Here is a video of Barack Obama using a selfie stick

Buzzfeed managed to persuade the leader of the free world to use a selfie stick - and the results are incredible.

Barack Obama participated in a short film for the site designed to promote the 15 February deadline for Americans to sign up for health insurance provided under his Affordable Care Act.

In the video 'Things Everybody Does But Doesn't Talk About', Obama is seen doing completely normal things such as:

Posing in the mirror.

Practising with a selfie stick.

Doodling Michelle.

And fitting in a few slam dunks in his office.

Some American media outlets such as The Washington Post have already chastised the video as degrading, but with 19m views in less than 24 hours, he certainly managed to get the message across.

Watch the full video here:

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