The height of etiquette: Michelle Obama towers over Japanese emperor

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[traumer]

Michelle Obama has had an awkward start to her visit to Japan as she was pictured towering over Emperor Akihito and stumbling as she tried to bow, shake his hand and curtsey at once.

The First Lady, dressed in a florid combination of a blazer and skirt, dwarfed the Emperor in her silver stilettos, while he maintained his composure and smiled politely. She then squatted slightly while shaking his hand, seemingly trying to disguise the difference of height between them.

Mrs Obama, who is 5ft 9in tall, also caused embarrassment earlier in the day when she grabbed Akie Abe, wife of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a hug-and-handshake combination while the Japanese First Lady was trying to bow.

[Harpotoo]

Godzilla!!!

[Auntie Mame]

LOL!

[Safetgiver]

So why the heck is she there???...So in 2016 she can run for Barry’s third term as a foreign policy expert.

[tflabo]

A gift wrapped chocolate monster cookie.

[Safetgiver]

so apart from choosing different shoes, I’m not sure what else she could have done....Go back to the ghetto?

[NorthMountain]

Mrs. Abe’s jacket is gorgeous.

That's an interesting trick. The grey gradient perfectly matches her hair. It wouldn't work on a younger woman. Or a blonde, or redhead ...

[WKUHilltopper]

Why would an awkward, gangly oaf wear high heels? Oh, I forgot, the MSM keeps telling us how glamorous she is.

[massgopguy]

Moochelle is in Japan to talk about education for girls. Which was written in the the Japanese Constitution that MacArthur wrote. As part of the Unconditional Surrender. Moochelle’s husband said he didn't feel “comfortable” with.

[Polynikes]

Nice dress. My Granma used to have a set of drapes like that.

[Safetgiver]

When we are nose to nose, my toes are in it. When we are toes to toes my nose is in it.

[NorthMountain]

Moochelle’s husband said he didn't feel “comfortable” with.

Of course not. Barry "Choom Gang" Soetoro is a moslem. Not "comfortable" is an understatement. Mohammedans are pathologically and violently opposed to education for girls.

[nascarnation]

Isn’t the Caliph paying about $70 grand a year for Malaria and Sharia?

[NorthMountain]

Edumacashun for me, but not for thee ...

[litehaus]

“asked the State Department’s local protocol adviser”

He/She was on leave back in Chicago overseeing a “Club Assassination” on the South Side....,

[patriot08]

And no matter how the rats criticised Nancy’s spending habits or some of the little quirky things she did, nothing she did could ever come close to the outrageous spending habits and bizarre things this thing we call’first lady’ does.

[trisham]

Nope, not even close.

[xsmommy]

is it just me or is that thing wrinkled beyond belief? looks like it was balled up in a corner somewhere and she took it out to put on.

[PapaBear3625]

Michelle, patterns don’t work for you in a formal setting. Single color, please.

[Bigg Red]

She is only 5’9”? That can’t be right. She seems much taller.

[Bigg Red]

Silence, peasant!