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WoW...

Just watched it again... Ha ha ha... Obama never did drink to his toast.

The Queen said something to him, he looked around and saw what just happened, his lips become very very taught and he stands tall...tilts his head back in a defiant and "I'm better than you gesture" and once the music has stopped she turns toward him raises her glass, she drinks as he leans toward her and he raises his glass but he doesn't drink to her...ha ha ha ha

I'm sure this wasn't lost to her or her people either...

AndyC wrote:Did Obongo mess up - or was it the Brits who played the anthem early?

I saw what you are talking about when I first saw the video...buuuut... The leader of the free world should of had the understanding that if the song titled "God Save the Queen" is playing despite what his (or the bands) timing was he shouldn't have continued to talk over it and then expected when HE was done for everyone to pick up their glasses and toast. That is why everyone else waited for the anthem to be finished before they accepted his gesture. It was his actions during and after his rhetoric that makes this a gaff... Either he is completely unaware of etiquette or is so pompous that he thought it was being played as a dramatic addition to bring emphasis to his toast.

US President Barack Obama suffers embarrassing royal toast mishap ...

Barack Obama suffered an awkward moment during a banquet at Buckingham Palace last night when he broke royal protocol by speaking over the national anthem.



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