Hugo Rifkind Hugo Rifkind

Shared Opinion | 4 April 2009

Sorry, Mr President, but bringing your own car to the G20 summit was plain rude

issue 04 April 2009

It’s the little slights that really hurt. The ones where they just don’t seem to have thought about it. Certainly, we’re all thrilled that the great President Obama has deigned to make a visit to this little island vassal state. But why did he have to bring his own car?

We have cars.

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