Obama the baby whisperer! Smooth-talking President soothes crying child in Japan... but 'apology tour' provokes ire at home

  • While on his was to Hiroshima, President Obama stopped in Iwakuni, Japan
  • He gave a speech at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station then met the crowd
  • While greeting people, someone handed Obama a crying baby in a diaper
  • Obama held the baby for a moment and suddenly the baby stopped crying

By Kalhan Rosenblatt For Dailymail.com and Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 10:50 EST, 28 May 2016 | Updated: 16:19 EST, 28 May 2016

President Obama seems to have earned the adoration of at least one new fan during his trip to Japan.

While on his way to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial for his historic visit on Friday, Obama made a pit stop at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni, Japan.

The president gave a speech while at the base but one of his most impressive moments came later with one of the crowd's youngest members.

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Obama soothed a crying baby (pictured) while visiting the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni, Japan, on Friday

Obama soothed a crying baby (pictured) while visiting the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni, Japan, on Friday

A woman handed the distraught infant to the president who appeared to speak to the child and bounce him on his hip

A woman handed the distraught infant to the president who appeared to speak to the child and bounce him on his hip

As Obama greeted the crowd, which was eagerly waiting to meet the leader of the American people with cell phones in hand, the president was handed a crying baby. 

Obama held the baby for a moment and bounced him on his hip as he appeared to speak to the diaper-clad child.

When Obama handed the baby back to his mother, he appeared to no longer be crying. 

Instead, the pudgy baby looked at the president, seemingly in awe. 

Although the president brought joy to the tyke, he has angered Americans back home who say he is using his final year in office to go on an 'apology tour'.

Despite the White House stressing that Obama would not apologize for President Harry Truman's actions in 1945 that killed 140,000, claims that he was using the visit to express regret were rampant. 

Moments later the baby, seemingly awe-struck by the American commander-in-chief, stopped crying as he was handed back to his mother

Moments later the baby, seemingly awe-struck by the American commander-in-chief, stopped crying as he was handed back to his mother

Later on Friday, president Obama paid tribute to victims of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima. He is the first American leader to visit the city devastated by the bomb that helped end World War II.

Obama laid a wreath at the site of the atomic bombing, a symbolic gesture that Tokyo and Washington hope will highlight their alliance and breathe life into efforts to abolish nuclear arms.

He also signed the guestbook at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, writing: 'We have known the agony of war.

'Let us now find the courage, together, to spread peace, and pursue a world without nuclear weapons.'

Later on Friday, president Obama paid tribute to victims of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima as the first American leader to visit the city

Later on Friday, president Obama paid tribute to victims of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima as the first American leader to visit the city

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