Surprised? Obama's photo tribute to Muhammad Ali includes a familiar face

https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/739083033018572800

It was really just a matter of time:

He shook up the world, and the world's better for it. Rest in peace, Champ. pic.twitter.com/z1yM3sSLH3

— President Obama (@POTUS44) June 4, 2016

With an assist from David Axelrod:

This iconic Ali image hung in State Sen. @BarackObama's small campaign office during upstart US Senate race in '04. pic.twitter.com/5oqx0rajym

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) June 4, 2016

In short, it’s what many expected, and the president again delivered:

The bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeralhttps://t.co/s6hpvcRwuI

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 4, 2016

Biggest thing in the picture is Obama, and he comes off as the smallest. https://t.co/MkHorAnc05

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 4, 2016

Because Ali ends with "I"

— Razor (@hale_razor) June 4, 2016

https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/739096892483735552

you cannot talk about somebody else without making it about you huh?

— Matthew Battle (@librab103) June 4, 2016

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