Barack Obama does yet another stunt when he decides to visit the England Queen and give her an IPod as a…sign of appreciation. We all know that Obama is a self-conscious man that doesn’t care about conservatory opinions and wants to be as unconventional as possible, because this is what won him the elections, but giving an ipod during an official meeting with the Queen seemed like a totally inappropriate gesture for American press writers. The materials on the ipod were nice though, containing also some footage of her visiting the USA two years ago.
Officials in the White house claim that Obama made another gift for the Queen, which consist in a rare audio book of Richard Rodgers. He received a gift from the Queen as well, but sadly it was nothing special, just a plain photo of her and Prince Philip, framed and signed, the usual gift she gives to all foreign presidents and officials that visit the palace.
Because the American president really tried hard to provide a special and priceless gift to the Queen, and he got in return just a simple photo, he must’ve felt pretty bad. Still, he remained happy-looking and no one suspected anything about the uncomfortable situation.
The American press claims this is the second inappropriate present Obama gives. A few weeks ago he gave to another Britain official, Gordon Brown, a set of 25 classic movies on DVD. Nice present, but too bad they were only fit for American video systems and don’t really work well on European players. Let’s only hope that Obama remembered to include an ipod mini battery , so that the Queen doesn’t have to go out and buy one herself if she wants to listen to anything on the device.
Obama was not the first person in the world to get the Queen an ipod. Sources say that she has one already, also received as a gift in an official meeting, full of classical tunes she like so much. Even if the situation at this official meeting was a bit odd and many newspapers commented on it, it looks like both the Queen and Obama were having a wonderful time.
