The Coffee Salute

Tempest Over Obama's Tea Cup Salute: Commander-In-Chief Sparks Anger By Saluting Marines With Drink In His Hand -- Daily Mail

* 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

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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President Obama's 'Starbucks salute' brews discontent -- UT Sand Diego
Obama's coffee cup salute draws criticism -- CNN
Semper Latte: Obama causes firestorm by saluting Marines with coffee cup -- Washington Times
Did Obama serve up a coffee cup-salute snafu to Marines? -- USA Today
Obama salutes Marine with coffee cup, outrage ensues -- Military Times
Obama’s Tea Cup Salute Causes a Storm -- Time
Obama Denounced for Coffee Cup Salute -- RIA Novosti
Obama salutes a Marine while holding a cup. -- Washington Post