Obama Filmed Pumping Iron In Warsaw Hotel Gym (VIDEO)

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President Barack Obama can’t even take time out of his day to hit the gym without having his photo snapped — while overseas, no less.

Polish tabloid Fakt published photos and a video clip of Obama lifting dumbbells and working out on an elliptical machine Wednesday at the Warsaw Marriott Hotel in Poland. A gym-goer had also posted some pictures of the President pumping iron to his Facebook page.

Greta Van Susteren shared some of the photos of Obama working out to her blog under a headline that read “THIS IS SO DANGEROUS!!! What is WRONG WITH THE SECRET SERVICE???!!???”

“How could the Secret Service possibly let this happen?” she wrote. “If you can reach the President with a camera lens like this…you know more sinister things can happen.”

The Secret Service apparently didn’t share Van Susteren’s concern.

Ed Donovan, a spokesman for the agency, told the New York Daily News that hotel guests were not asked to leave the gym during Obama’s workout nor refrain from taking pictures of the President. The situation was “no different than if the President visited a restaurant off the record and other diners took pictures of him,” he said.

Watch below, via Daily Mail:

Image via Daily Mail

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  1. Clearly this is a false-flag workout intended to distract from [fill in the blank].

    Also, something or other about Putin wrestling bears.

    The jokes write themselves…

    [edit: And does Van Susteren want the Secret Service to start confiscating cellphones and cameras? Can you imagine the ensuing right-wing freak-out about totalitarian ‘SS’ thought police? Or maybe Federal Agents should forcefully prevent us from bearing cameras, but not guns? Keep it classy, Fox News!]

  2. You go Mr. Pres. You fine specimen you. I love my President

  3. i am with you,the unrelenting hate from the right is beyond disgusting.

  4. Avatar for pine pine says:

    Lead by example. E-X-C-E-R-C-I-S-E.Great for the country to see.It’s what we all need to do,to live healthier lives. GREAT!!

  5. How long before Matt Drudge asserts that the dumb-bells are really fake and made of chrome plated plastic and the president is actually wasting away from lack of protein owing to Michelle’s feeding him nothing but garden vegetables.

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