Is Europe becoming disillusioned with Obama?
This article in Time suggests that they are:
Europeans were among the loudest cheerleaders for Barack Obama during his presidential campaign. Soon after he won the Democratic candidacy 200,000 people turned out in Berlin to hear him speak. But now that he is settled in the White House, many Europeans feel snubbed.They may want to consider that he won't work wonders for the economy, and could prove quite unhelpful even to theirs. Because one of the main problems the Obama administration will provide besides lacking in the ability to properly manage the war on terror is their inability to manage the economy correctly.
Just six weeks into his presidency, Europeans are already fretting that Obama has yet to visit Europe. His Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, flew west for her first foreign trip, spending a week in Asia last month, before traveling to the Middle East. Meanwhile, Obama has returned the Winston Churchill bust that sat in the Oval Office for the past eight years to the British. Indeed, some Europeans brood that the new President's only nod toward them came with the family decision to adopt a Portuguese water dog.
Labels: Europe, United States
