President Obama and Raúl Castro just shared this incredibly awkward photo-op
President Obama and Cuban counterpart Raúl Castro addressed the public Monday after their meeting. It was a pretty normal, friendly set of speeches, even when the two criticized certain aspects of each other's nations. Then, this happened:
Did Obama sabotage the photo-op? Julie Kliegman
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.