Tony Cox wrote:

I thought a "Berliner" was a type of sausage. Anyway, the picture
of an earnest JFK, waffling away in such seriousness, while the
locals tittered and guffawed must be the highpoint of his entire
presidency. Wish I'd been there.

No, it's a pastry, but from the films I've seen of the occasion, any titters
were completely drowned out by the cheers and thunderous applause.

George Patterson
If you're not part of the solution, you can make a lot of money prolonging
the problem.