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Peak Drudge: ‘OBAMA BOWS TO JAPANESE ROBOT’

President Barack Obama and ASIMO, an acronym for Advanced Step in Innovative MObility, bow to each other during a youth science event at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, known as the Miraikan, ... President Barack Obama and ASIMO, an acronym for Advanced Step in Innovative MObility, bow to each other during a youth science event at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, known as the Miraikan, in Tokyo, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Showing solidarity with Japan, Obama affirmed Thursday that the U.S. would be obligated to defend Tokyo in a confrontation with Beijing over a set of disputed islands, but urged all sides to resolve the long-running dispute peacefully. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) MORE LESS
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April 24, 2014 9:07 a.m.
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A story that led The Drudge Report on Thursday was blasted out on Twitter as “OBAMA BOWS TO JAPANESE ROBOT.”

Obama spent time Thursday in Tokyo playing around with ASIMO, a robot made by Honda that can do normal human things like kick a soccer ball — and bow to the President, earning a sign of respect in return.

“I have to say the robots were a little scary,” Obama said afterward, as quoted by the Associated Press. “They were too life-like.”

Below is the splash on The Drudge Report:

And watch Obama play around with ASIMO, courtesy of ABC News:

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This post has been updated.

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  1. Avatar for xyxox xyxox says:

    Why does anybody pay attention to Drudge any more? He jumped the shark back when he was pushing birtherism. This is just Drudge nuking the fridge now.

  2. That’s just it, he’s a source of eye-rolling, head-shaking amusement. I’ll take all the chuckles I can get.

  3. I can’t believe he went Full Drudge. You never want to go Full Drudge.

  4. Good lord but Drudge is a fucking idiot.

  5. I’d pick on Drudge but these days it has the feel of kicking a disabled kid.

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