Our fearless leader is back and looking tired. Of course he is tired. He is actually trying to do work, something he has never before done in his life. Plus, he has gotten no results as usual. At what point does this man realize that being liked and getting things done have nothing to do with each other. The world is laughing at this guy behind his back. Actually, they are laughing at him right to his face.It is a very simple concept. Every country in this world does what is in their best interest (other than the US of course). The best interest of these countries is rarely in the best interest of the US. Thus, foreign countries will support and like a President who is bad for the US, as that is good for the foreign countries. Accordingly, when we see the world gushing with love for our Clown in Chief then we should assume it is because they have already surmised that he is in their best interest, not our country's.
Der Spiegel gets it, and they are German. Why don't we get it?
The world has no respect for the United States anymore. They know we are bankrupt and can not pay our debt. Moreover, they know that with our crony political system we do not have the resolve to do what is necessary to save ourselves. Interest rates must be increased immediately. Spending must be slashed by a minimum of 50% across the board. Anything less than this will result in our country being crushed by the financial tsunami that is currently a mile off our coast and closing in fast.When he entered office, US President Barack Obama promised to inject US foreign policy with a new tone of respect and diplomacy. His recent trip to Asia, however, showed that it's not working. A shift to Bush-style bluntness may be coming.
There were only a few hours left before Air Force One was scheduled to depart for the flight home. US President Barack Obama trip through Asia had already seen him travel 24,000 kilometers, sit through a dozen state banquets, climb the Great Wall of China and shake hands with Korean children. It was high time to take stock of the trip.
Barack Obama looked tired on Thursday, as he stood in the Blue House in Seoul, the official residence of the South Korean president. He also seemed irritable and even slightly forlorn. The CNN cameras had already been set up. But then Obama decided not to play along, and not to answer the question he had already been asked several times on his trip: what did he plan to take home with him? Instead, he simply said "thank you, guys," and disappeared. David Axelrod, senior advisor to the president, fielded the journalists' questions in the hallway of the Blue House instead, telling them that the public's expectations had been "too high."
The mood in Obama's foreign policy team is tense following an extended Asia trip that produced no palpable results. The "first Pacific president," as Obama called himself, came as a friend and returned as a stranger. The Asians smiled but made no concessions.
