President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Norman Manley International Airport prior to departure from Kingston, Jamaica en route to Panama City, Panama, April 9, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Michael Crowley, Politico: Obama's big damage-control tour
Visiting three major allies, the president is likely to face as many jeers as cheers.
President Barack Obama will drop in on three of America’s most important allies this week, possibly for the last time. But he isn’t expecting an adoring reception in any of them.
The U.S. relationship with all three nations is distressed, and Obama will be doing more than a little damage control.
In Saudi Arabia, where he lands on Wednesday, Obama will try to soothe anger over his nuclear deal with Iran and his increasingly public complaints about the Saudi kingdom. In London, he’ll make amends for comments about British foreign policy that rattled the teacups at 10 Downing Street. And in Germany, he’ll confront one of Europe’s most anti-American moods and lingering bitterness over National Security Agency spying in Berlin.
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WNU Editor: As I had mentioned yesterday .... President Obama Is Getting Ready To Travel To The Middle East To Reassure Allies .... this is not going to be an easy trip.
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