I just threw up a little in my mouth.......the man is a blathering twit and MSM eat it up

From the JFK Library of news from his June 1961 visit. Do you really expect the tone and strength that JFK put forward at this summit to be put forward by Mr. Obama on this visit. I just incorporated a few days worth of items, but the contrast to Mr. Obama could not be clearer:

June 1, 1961

A glistening, orange-nosed jet flashed out of the haze
over Paris yesterday, and beneath it a stream of small black cars
flowed around an airport honor guard and halted at the edge of a
scarlet carpet. Some minutes later President Kennedy stepped out of his
plane and was greeted by President de Gaulle. From that point on the
two became a study in contrasts as they moved, side by side, through
the city ’ age beside youth, grandeur beside informality. (10:6)

They found a "complete identity of view" on Western action to
counter any new Soviet threat in Berlin. Presumably, this meant they
had agreed to go to war, if necessary, to maintain Western rights
there. (1:1; Text, pg. 11)

Sources in Bonn reported that the U.S., Britain and France had begun
consultations in Washington on a whole series of American proposals on
various actions the Allies might have to take to meet a Berlin crisis.
President Kennedy was said to be dissatisfied that the Allies now had
to consult each time the Russians or East Germans made a move against
West Berlin. (1:2-3)

Paris also saw the sentencing of former Generals Challe and Zeller
to fifteen years in prison for having led the Right-Wing military
mutiny in Algeria last month. Both men had faced the death penalty.
(1:4)

Word from the Dominican Republic was that Generalissimo Rafael
Leonidas Trujillo Molina had been assassinated Tuesday night. One
report laid the murder to a disgruntled army general seeking personal
revenge for some wrong done to his family. (1:8; Text, pg. 14)

In New York, angry anti-Trujillo partisans rioted in the Dominican Consulate office. Thirty-one men were arrested. (1:6-7)

Secretary Rusk was advised in a phone call from President Kennedy to
delay his planned departure for Europe in order to follow closely the
Dominican developments.

The Labor Department reported that between mid-April and mid-May
employment rose and unemployment declined, but that both were seasonal.

For the sixth straight month the seasonably adjusted jobless rate stayed close to 7 per cent. (1:2)

In anticipation of high unemployment for some time to come, and to
help idle workers save their homes, the F.H.A. simplified the rules
providing for a moratorium on mortgage payments. Local directors were
authorized to approve forbearance when necessary to prevent a
foreclosure. (18:3)

A Federal judge in Alabama turned down a Justice Department demand
for a no-violence injunction against the Birmingham police, but he
issued a stern warning against further Freedom Rider disorders. (1:7)

U.S. says Reds block negotiations on Laos. (pg. 5)

Junta pledges free economy in Korea. (pg. 5)

Ormsby-Gore to be British Ambassador. (pg. 8)

U.S.-Soviet group ends Crimea talks. (pg. 11)

Cuban exiles ask U.S. to release 13. (pg. 15)

Tractor-for-freedom group speeds plans. (p.15)

40 million asked for permanent Peace Corps. (pg. 31)

N.A.A.C.P. sues to integrate University of Mississippi. (pg. 22)

June 2, 1961

President de Gaulle greeted President Kennedy for a
second day of talks. And in three hours and twenty minutes of private
meetings, they came to grips with the heart of the matter ’ their
divergent views on the Atlantic alliance and defense generally. They
decreed total silence on the substance of the talks. (1:3; Text, pg.4)

Mrs. Kennedy received about fifty women reporters and fielded questions rapidly, both in French and English.

The second long day of diplomatic talks and high spectacle ended at a Versailles party. (4:7-8)

Commenting on the Vienna meeting, Vice President Johnson said Mr.
Kennedy would warn Mr. Khrushchev that the United States had no
intention of yielding to diplomatic blackmail and that no greater
blunder could be made than to discount the strength of the free. (5:4)

Secretary of State Rusk finally flew to Paris to join Mr. Kennedy
amid an official expression of hope that a democratic regime would come
to power in the Dominican Republic in the wake of Generalissimo
Trujillo’s assassination. His departure, delayed by the killing, was
taken as evidence of Washington’s belief that there was no threat to
the safety of the 5,200 Americans there. (1:6-7)

Ambassador Harriman was summoned to Paris today to discuss with
President Kennedy the deadlocked Laos conference in Geneva. The
President was said to be concerned about the usefulness of continuing
the round of charge and countercharge. (1:5)

Having found a "large measure of agreement" with Mr. Kennedy on the
problem of Arab refugees in Palestine, Premier Ben-Gurion ended his
visit here and flew to London for a meeting today with Prime Minister
Macmillan. (1:7)

Greyhound desegregates Montgomery terminal. (pg. 1)

Rusk backs plea to I.C.C. on segregation. (pg. 21)

June 3, 1961

After nearly eight hours of intimate conversation
spread over three days, President Kennedy and President de Gaulle
parted yesterday, tightly bound in the defense of Berlin, better
informed of their divergent viewpoints on other matters and with great
mutual esteem. Mr. Kennedy then turned his attention actively to his
week-end meeting with Premier Khrushchev in Vienna in the knowledge he
had French backing on most major issues to be discussed. (1:8; Texts,
pgs. 6 & 7)

Mrs. Kennedy, too, made her mark on Paris and this was accurately,
if humorously, summed up by her husband at a press luncheon: "I am the
man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris." (7:2-3)

Mr. Khrushchev was first to arrive in Vienna, where officials in his
party denounced the Kennedy-de Gaulle talks as "a militaristic exercise
and poor preparation" for the week-end meeting. The Soviet attitude was
one of pessimism. (1:6-7)

Generalissimo Trujillo was buried in San Cristobal amid scenes of grief that at times reached hysteria. (1:2-3)

Washington ordered a "general alert" of all naval ships on the
Eastern seaboard to prepare for a possible evacuation of the 2,000
American citizens now in the Dominican Republic. Earlier, the United
States asked the OAS to send a special investigating committee to the
Dominican Republic to prevent repressive measures by the Government.
(1:1)

From Beirut came word that President Kennedy had sent letters of
goodwill to Lebanon, the UAR, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Jordan about ten
days before the visit to the United States by Premier Ben-Gurion of
Israel. As a result, an Arab summit meeting is being organized,
possibly for mid-June. (1:7)

The Tractors for Freedom Committee informed Premier Castro that the
tractors were ready and waiting, and gave him until noon Wednesday to
accept the offer. (1:3)

A Federal district judge in Montgomery, Ala., threatened Negro and
white leaders alike with prison terms, as he ordered Freedom Riders to
end their tests of bus integration and forbade Montgomery police to
withhold protection from interstate passengers, no matter what their
race. He also enjoined Ku Klux Klansmen and their associates from
interfering with such travel. (1:5)

The injunction against the Freedom Riders ran into immediate
opposition in the Justice Department. It was forcefully pointed out
that asking people to use restraint ’ as Attorney General Kennedy had
done ’ was far different from telling them they could not exercise
their constitutional rights. (18:3)

It became known that the Administration was planning to drop eight
Army National Guard and Reserve divisions in a move tied to plans for
reorganizing the Army’s divisional structure. The cutback, from a total
of thirty-seven divisions, could touch off a political battle in
Congress. (1:4)

$2,225,000,000 aid is pledged for India. (pg. 3)

Laos talks wait Kennedy-Khrushchev parley. (pg. 3)

Vienna meeting is 7th scheduled at summit. (pg. 7)

Khrushchev stakes prestige on Vienna meeting. (pg. 7)

June 4, 1961

Cold wind and rain buffeted the waiting crowd at the
Vienna airport, turning umbrellas inside out. Puddles had to be swept
way before the red carpet could be rolled out. Nevertheless, the
greeting for President Kennedy was a warm one and he appeared in good
spirits as he left his plane. (26:7-8)

His first confrontation with Premier Khrushchev came outside the
U.S. Embassy, the President lightly bounding down the steps to greet
the Russian. With the introduction and polite luncheon talk over, the
world’s two most powerful leaders held what was described as a "frank
and courteous" four-hour private discussion of their troubled world
relationships. Both men were observed talking with marked animation,
but the official statement of the subject matter said only that special
attention was paid to the situation in Laos. (1:8; Texts, Pg. 26)

Last night, in the Schoenbrunn Palace, at a state dinner, Mr.
Khrushchev was asked if he would pose shaking hands with the President.
With a twinkle in his eyes, the Soviet leader nodded toward Mrs.
Kennedy ’ stately and striking in a long white gown ’ and said: "I’d
like to shake her hand first." (1:7)

Communist observers in Vienna were privately expressing surprise and
misgivings with what they consider to be massive and aggressive public
preparations by Washington for the Khrushchev meeting. They regard it
as something of a semi-private affair, and they feel Americans are
treating it with summitry techniques. (27:1)

In London, the President’s next stop, observers see a problem in
persuasion awaiting him. The Kennedy Administration wants the West to
draw a line in West Berlin over which the Russians cannot step without
provoking allied military action. The British want to play it by ear,
contending that military tactics must be shaped to meet circumstances
as they arise. (1:6-7)

United States naval units patrolled Caribbean waters off the
Dominican Republic with a force including carriers and a sizable marine
detachment on a "stand-by" basis. In Washington, Diplomats awaited
tomorrow’s vote by the O.A.S. on the sending of an inspection group to
the country. (1:2)

Dominican exile groups were appealing to the United States and the
O.A.S. for immediate action, even intervention, to halt what they call
a mounting reign of terror and brutality. (2:6)

Officials of the Government and the Communications industry were
getting ready to sit down tomorrow to take up the complex problem of
who shall own and operate a communications satellite system.
Economically, such a system could become profitable before the end of
the decade and in fifteen years could turn into a several billion
dollars-a-year business. (1:2-3)

If Congress goes along with the Administration’s wishes, the
Government’s communications satellite program will soon be expanded
appreciably, with the emphasis on non-military aspects. (52:4-5)

Stevenson begins South American tour today. (pg. 2)

Europeans accept U.S. plea for textiles talks. (pg. 22)

Kasavubu informing U.N. of Kivu massacre. (pg. 30)

June 5, 1961

President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev began the second and last day of their Vienna meeting. (12:3-4)

They reached limited agreement on Laos, reaffirming their support
for its independence and neutrality. They engaged in a sharp three-hour
disagreement on all questions concerning Berlin and Germany as well as
nuclear testing and disarmament controls. There were no new ultimatums,
no angry or menacing outbursts, and President Kennedy was able to fly
to London confident and encouraged about having re-established
high-level Soviet-American diplomacy. (1:8)

The Moscow radio hailed the above mentioned talk as "a good beginning." (1:4)

President Kennedy had only limited success, his wife’s triumph was
total. When she arrived for lunch at the Pallavicini Palace, the chant
of "Jah-kee, Jah-kee" was picked up by about 1,000 Viennese and
continued until she appeared on a balcony with Mme. Khrushchev. (1:6)

President Kennedy flew to London for a twenty-eight hour visit. Mr.
Kennedy was driven through lanes of cheering Britons. There were some
pacifist demonstrators along the motorcades route, but on the whole it
was a friendly crowd. (1:7)

Adlai E. Stevenson arrived in Caracas to begin his South American tour for the President. (1:8)

The accused leader of the assassins of Generalissimo Trujillo of the
Dominican Republic was shot and killed in a battle with the police in
Ciudad Trujillo. (1:2)

President Balaguer hinted that the republic might be restored to
status in the Americas if the O.A.S. could find a formula to certify
electoral processes. (3:1)

The Administration is considering an offer to NATO of some Strategic
Air Command bombers and long-range ballistic missiles, along with
Polaris submarines. (1:5).

The Justice Department will argue in a Louisiana court brief that no
state may constitutionally close its public schools unless it can
demonstrate a reasonable purpose. (1:3)

United States views on trade sought in Britain. (Page 13)

Curbs on factory discrimination gaining. (Page 22)

Moss Hart gives eulogy at Kaufman rites. (Page 31)

Oh that's nice. Why on earth would you imply that Barack is going to steal from the queen?

Do we have any idea what previous presidents have given foreign leaders / dignitaries? Is an ipod SOOO disgraceful?

justathot...

Oh yeah...you have me laughing like crazy here just picturing that 'Fist-Bump' thing!

What is sad...is I'm getting to the point I wouldn't be shocked anymore with this couple.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Well, it could have been worse.  At least he didn't try to knuckle-bump Her Majesty.