Do you think our president should bow to kings?

Presidents should always show respect and humility.

But never submission.

It's respect. Yes.

If as part of a state visit in their country and it is their custom I don't have a huge problem with it being done once as a show of respect for their traditions. Now if that same leader comes here? Hell no they should conform to our traditions.

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Or in anyway subjugate himself to any other world leader

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Bowing in Asian cultures isn't a sign of subjugation. It's a sign of mutual respect. We aren't talking about kowtowing here.

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It's respect. Yes.

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No, it's not.

Bowing means one person is superior to the other. These kings would never bow to another world leader.

We don't require bowing to our president because he is just a man like everyone else, not a deity like some of these countries think.

If both bow to each other, I'm cool with it.

No one should ever bow in deference to another individual. Ever.

In the most basic of ways title and position doesn't somehow make one more significant than another.

We no longer believe these leaders are in place due to divine will.

I'm mainly talking about world leaders.

I personally would have no problem bowing if that was the culture.

I have no problem with mutual respect. Does the Saudi king bow back?

There's protocol and decorum. And then there's overdoing it. I believe that BHO overdid it in Japan several years ago when he bowed to nearly a 90 degree angle and shook the hand of the prime minister. That drew an uproar.

A simple, curt bow in certain cultures (generally eastern Asian) is appropriate as a greeting and does not exhibit subjugation. Nearly licking someone's shoes does. Bowing should not be offered as a greeting in cultures where hand-shaking is widely accepted as a form of formal greeting, or when a hand is first offered to the President for shaking. And I don't believe that you're supposed to bow and shake hands; it's one or the other.

ETA: I do not believe that the President should ever bow to a Western or Middle Eastern leader. In the West, handshaking is the common form of formal greeting. In the Middle East, bows may be taken as subjugation.