Reply #2: Well I'm born and raised in South California. . .

[Journeyman]

and if I was standing on a tarmac in near freezing weather, being forced to greet people I didn't know in a land I'd never been to and about which I had no idea their customs, I'd keep my gloves on, too. But then, I'm just some schlub from South California, where "cold" weather is anything less than 65 degrees Fahrenheit and snow is something you visit.

But somehow, for all we pay for the Whitehouse staff, you'd think they'd get these sort of basic things right a little more often than they do. After all, they're supposed to be a little more on the ball than some schlub from South California.