On President Obama's current visit to Germany, he has found the place to be somewhat less welcoming than on a previous visit during his 2008 candidacy. As the
New York Times reports, instead of the 200,000 people who attended his speech back then,
only about 5,000 showed up for his appearance today, which was by invitation only. At Checkpoint Charlie, a crossing in the Berlin Wall that has been the site for other speeches by American presidents, protesters showed up with signs parodying Obama's 2008 campaign slogan.
Read more at the
Global Post,
The Atlantic and
Reuters.
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