[Washi]

Actually, this is a greater act of submission than is apparent on the surface.

The correct protocol in Japan is to bow, same depth, same duration. What The Usurper is doing is tantamount to prostrating himself.

Candor7, you know Japanese customs better than I - is this a correct analysis?

I lived in Japan for eleven years. Your analysis is spot on. He is bowing WAY beyond what protocol calls for.

One of three possible reasons, which have all been speculated on earlier on this thread:

1. Covering for his bow in Saudi Arabia
2. Apologizing for being American
3. Too stupid to know better, or listen to advisors who know better

[shibumi]

There is one other possibility.

He might be trying to outdo Bush41 by barfing on the Emperor’s shoes.

[thecodont]

I vote for all three.

[blackbart.223]

"3. Too stupid to know better, or listen to advisors who know better.

I pick this one. But you are assuming he has advisors who know anything.

[silverleaf]

“One of three possible reasons, which have all been speculated on earlier on this thread:

1. Covering for his bow in Saudi Arabia
2. Apologizing for being American
3. Too stupid to know better, or listen to advisors who know better ...”

Or a 4th, reverts to habits acquired during many years as a a muslim, when meeting a higher power to whom he would show submission

[mojitojoe]

One of three possible reasons, which have all been speculated on earlier on this thread:

1. Covering for his bow in Saudi Arabia
2. Apologizing for being American
3. Too stupid to know better, or listen to advisors who know better

_____________________ #1, advisors told him to do it.