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Addendum comparison made between Barack Obama and Trump's greeting Japanese emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko upon arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo - Obama bowing in 2009 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/6580190/Barack-Obama-criticised-for-treasonous-bow-to-Japanese-emperor.html and Trump with a handshake and nod in 2017 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-asia-japan-emperor/trump-greets-japanese-emperor-with-a-handshake-and-nod-but-no-bow-idUSKBN1D60CG While the first gesture assumes mutual respect (through being gracious) the second symbolically positions both within a world-view framed in terms of business (and fails to recognise the symbolic importance/grandeur of the Japanese emperor). Selective photographic evidence of Obama and Trump's interaction with military personnel. There appears to be an important subtext to these images. Whereas the first shows a white soldier holding an umbrella for Obama i.e. African American (which he does so as an act of duty/service) the second shows a white president (Trump) dignifying an African American soldier through replacing a soldier's hat (logically interpreted as an act of humility).
Addendum comparison made between Barack Obama and Trump's greeting Japanese emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko upon arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo - Obama bowing in 2009 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/6580190/Barack-Obama-criticised-for-treasonous-bow-to-Japanese-emperor.html and Trump with a handshake and nod in 2017 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-asia-japan-emperor/trump-greets-japanese-emperor-with-a-handshake-and-nod-but-no-bow-idUSKBN1D60CG While the first gesture assumes mutual respect (through being gracious) the second symbolically positions both within a world-view framed in terms of business (and fails to recognise the symbolic importance/grandeur of the Japanese emperor). Selective photographic evidence of Obama and Trump's interaction with military personnel. There appears to be an important subtext to these images. Whereas the first shows a white soldier holding an umbrella for Obama i.e. African American (which he does so as an act of duty/service) the second shows a white president (Trump) dignifying an African American soldier through replacing a soldier's hat (logically interpreted as an act of humility).
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