Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted February 26, 2017 Awards Moderator Share Posted February 26, 2017 The President's not obliged to go to it every year - Obama went to all 8 of his but that's apparently not that common. I guess with it being his first one it's more noteworthy that he's skipping it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 26, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) He was probably busy playing golf, as per usual. Edited February 26, 2017 by PunkStep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) The President's not obliged to go to it every year - Obama went to all 8 of his but that's apparently not that common. Trump's apparently the first in 36 years to miss it, and even the last time (Reagan) was due to ill health following an assassination attempt, and he still phoned in to participate. The last president to outright skip the event was Richard Nixon in 1972. Nixon warned the press he'd do so and followed through. Trump called the press the "enemy of the American people," in a tweet recently. That echoes Nixon, who told the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "The press is your enemy." Edited February 26, 2017 by Uncle Zeb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted February 26, 2017 Awards Moderator Share Posted February 26, 2017 The President's not obliged to go to it every year - Obama went to all 8 of his but that's apparently not that common. Trump's apparently the first in 36 years to miss it, and even the last time (Reagan) was due to ill health following an assassination attempt, and he still phoned in to participate. Ah! I take it back then, that's definitely a bit off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted February 26, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 26, 2017 Hitler got it right As out of context quotes go, this is a doozy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 The President's not obliged to go to it every year - Obama went to all 8 of his but that's apparently not that common. I guess with it being his first one it's more noteworthy that he's skipping it though. The last to miss one was Ronald Reagan in 1981, but he did the excuse of having being shot a few days earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 What excuse did you have to miss the last few posts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 What excuse did you have to miss the last few posts? Arrows!!!! +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 What excuse did you have to miss the last few posts? They're all fake posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 What excuse did you have to miss the last few posts?They're all fake postsArrows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 27, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) What excuse did you have to miss the last few posts?They're all fake postsArrows Alternative arrows Edited February 27, 2017 by Carbomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 US President Donald Trump has said he believes Barack Obama is behind a wave of protests against Republican lawmakers, and national security leaks. He told Fox News: "I think President Obama's behind it because his people are certainly behind it. I also think it's just politics" The ramblings of a madman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.E Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 I hope everybody he's told that to, looks at him like he's the massive idiot he is, and just screams "How? Why?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 He was talking to Fox News, who specifically framed the question that way: Trump was asked in an interview on Fox News' "Fox and Friends" if he believed Obama was responsible for the town hall protests against Republicans this month. "It turns out his organization seems to do a lot of these organizing to some of the protests that these Republicans are seeing around the country against you. Do you believe President Obama is behind it and if he is, is that a violation of the so-called unsaid presidents' code?" Trump was asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 28, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 28, 2017 Trump's got no place talking about violations of the "unsaid code", either way. Whilst it's not law that he has to file his tax returns, the reason why it was such a big deal that he wouldn't (apart from the suspicion that he's not as successful as he claims to be) was because it had become a recognised part of the US' political "unsaid codes" that he just blithely went and violated. He's pretty much breached every gentlemen's agreement in US politics, so if he does kick off about it, he's a massive hypocrite (so he probably will). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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