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27th March 2014, 09:29 AM
Awkward slow clap for Obama’s remarks in the Netherlands (video)
Written by Michele Hickford, Editor-in-Chief (http://allenbwest.com/author/michele/) on March 27, 2014
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In the absence of an adoring, perfectly-staged audience for President Obama’s droning pronouncements, the crowd response is…basically nothing.
It’s not just the poll results (http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/03/17/rel4g.pdf) in the US that show respect and approval for Obama’s performance are plummeting – he just can’t seem to take the show on the road.
As CBS reports (http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/03/26/lone-person-awkwardly-slow-claps-at-conclusion-of-obama-summit-remarks/), at the conclusion of a joint news conference in the Netherlands with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, President Obama gestured and thanked the crowd as only a single person in the audience responded with an awkward slow clap.
http://youtu.be/mVFrdWIs2LI
Ouch. That’s really gotta hurt.
CBS says the near non-response from the audience comes amid reports from the UK Guardian newspaper that President Obama will arrive to the EU and NATO G7 conference in Brussels with a 900-strong entourage that includes 45 vehicles, three planes and a price tag of €10M ($10.4M) for the president’s 24-hour stay.
And about those poll figures? A CNN/ORC Poll (http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/03/17/rel4g.pdf) seems to confirm what everyone in that room in the Netherlands was thinking. Asked if leaders of other countries respect Obama, only 39% said yes.
Finally, people are waking up to the fact that the Emperor has no clothes. But is it too late?
Written by Michele Hickford, Editor-in-Chief (http://allenbwest.com/author/michele/) on March 27, 2014
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In the absence of an adoring, perfectly-staged audience for President Obama’s droning pronouncements, the crowd response is…basically nothing.
It’s not just the poll results (http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/03/17/rel4g.pdf) in the US that show respect and approval for Obama’s performance are plummeting – he just can’t seem to take the show on the road.
As CBS reports (http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/03/26/lone-person-awkwardly-slow-claps-at-conclusion-of-obama-summit-remarks/), at the conclusion of a joint news conference in the Netherlands with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, President Obama gestured and thanked the crowd as only a single person in the audience responded with an awkward slow clap.
http://youtu.be/mVFrdWIs2LI
Ouch. That’s really gotta hurt.
CBS says the near non-response from the audience comes amid reports from the UK Guardian newspaper that President Obama will arrive to the EU and NATO G7 conference in Brussels with a 900-strong entourage that includes 45 vehicles, three planes and a price tag of €10M ($10.4M) for the president’s 24-hour stay.
And about those poll figures? A CNN/ORC Poll (http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/03/17/rel4g.pdf) seems to confirm what everyone in that room in the Netherlands was thinking. Asked if leaders of other countries respect Obama, only 39% said yes.
Finally, people are waking up to the fact that the Emperor has no clothes. But is it too late?