Domestically, while Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) made debunked charges that President Obama's 10-day Asian trip coast $200 million a day, the AP reports the president left Asia with a greater foothold in the emerging nations that could help shape the American economy for years. But his failure to deliver on his own high expectations on key economic issues served notice that the global stage is not nearly his for the taking.How many Roles (or hats) of the Presidency can you identify Obama wearing during his international trip?
History check, Teddy Roosevelt was the first US President to travel outside the continental US, the the territory of Panama in 1906. TR's 1906 journey to Panama would set the precedent for his successors to travel abroad when it was perceived that important foreign policy objectives were at stake. In 1919, for instance, Woodrow Wilson would be the first sitting president to travel to Europe in the aftermath of the First World War.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iIEdp4lvYPbTLyOXpn02w4L9LYcA?docId=657fa829ba9f404b8a38dac311ba7d49
Despite what Rep. Bachmann may think, or even rating the effectiveness on this Presidential trip, the US President still plays an important foreign policy role, one that must be won in road games, not just from the Oval Office.
Here is the fact check story to showing the $200 million/a day claim is false:
http://www.scrippsnews.com/content/cost-obamas-asian-trip-hardly-200-million-day
The AP recap of the trip is liked here. Zero-sum game is a resolution to a situation in which one side wins and others lose. It is a definition used often in comparative government and politics.
http://video.ap.org/?f=None&pid=vTm76IrfNc_67iCGJd5E04dFf8c88jwo
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Regarding the article about the cost of the trip, there was no actual statement of what the trip actually costs, just examples of previous trips, and a handful of people who say that the "200 Million/Day" is absurd. I don't believe that this article provides any solid ground to make those claims. It's just talk to me. If it really doesn't cost as much as people say it does, then say how much it really costs. If they are right, I'd like to see some proof. But until then I will not be convinced that the Presidential trip cost less than the projected 200 Million.
Too bad we couldn't get an agreement with Korea. :/
FactCheck.org "Trip to Mumbai" 11/3
Q: Is President Obama’s trip to India going to cost $200 million per day?
A: This highly doubtful claim originated with one Indian news agency quoting an anonymous source in Mumbai. The White House says it is "wildly exaggerated," and there’s no evidence to support such a huge figure.
There's more at:
http://factcheck.org/2010/11/ask-factcheck-trip-to-mumbai/
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