Posted on 11/07/2017 4:44:55 AM PST by simpson96
President Donald Trump met with Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Monday, sharing a brief handshake eight years after his predecessor became a global laughingstock by bowing deeply before the monarch.
Visiting with the emperor and empress is routine for heads of state visiting Tokyo, and Trump did his part a few hours before a joint press conference with Prime Minster Shinzo Abe, who wields more power than the aging figurehead.
Trump nodded his head slightly, but did not bend at the waist.
An administration official traveling with Trump on his Far East tour told DailyMail.com that bowing is 'not his style – never has been.'
In 2009 when the 6-foot, 2-inch Barack Obama visited Tokyo's Imperial Palace, he made a grand gesture by bowing at the waist to the 5-foot, 5-inch Akihito.
Trump is the same height as Obama.
It wasn't the first time Obama was caught up in a bowing scandal: Seven months earlier, he appeared to bow to the king of Saudi Arabia during a G20 Summit in London.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Isn’t it funny how Obama would grovel then totally abandon our allies? It’s like he thought diplomacy was just about sucking up.
A president bows to no head of state... Whether they are royal or not.
I have been told that the Japanese smile to hide embarrassment or faux pas committed by others. When you look at the picture with Obama, the Emperor and his wife clearly have frozen smiles, but not so much with Trump shaking hands from an upright position.
There does seem to be a difference there.
Cant see the fourth pic
Methinks bending over is second nature for Obamba.
The difference is stark, isn’t it? The thing I see (reading between the lines) is respect - respect that was absent with Ødungo. As usual the lefties are aghast, believing that Trump is being arrogant and abusive when all he is doing is showing - and demanding decent respect.
Leftists are losers (or should I say “loosers?!).
LOL - I didn’t believe that was the Daily Mail’s actual headline.
Yep, the powerful (and confident) don’t respect those who grovel.
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