“Some are calling it the “latte salute.”
When President Obama stepped off Marine One at the Wall Street landing zone in New York City, en route the United Nations, he saluted two Marines at the bottom of the stairs as he held a coffee cup in the same hand.
The unusual gesture appeared in a video posted by the White House on social media. Obama is also wearing sunglasses as he arrived, with the first lady not far behind.”* Reporting from Dublin, Ireland The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from Jennifer Donelan / ABC 7:
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/09/president-obama-s-greeting-to-marines-dubbed-the-latte-salute–107459.html#ixzz3ETGYhO9o