Hi AIT. How was Zer0’s Japan trip reported in Japan? Is the Japanese press pro-Obama or do they call it like it is?
Zero committed few faux pas here in Japan like last time. Thank goodness for the Office of the Presidency, which I respect, and for United States image. I could care less about Obongo. Good for him. Well, his handlers probably reigned him in this time not to look like a doofus with a odd, inappropriae OJT bow. At any rate, Obama is nowhere NEAR the rock star that he has been on previous visits here to Japan. The Mid Term Elections settled that once and for all. He has been cut down to size. I admire him going to have a matcha ice cream, (I would, too, to bring back 41 year old Japan memories as a kid), however I would not do it to the cost of the US taxpayers.
This thing was terribly expensive for us, and quite frankly I think he could have video teleconferenced to both Seoul (G-20) and Yokohama (APEC) from D.C. with just as much impact (little) for 1/100th of the cost!!!