Like a 12-year-old who has snuck into the Senior Prom, in the past week the President of the United States has drawn sniggers from around the world for his immature behavior during the current tour of Europe and meetings with world leaders.

The Obama Administration’s official gift to the Queen of England was an iPod. Reports are sketchy as to whether it was purchased at Amazon or Costco. On the plus side, it did contain recordings of speeches by Barack Obama.

His now well-recognized mental deficiencies in the “public thinking” department were on full display when he was “flummoxed” by a question from a British reporter. Ouch. I’m not sure the Republicans need a new Contract with America. I think all they need is the transcript of that answer.

The President revealed who-the-hell-knows-what-but-it-sure-was-weird by greeting with a deep bow to the Saudi king, as other world leaders laughed somewhat uncomfortably all around him. (As a point of reference, when Bill Clinton merely lowered his shoulders to the Emperor of Japan, the New York Times took him to task for it.) And this shall henceforth be known as The Submissive Era.

He asked our European allies for more troop support in Afghanistan and received a resounding “No thanks.” On the plus side, he agreed to allow our grandchildren to send $1 trillion to the International Monetary Fund.

Then today, the President responded to North Korea’s launch of a long-range missile with a stern notice that

I urge North Korea to abide fully by the resolutions of the U.N. Security Council and to refrain from further provocative actions.

The President also stated he will…

…call for the elimination of all nuclear weapons across the globe in a speech later on Sunday that he hopes will lend credibility to his message in atomic disputes with Iran and North Korea.

In other words: “To all of you who want to kill us, I tell you now, we are prepared to lay down our arms.”

There is a word for a negotiating position like this. I know what you are thinking. You are thinking “asshat.”

That may be true, but I think the word that best describes the leader of the United States as he is now seen by the rest of the world is “lightweight.”

As in “Jimmy Carter – how did that work out for you?”

UPDATE: Uh, yeah. How do ya think WE feel buddy?

UPDATE II: Carter’s stillborn second term continues to unfold…