Obama made a major error, when he stated he was happy that PM Yukio Hatoyama pledged 5 billion dollars over five years for the Afghanistan War.
BUT wait, Yukio (they are on a first name basis, don’t you know) only promised 5 billion yen over five years, and that is only about 56 million USD, NOT the $5 Billion Obama stated... Obama needs a better teleprompter, one that can convert yen to usd...
5 billion Japanese yen = 55.68500 million U.S. dollars
I thought it was USD and not yen, you may be right as I was surprised when I heard of that sizable amount.
Makes sense now. I saw part of that presser, Obama actually said he forgot some of the original questions the reporters asked, and they had thrown a ton of questions at Obama.
And he totally flubbed everything, he had no spark, had no impression of even being awake fully, he displayed a visible sigh when the PM was giving his speech.
This POTUS is useless, I am very sure the headlines in Japan today will be pointing all this and more out.
If the dollar keeps declining like it has been doing all year, it might be worth 5 billion U.S. dollars.