Is Obama the first US president who can speak a foreign language?

No

Herbert Hoover spoke Chinese

Bush Jr. spoke Spanish

Al Gore spoke French

Jefferson spoke Latin, Greek and French

Roosevelt could speak German and French

A number of our Presidents have had various levels of proficiency at language. Thomas Jefferson was fluent in French. G. Washington spoke some French but not fluently. Teddy Roosevelt, Spanish. I would have to research the others.

if terrorist is a language I think he is the first president to speak that

I can't imagine. All high school students learn a foreign language. One has to assume that some presidents, many of whom were highly educated, achieved fluency.

Nope, John F. Kennedy spoke German to a huge crowd in Berlin. lol Yes, he really did say he was a jelly donut. They loved it. This guy says it best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mu02xUgE4k&feature...

Importance: 70% of how you look, 20% of how you sound and only 10% what you say. Obama fits that perfectly.

I don't think "Ghetto" is a foreign language.

I highly doubt it. There is a relatively high percentage of bi or multilingual Americans, and presidents are typically rather intelligent.

Bush can speak spanish.

ebonics aint a foreign language.

No, early presidents spoke latin, jefferson spoke french, i didn't read it all...