Pick a leader of a foreign nation.... the leader you like most.

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[shadowmouse]

He looks like a Vegas-era Elvis Presley impersonator.

On the other hand, he gets out and gets involved in ordinary events in his country. Check the linked article.

[ranzino]

Angela Merkel.

She really really derped up the refugee crisis (it could have been handled better, without causing so much conflict with transit nations), but that doesn't take away from her overall record.

Her overall record means nothing to us. And she knows it.

[Kalis]

On the other hand, he gets out and gets involved in ordinary events in his country. Check the linked article.

So he goes way down in the ghetto, to show people that they were always on my his mind?

[Malacrass]

Hard to say, you can't really compare them really since each nation faces different problems.

But I guess Obama would be alright. He shouldn't have provoked Russia the way he did (what was there to gain?), but overall his 8 years could have been worse. You will see that once Clinton or Trump take over.

[Theodarzna]

Living? That is a difficult one? Orban of Hungry, only because he sticks a it to the EU over Merkel's migrant policy.

Dead? Empress Theodora of the Byzantines.

[shadowmouse]

So he goes way down in the ghetto, to show people that they were always on my his mind?

You young guys with your pop culture quotes. I'm sure that would have made more sense if I were just 20 years younger!

[Rennadrel]

Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
@Crissi what's yours!?

Trudeau is only slightly less of a douchecanoe than Stephen Harper was....

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Putin.

he gets shit done, he is proud of his country and fights for it. doesn't take shit from others.

And he tells his athletes to cheat at the Olympics because everyone else is cheating by taking PEDs. So all of his athletes cheat on their home soil, have been exposed and subsequently been banned from other Olympics.

[hrugner]

But I guess Obama would be alright. He shouldn't have provoked Russia the way he did (what was there to gain?), but overall his 8 years could have been worse. You will see that once Clinton or Trump take over.

I already miss him.

The King of Bhutan.

I have to admit, I know nothing about this guy.

[Zarc]

I like Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau.

Sadly I can't name a European leader that I really admire. I can name a few who I despise, like Victor Orban. But most are just OK. In the context of the refugee crisis I like Angela Merkel, but her overall record is too much tainted with insisting on austerity rather than solidarity as a remedy to Europe's financial troubles. Obama did a much better job handling the US economy than the European leaders have done with ours. He went the stimulus way, which is better, because if the economy grows the public debt shrinks as a percentage of the overall economy. Austerity just leads to a smaller economy and so the debt grows as a percentage of the overall economy.

[Beefsquatch]

Angela Merkel.

She really really derped up the refugee crisis (it could have been handled better, without causing so much conflict with transit nations), but that doesn't take away from her overall record.

I think it does. She fucked up big time, and keeps on fucking up instead of admitting to her mistakes.

OT: Putin for sure.

[Fencers]

Justin Trudeau seems pretty cool.

[shadowmouse]

I have to admit, I know nothing about this guy.

Just in case you don't like clicking on hypertext links: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...w/52379476.cms

The Oxford-educated Himalayan king maintains the ancient tradition of 'Kidu', which includes providing educational aid to poor students, medical aid to senior citizens, state land to farmers and assisting victims of natural disasters.
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Also known as the 'people's king', he has travelled through Bhutan extensively, on foot and on bicycle, and stayed in the homes of the locals and cooked for them.

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Pope Francis.

[Deleted]

Putin, easily.

[Selastan]

Since a few people are naming dead leaders as well, I'm gonna toss out good ole General Douglas MacArthur. Appointed ruler of Japan after their surrender in WWII, he is the one responsible for their prosperity since. He laid the infrastructure that turned Japan from a country of fallout and ash into a cultural and economical powerhouse. Not to mention he was a pretty awesome guy even before and after the occupation.

[Mihalik]

OT: Putin for sure.

Oh so you have a thing for Dictators? Niiiiiiiice.

[Noradin]

Living? That is a difficult one? Orban of Hungry, only because he sticks a it to the EU over Merkel's migrant policy.

Dead? Empress Theodora of the Byzantines.

So you wanted all those immigrants to still be stuck in Greece and Hungary?

[Aeula]

Kim Jong-un.

[May90]

Dalai Lama. I don't agree with everything he says, but he is the only one who seems to be doing something with the purpose of uniting all people in the world, rather than pushing interests of one's country.

Second and third would probably be Trudeau and Obama.

Putin isn't a dictator, he is democratically elected.
Go bash your own country.

So was Hitler.

gg