a puzzling statement from Obama

[jts]

Obama says his approval ratings have gone down but are still very high in the country of his birth. Which country is that? Hawaii is not a country but a state in the USA.

21 seconds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se5zvGF6u9g

[jts]

Obama says his approval ratings have gone down but are still very high in the country of his birth. Which country is that? Hawaii is not a country but a state in the USA.

This is supposed to be a joke taken out of context.

Here is a longer version of the same speech. If it's a joke, I don't get it unless he is trying to tell a lie. It's confusing. Which country are the low ratings in?

http://vimeo.com/11403012