President Obama’s ‘latte salute’ debated on social media

NEW YORK — Fans of President Barack Obama have shrugged it off as no big deal, but critics called the president’s exit off Marine One Tuesday a disrespectful act.

In an Instagram video, posted on the official White House account, the president offered a salute to awaiting Marines with a cup of coffee in his hand.

President Obama just landed in New York for #UNGA2014. Watch him speak at 12:50pm ET on his plan to #ActOnClimate: http://wh.gov/climate-change

A post shared by The Obama White House (@obamawhitehouse) on Sep 23, 2014 at 9:23am PDT

The move, dubbed the #LatteSalute on social media, was the subject of hot debate on Twitter.