Russia annexes Crimea & Russia state TV discusses nuking US & Obama hair turning gray? https://t.co/FGvblj1uBG
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) March 16, 2014
Dmitry Kiselyov, the new head of Russia Today and Vladimir Putin’s chief media propagandist, has been doing a little saber rattling:
new head of "Russia Today" said on state TV "#Russia is the only country in the world that can turn the USA into radioactive dust".
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) March 16, 2014
Kiselyov reportedly also claimed that this fear of Putin’s Russia has caused President Obama to go gray:
New head of Russian state news agency also claims Obama's hair turned grey in past week of Putinismo, via @korobkov pic.twitter.com/aZBPdMI5qE
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) March 16, 2014
According to Dimitry Kiselev, Obama's hair is graying because he's worried about Russia nuking US? https://t.co/4H1WWmJ7O1
— Luke Johnson (@johnson) March 16, 2014
Not to cast doubt on Kiselyov’s talking point, but Obama’s hair has gone back and forth for years, partly for this reason:
.@whitegl Ha! Obama gets gray hair from not getting his way at home. He had it a long time before Putin started acting out. He colors it.
— C2 (@corrcomm) March 16, 2014
Obama went gray on occasion even back before he was mocking Mitt Romney for still considering Russia a geopolitical foe and making “flexibility” promises to Putin and Medvedev.