I think the ties are the same....but why is Michelle with him? Didn’t she have a few dozen ‘guests’ in her viewing box. Did she just abandon them? And why exactly is the FLOTUS listening in on a call about an operation. Even if she has a clearance, this would be compartmentalized information, which she had no ‘need to know’. Its a SEAL mission...no eavesdropping allowed. And why on earth is O taking such a phone call in what looks like a hallway, and not in the Oval office, on a secure phone?...in front of a photographer for crying out loud!
Because this is a big part of their current brainwash package that they are an extremely, extremely close and oh so very loving couple, just the perfect people and The All American Family!