That “flag” has 9 stripes. The US flag has 13 representing the original 13 colonies/states.
Of those 13 states, four joined the Confederacy, 9 remained in the Union (Albiet MD under duress and by force).
The conclusion to draw here is clear: Obama doesn’t see himself as President of those four former Confederate states (VA, NC, SC and GA)
you give to much credit for knowledge to some little leftist designer at unknown art shop in Minneapolis.