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Is Obama A Manspreader? Let's Investigate. (UPDATED)

Is Obama A Manspreader? Let's Investigate. (UPDATED)
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President Barack Obama is currently in Germany attending the G-7 summit, and White House Photographer Pete Souza is tagging along.

Souza posted this photo of the president with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday:

Now America is wondering: is Obama manspreading?

Could it be? Is it just his suit jacket creating the illusion of a manspread? Does it matter if he manspreads if no one else is sitting anywhere close to him?

What do you think?

UPDATE: A bombshell photograph taken shortly before or after the above incident suggests that Obama was not manspreading, but rather that his legs were crossed:

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