Obama has been on tour for quite some time now. He recently returned from his exhausting trip and hasn’t much to show for it. He was on tour through India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Japan for a total of 10 days. He was hoping to make a free-trade bill with South Korea but failed to do so.
“I think Asia is eager for American engagement and leadership," Barack Obama said on Air Force One on his way back home.
However, the results of the trip speak the opposite of what he thinks. It’s as though the governments of the Asian countries he visited banded together to work against him, rather than with him. It’s very obvious that with these results the world is responding in accordance to how they think they’ll get immediate results.
The world wants results, as the American people have recently proven in the elections. The economies of Asia are “moving,” as Obama said.
“We should feel confident about our ability to compete, but we are going to have to step up our game,” Obama said.
In this economy and in the recession, the American people do not want to “step up the game.” We want recovery and jobs. One of the last things on American minds is the Asian economy. We need to stop competing with other countries and focus on our own. Was it not enough we voted most of his people out in the previous election? Obviously Obama needs to listen to the people and focus more on fixing ourselves, rather than be the world's police.
By Anais Tabor
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