President Barack Obama's historic visit to Israel this morning had an embarrassing setback when his armored limo broke down on the way to the airport.

The custom General Motors Cadillac limo was relegated to a pick up truck after the driver accidentally put gas in the tank instead of diesel.

Mr Obama arrived in Tel Aviv Wednesday afternoon local time, and earlier that morning, the limo that was designated to his hotel was unable to move after the driver made the silly mistake.

Local news reports allege that it was the President's limo that was shipped over specially from Washington that broke down so he was forced to use the second vehicle that they brought over from the U.S.