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A Facebook user who goes the name 'Pradeep Sharma' shared a video claiming that the former president of the United States of America, Barack Obama , now works in a hotel. Sharma shared the video along with a caption written in Hindi.Here is a close translation of his post - "This is former US President Barack Obama, who now works in a hotel. But here in India, even ward councilors consider themselves landlords. Even today, Obama enjoys three times the number of followers on Twitter than Modi and six times the number of followers than Trump. Leaders in India and around the world should learn from Obama. In India, MLAs or ministers don't even vacate their bungalows."The post made on November 13, 2019, has been shared over 23,000 times already. The video has been viewed over 7,10,000 times.No, Obama is not working in a hotel now. The video is from 2016 and was shot when Obama was serving thanksgiving dinner at an armed forces retirement home. Obama was then the president of the United States of America.A simple search on Google with keywords 'Barack Obama serving food' will lead you to the exact same video uploaded to the official YouTube channel of ABC News on November 28, 2016, with the title 'Obama Serves Thanksgiving Meal at Armed Forces Retirement Home'.Here is the video:The description of the video said, "On the night before Thanksgiving, President Barack Obama and the first family helped serve up turkey and all the trimmings to residents of a retirement home for military veterans in Washington, D.C."The claim that Obama has more followers than PM Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump is, however, true but not accurate. Obama has 110.2 million Twitter followers. Modi has 51.3 million Twitter followers and Trump has 66.8 million followers on Twitter.Times Fact Check has found the claim that former US President Obama is now working in a hotel to be absolutely false. The video used to make this claim is from 2016, shot when Obama served thanksgiving dinner at an armed forces retirement home.