United States President Barack Obama shockingly decided to bow to King Abdullah at the G20 Summit in London last week. Many might wonder what the big deal is, but it’s a been a no-no for American presidents to bow to royalty since George Washington was the first commander in chief.

The Washington Times called the alleged bow a “shocking display of fealty to a foreign potentate” and said it violated centuries of American tradition of not deferring to royalty.

The official response out of the White House was that Obama was not bowing, but instead lowering himself to shake hands of the shorter Saudi king.

“It wasn’t a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he’s taller than King Abdullah,” said an Obama aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

It’s one thing and in my opinion wrong to bow to royalty and especially to the King of a country that pisses all over the rights of women and the disadvantaged. It’s an even bigger blunder in my opinion to lie about it and say Obama was not bowing when the video absolutely shows us that he was doing just in fact that.