Many expected the president to cancel a scheduled meeting with rap star PSY after it was revealed that the rapper once recorded a song calling for the deaths of U.S. soldiers and their families. But today president Obama decided to meet with the “Gagnam Style” singer anyway.
Via the Daily Caller:
President Barack Obama was photographed as he shook hands with the controversial Korean singer PSY, whose 2012 hit “Gagnam Style” video was preceded by a viciously anti-American tirade in 2004…
The politically tone-deaf greetings took place the same day that Obama issued a statement mourning the death of a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.
“Yesterday, our special operators in Afghanistan rescued an American citizen…Tragically, we lost one of our special operators in this effort,” said the White House statement.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family… he gave his life for his fellow Americans, and he and his teammates remind us once more of the selfless service that allows our nation to stay strong, safe and free.”
Shortly after the announcement, Obama went to meet with PSY and other invited entertainers at a Christmas celebration in Washington D.C.
Despite Obama’s security and a crowded stage, at least one attendee photographed the president shaking hands with PSY, whose real name is Park Jae-sang.
The 34-year-old singer apologized Dec. 7 his for his crudely anti-American statements in 2004, and blamed popular emotion for his decision to sing the hate-filled lyrics at a concert.
PSY sang “Kill those fucking Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives and those who ordered them to torture… Kill them all slowly and painfully,” according to a CNN translation.
The singer also called for U.S. soldiers “daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers” to be killed…
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