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[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 128 points 8 months ago

Newly re-elected New Zealand Prime Minister John Key was talking to a supporter on his mobile phone when another call came in.

"I didn't recognize the number, so I didn't take it," Key told a New Zealand television station.

Only later did aides tell Key who was trying to reach him: President Obama.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/09/22/obama-john-key-new-zealand-phone-call/16057707/

[-] CptEnder@lemmy.world 58 points 8 months ago

Lmao can you imagine President Obama having a call go to voicemail?

[-] WillySpreadum@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago

just thinking logistically, I imagine that happened a lot. Anyway I expect a decent number of his calls were made by aides and he just took the phone after they got through to the right person.

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago

Even if it said "President Obama" many people would think it's a prank.

[-] Guntrigger@feddit.ch 6 points 8 months ago

True, but if you just got elected as the head of a US friendly nation, it probably wouldn't be quite so unbelievable.

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 2 points 8 months ago

Well to be fair I'd answer just to say "no you're not!"

[-] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

Im surprised the aides from each side didnt do all the logistics of connecting with one another and the president wasnt just handed a phone with the call already connected through.

[-] makyo@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

That's what I was thinking, surely it was an aide who was dialing who'd only hand the phone to Obama when it actually connected to Key

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That was the aides from Obama's side calling 100%. The minister was newly elected, maybe fairly new to politics as a whole? Maybe he just doesn't like middlemen. Edit: **Re-**elected, I missed that. I guess the second option then.

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 8 months ago

Its a news site but the only place you can find the date of the article is in the URL. Sometimes I am baffled by the weird design decisions people are making.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 22 points 8 months ago

It's called USA Today. That means you're only supposed to read the news that came out today.

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Oh, so it happened today. Makes it a lot less interesting now that Obama is not a president and hasn't been in years.

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

It says it right under the headline, no? Or maybe that's only on the mobile layout or something.

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 8 months ago
[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Do you ever get the feeling you're part of an A/B test?

[-] arvere@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I guess I should start answering... what if it's Obama?

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Definitely don't ghost Obama. He'll drone strike your house.

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