A president’s first-ever visit
Star-struck enthusiasm for Barack Obama
LOOMING American military strikes in Syria and controversy about American internet spying could not dampen the Swedish government’s excitement over the visit of America’s president, Barack Obama, to Sweden on September 4th. “Happy to see the sun is shining as President Obama approaches Stockholm,” tweeted Carl Bildt, the foreign minister, shortly before Air Force One, the presidential plane, landed at the Arlanda airport near Stockholm.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “A president’s first-ever visit”
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