So let me see if I've gotten this straight. He gropes the German Chancellor, addresses the British Prime Minister as "Yo, Blair", and wants Hizbollah to "stop doing this shit" (news). Brings whole new meaning to "special relationship". That's some representative we have up there on the world stage.
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