[libstripper]

The absolute disgrace continues and gets even worse. This individual is pure evil.

[jimbo123]

[Edgar3]

Did he give him an iPod too?

[LibWhacker]

You can take the boy out of slavery but you can’t take the Uncle Tom out of the boy.

[svcw]

no, he didn't bow. Remember he is sooooo tall and all the other world leaders are sooooooo short he has to shake hands like this to be face to face.
/s/
Disgrace, vile, evil, narcissistic, pychcopath - those are good words to describe this lunatic.

[Hot Tabasco]

“I found a penny...”

[rawhide]

I do not have a problem with this. To me it is showing a sign of honor and respect.

[Bulldawg Fan]

An American President bowing to the Japanese Emperor. I bet Roosevelt, Truman, McArthur and a million dead American veterans are rolling in their graves.

[kjo]

Truth is...culturally speaking, this guy is not an American...he's a fish out of water. Maybe, born in Hawaii, brought up as a Muslim, living a good part of the time abroad he has few culturally learned instincts. As a young man, a student of Marxists...he does not really know our economic system. He constantly misinterprets cultural clues.

[Former Proud Canadian]

He bows to “royalty”. Wow, I have never seen a US president do that. I thought the revolution was about getting rid of royalty and making everyone equal under the law to pursue their own happiness. Oh, well, so much for old, stale ideas.

[IbJensen]

This communist-muslim actor is such an ass!

[Bringbackthedraft]

Customary greeting in Japan, like shaking hands,I don’t see it as anything outrages.

[ErnBatavia]

What’s your take here?

[GRRRRR]

A simple head bow is all that is really needed...only the subserviant give the full waist bow...in my experience with Japanese businessmen.

Also, you don’t shake and bow at the same time.
In a formal setting, the geisha would bow fully, hands in front of their hips.

Business men exchange ‘meishi’-business cards with two hand and then a short head bow.

When meeting with the President of a company, I bowed to about 45 degrees to honor him and his company for their fine service.

The President of the USA should NOT be grovel bowing like that...unless of course he’s a pu$$y.

[NotSoModerate]

[ecomcon]

Bowing down to an emperor? My disgust for this puke knows no bounds.

As an AMERICAN, I DESPISE emperors, whether they have power or not. And I consider no man or woman to be my “superior”.

FUBO

[quantim]

You don’t know how bad I want to drop in a donkey’s rear in place of the Akihito handshake but Holder would probably come after me.

[jpsb]

ping

[Vinnie]

This was a ,’This should clear up the bow to the Sheik controversy’.

“Show them I don’t play favorites”

[Tunehead54]

I am no expert on Japanese traditions (but I have read all of Clavell's novels ;-) but normally a bow does not include a handshake. In modern times, at most, its a nod of the head when shaking hands ...

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Anyone?

[GOPRaleigh]

Should we really expect anything else from this guy? Really?

Sickening...