDUVALLSMITH
          September 5, 2025 at 10:31 am

          WHEN I SAY WORKING..I MEAN KICKING ARSE…THE BIBLE IS NOT JUST A HANGOUT FOR WHITE SUPREMACISTS…IT IS THE GOSPEL OF A RAINBOW OF COLORS!! THE ONLY THING THEY KNOW HOW TO READ IS A BUFFET MENU!

  25. 73 prettyfoot58
    September 4, 2025 at 10:51 pm

    The results: Hillary Clinton is now winning in Ohio by four points, winning in Pennsylvania by seven points, winning in Virginia by six points, winning in Michigan by eight points, winning in New Hampshire by nine points, and also winning in North Carolina and Florida, according to the current polling averages from RealClearPolitics. In fact she’s now leading in every state which is traditionally considered to be a swing state. If the current numbers hold, she’ll win in an electoral college blowout.

  26. 75 globalcitizenlinda
    September 4, 2025 at 11:20 pm

  27. 76 globalcitizenlinda
    September 4, 2025 at 11:32 pm

  28. 79 sjterrid
    September 5, 2025 at 12:46 am

    Thank you, Nerdy, for the video and pictures from the G-20 in China.

  29. 81 arapaho415
    September 5, 2025 at 12:55 am

    GE/GM TODville.

    For BobFr (know he arrives early here):

  30. 83 SUEDUVALLSMITH
    September 5, 2025 at 5:45 am

    BACK TO ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…MAYBE……………..<3

  31. 84 JER
    September 5, 2025 at 7:14 am

    Good Morning Everybody.

    Beginning shortly…

  32. 87 JER
    September 5, 2025 at 7:37 am

  33. 88 JER
    September 5, 2025 at 8:15 am

    #Obama #Putin #g20 #china #oldfriendsarethebestfriends #tenderness

    A photo posted by @drunk__monk on

  34. 91 GGAIL
    September 5, 2025 at 8:30 am

    Good morning TOD family! Thank you NW for being here each time I open TOD ❤️

    Happy Labor Day everyone 🎉🎉

  35. 93 JER
    September 5, 2025 at 8:37 am

  36. 94 globalcitizenlinda
    September 5, 2025 at 8:48 am

    good morning everyone!

    Happy Labor Day;

    have a fantastic day;

  37. 95 globalcitizenlinda
    September 5, 2025 at 8:50 am

    • 96 SUEDUVALLSMITH
      September 5, 2025 at 10:44 am

      YES HE DOES…AND I AM GLAD HE TOOK A STAND..TAKING A STAND IS NOT EASY BUT WE ALL NEED TO WALK AGAINST THHE CONSTANT FLOW OF INJUSTICE! HIDING THESE ISSUES IN THE CLOSET MERELY TAINTS THE GROUND…THEN TIS’ NOT LONG AND YOU HAVE A LANDFILL SITE!

  38. 97 Bobfr (@Our4thEstate)
    September 5, 2025 at 8:52 am

    Good morning TOD🙂

    • 98 Bobfr (@Our4thEstate)
      September 5, 2025 at 8:54 am

      Wishing a Happy Labor Day to all of you …. bbl …..

      #ALL50


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