Yahoo – AFP,
12 Feb 2015
US President Barack Obama in Indianapolis, Indiana, on February 6, 2015 (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm) |
Washington
(AFP) - Being president of the United States is not all drone strikes and
crisis meetings. Occasionally you get to have a bit of fun.
A video
released Thursday shows Barack Obama doing just that, posing in front of the
mirror with aviator sunglasses, playing around with a selfie stick and
struggling to enunciate "February."
In a skit
recorded by BuzzFeed called "things everyone does but doesn't talk
about," Obama can also be seen blaming himself for making cookies too big
to dunk in a glass of milk -- "thanks Obama" -- and drawing a picture
of his wife Michelle.
The
president is also captured pretending to score a winning basket, before being
interrupted and receiving a quizzical look from comedian Andrew Ilnyckyj posing
as a staffer, Obama responds "can't I live, man?" before declaring
"YOLO man!"-- you only live once.
The
light-hearted two minute footage attracted the usual flurry of approval and
apoplexy on social media.
"It's
good to see even the President has a dirty mirror, and a great sense of
humor," Facebook user Teri Jacobs wrote.
"Worst
president EVER" wrote Jeff Morris in an expletive-laden post.
Obama's
White House has frequently sought to connect directly with voters and harness
social media to improve the president's image.
Thursday's
video was also designed to get Americans to enroll for a health care insurance
program, part of reforms that have been the cornerstone of his presidency.
A short
time after being posted the video had received 1.6 million views.
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