Obama's tea cup salute tempest:

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Obama's tea cup salute tempest: Commander-in-chief sparks fury by saluting Marines with a 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 
  

By David Martosko, Us Political Editor for MailOnline
Published: 15:56 EST, 23 September 2014 | Updated: 08:53 EST, 24 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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