I had heard that our President bowed to King Abdula of Saudi Arabia but I didn’t believe it. I could not imagine that any American, but especially our President would bow to the head of state of any other country. Protocol does not require it. He surely knows this - after all he went to Harvard and has an entourage of 500 traveling with him to look stuff up and advise him in case it wasn’t covered anywhere in his extensive, formal education. This video, however, proves that he not only bowed, he dang near broke his back getting his nose as low as possible to the floor while still remaining on his feet. The bow is about at the 54 second mark:

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If any of you think I am making a mountain out of a mole hill, please know that not a single president, not even Jimmy Carter, has ever bowed to another head of state.