When all had been seated, he stood and gave a speech, which Mr Kim translated, welcoming us and telling us what an honour it was to have a foreign guest among them.
Monday I was in Ottawa, Canada, to give a speech. (My morning keynote followed welcoming remarks from the new Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, a most impressive fellow.) The Canadian papers were brimming with national pride.
Instead of welcoming Netanyahu's unprecedented concessions, Obama dismissed them as insufficient as he blindsided Netanyahu last Thursday with his speech at the State Department.