[savedbygrace]

Thank you. That is pretty much what I was thinking, although I figured it was his staff who set him up to be the fool, not State. You’re probably right about that.

[AmericanInTokyo]

At any rate, it is in the Turkish papers now, in Italy, in UK, in China, Korea, all over the place. This one is from RAI in Italy, a different angle.

What an absolute idiot, and the press for not pointing this out. They will be forced to momentarily, though:

I can almost sense Michiko Sama thinking "Oh, my. You POOR man."

This man ashames me overseas as an American.