I didn’t notice the ‘three attempts’ going on, but I may not have read the child’s behavior same as the writer here.
It was, as they used to say “A Kodak Moment”. Very nice and fully sentimental.
**Side Note: Look at the video again. Look to the left of the President. A youngish fellow sitting there in a light beige suit. Doesn’t that fellow look a lot like Ted Cruz? Similar smile too. At first I wondered why he was in attendance.
In the first seconds of the video you can see the face of the man behind the President. It’s not Ted Cruz - it’s a younger man.