I’ll confess to commenting without looking at the video.
We know that Obama and crew are lazy morons, who can’t pass up an opportunity to recreate, if possible at huge public expense. But observers in other countries might not believe this. Through the lens of “normal” imperial behavior, our “leaders” conspicuous absense probably looks like a false display of being uninvolved; i.e., evidence of the opposite.
Their role is really more one of being front men for those who are pulling their strings.
Kerry and Obama are the Spokes Models and Teleprompter readers for the people who are the public face of those who are really running the show.