LOL, I´m wondering what all this fuss is about! Really.
German newspapers comment not on the President´s gesture but on the reaction of the American news and web-users. It was meant as a friendly gesture by Pres. Bush, but it´s clearly visible that Merkel was surprised and didn´t like it until she found out it was meant funny. No problem at all, let´s go on.
A story and video are on the front page of CNN.com, too. This is the stupidest thing to make front page news. This is our hackjob US media doing their best to undermine our President world wide.