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Tempest over Obama's tea cup salute: Commander-in-chief sparks anger by saluting US Marines with drink in his hand
- President was exiting his Marine One helicopter after landing in New York City for speeches about global warming and fighting ISIS in Syria
- Commander-in-chief is a military title that entitles Obama to a salute, and he's expected to return the gesture
- On Tuesday he saluted two uniformed US Marines while holding a cup in his hand, a breach that won't win him fans among veterans or servicemen
- Twitter erupted with the president's indignant detractors
- The White House put a short video of his arrival in New York on its own Instagram page, creating a public gaffe that no photographer had shown
PUBLISHED: 15:56 EST, 23 September 2014 | UPDATED: 16:25 EST, 23 September 2014
President Barack Obama
saluted a pair of United States Marines on Tuesday while holding what appeared
to be a styrofoam cup in his saluting hand, a breach of military regulations
that won't win him fans among veterans and servicemen.
Obama is known for
drinking tea, not coffee, when he travels, especially before delivering
speeches.
His quasi-saluting
gesture was an instant embarrassment for the White House, and not because his
environmentally taboo drinkware clashed with the green-policy speech he was on
his way to deliver at a UN Climate Summit.
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Americans weren't amused after the White House posted a short
video clip showing the commander-in-chief casually saluting a pair of US Marines
while holding a
drink
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