I'm insulted, and I'm not even a Brit!
And I get that Gordon Brown was a difficult man to like, but that DVD gift was really poor taste. Shame on you, Obama! (Can't say I'm bothered about not sending any VIPs to Thatcher's funeral though. And BP got off much, much too easily.)
Full article: Barack Obama’s top ten insults against Britain – 2013 edition (Nile Gardiner, The Telegraph blogs, 13 May, 2013)9. Insulting words from the State Department
The mocking views of a senior State Department official following Gordon Brown's embarrassing reception at the White House in March 2009 says it all:
"There’s nothing special about Britain. You’re just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn’t expect special treatment."
10. Calling France America’s strongest ally
In January 2011, President Obama held a joint press conference at the White House with his French counterpart, gushing with praise for Washington’s new-found Gallic friends, declaring: “We don’t have a stronger friend and stronger ally than Nicolas Sarkozy, and the French people.”
And I get that Gordon Brown was a difficult man to like, but that DVD gift was really poor taste. Shame on you, Obama! (Can't say I'm bothered about not sending any VIPs to Thatcher's funeral though. And BP got off much, much too easily.)