President Obama Wears Tan Suit to Press Conference, Internet Goes Crazy

Twitter had lots of opinions about Obama's beige ensemble

By Cinya Burton, Emily Popp, Lindsey Sirera Aug 28, 2014 9:39 PMTags
President Barack Obama, Summer SuitNBC/Twitter

Somebody hand President Barack Obama a Bay Breeze cocktail with a bendy straw, stat, because he looks positively ready for a tropical vacay in his chic summer suit.

POTUS debuted his tan suit at the White House briefing room today during a news conference, where he addressed threat of the ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Sometimes a heavy topic calls for a light suit, apparently.

As soon as the president approached the podium clad in a tan (or we'd say closer to beige, really) suit and a stone gray tie, the Internet buzzed and Twitter exploded with comments: What is Obama wearing?!

We've cherry-picked some of the best Twitter reactions: From from former President Jimmy Carter to Morgan Freeman's Principal Joe Clark character in Lean on Me, the comparisons are flyin'. Take a look: