--- description: Society's selfie obsession rages on title: Barack Obama Takes Selfie With Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Obama Refuses to Take Selfie With Young Girl, but Takes One With Malaysia's PM by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 27, 2014 2:31 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 27, 2014 2:31 PM CUT Well, here’s more proof that the [selfie epidemic](http://time.com/49828/white-house-falls-victim-to-selfie-fever/ "undefined") is still running rampant. President Barack Obama landed in Malaysia on Saturday, and by Sunday, he’d already taken a selfie with the nation’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak. Najib tweeted the photo: It’s kind of awkward, right? Well, what makes it even more awkward is the fact that just days before, during his visit to Seoul, Obama totally denied a 13-year-old girl a selfie of her own. After the President spoke to U.S. troops in South Korea, he spotted the girl holding a sign [that read](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/04/13-year-old-girl-gets-a-presidential-selfie-snub-from-obama/ "undefined"), “Mr. President May I Have a Selfie With You?” He did not fulfill her request, so this selfie with Najib is some major salt in her emotional wounds. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/78357/obama-selfie-malaysian-prime-minister/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/78357/obama-selfie-malaysian-prime-minister/"},"headline":"Obama Refuses to Take Selfie With Young Girl, but Takes One With Malaysia's PM","datePublished":"2014-04-27T14:31:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:09.652Z","description":"Society's selfie obsession rages on","url":"https://time.com/78357/obama-selfie-malaysian-prime-minister/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Barack Obama","Obama","World","Malaysia","selfie"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/78357/obama-selfie-malaysian-prime-minister/","name":"Obama Refuses to Take Selfie With Young Girl, but Takes One With Malaysia's PM"}}]}] ```