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12 Embarassing Moments for the POTUS


This took awhile to put together but somebody had to do it!  Eye-rolling smile
Here are twelve Embarrassing and Revealing Moments for the POTUS (so far!)


1. The President of the United States Barack Obama greets King Abdullah of Saudi
with a full bow from the waist (April, 2009)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/5128171/Barack-Obama-criticised-for-bowing-to-King-Abdullah-of-Saudi-Arabia.html


2. “It is considered an insult in the Arab world to show the sole of your shoe to someone,
” the correspondent noted.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131837#.VSL1yWfQOM8


3. President Obama swats fly that landed on his hand during CNBC interview (June, 2009)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/5557125/Video-Barack-Obama-swats-fly-during-CNBC-interview.html


4. President Obama tried to leave the White House to play basketball but was stopped by a swarm
of bees (May, 2010)
 http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/98075-thousands-of-bees-swarm-white-house


5. President Obama upstaged by mouse as he holds news conference in the Rose Garden (May, 2010)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1280156/A-mouse-White-House-Mystery-rodent-disrupts-Obama-press-conference.html


6. A fly lands on President Barack Obama's face during news conference in the East Room (June, 2010)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2267925/Obama-loses-cool-speech-ANOTHER-pesky-fly-assails-survived.html


7. The presidential seal fell off President Barack Obama's lectern and clattered to the stage as he delivered a
speech to a women's conference.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/05/presidential-seal-falls-off-podium-as-obama-speaks/


8. Winds blows away red carpet for Obamas in Mumbai - Twice!
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/winds-blow-away-red-carpet-for-obamas-in-mumbai/article872673.ece


9. President Obama locked out of the White House, returning from trip to Brazil, El Salvadore. (March,2011)
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/national/president-barack-obama-locked-out-of-white-house


10. Video: President Obama trips on stage
video: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/18858745/video-president-obama-trips-on-stage


11. REJECT: Obama’s credit card denied at restaurant on New York City trip
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/17/obamas-credit-card-rejected-new-york-trip/


12. As the president was reciting lines from the famous book “Where the Wild Things Are,” bees
began buzzing around the kids seated on the South Lawn at the White House.
http://www.wnd.com/2015/04/bees-cause-pandemonium-as-obama-reads-to-kids/#Du8jCrdjOUlROti8.99