"I'm the president. And you're not."

"I'm the president. And you're not."

C'est le message qu'aurait voulu faire passer Obama lors d'un rendez-vous avec les dirigeants des banques les plus importantes. Cet article du site "Politico" (faux-nez internet des MSM genre Huffington Post) nous donne un aperçu de l'ambiance entre Obama et les banquiers. Attention quand même, il ne s'agit pas d'une information de première main.

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“These are complicated companies,” one CEO said. Offered another: “We’re competing for talent on an international market.”

But President Barack Obama wasn’t in a mood to hear them out. He stopped the conversation and offered a blunt reminder of the public’s reaction to such explanations. “Be careful how you make those statements, gentlemen. The public isn’t buying that.”

“My administration,” the president added, “is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.”

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“The only way they could have sent a more Spartan message is if they had served bread along with the water,” says a person who attended the meeting. “The signal from Obama’s body language and demeanor was, ‘I’m the president, and you’re not.’”

According to the accounts of sources inside the room, President Obama told the CEOs exactly what he expects from them, and pushed back forcefully when they attempted to defend Wall Street’s legendarily high-paying ways.