General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey Are Prisoners In the White House.
I just realized something is missing from the News.
Remember how when a President settles into the White House, and you gets lots of feel-good stories about him and his family beginning to visit DC and, you know, maybe even jog around the neighborhood, visit restaurants, bookstores, etc???
No sighting of Trumpsters out and about. Sure, Ivanka put on some tinfoil and went to a party the other night, but have we seen them in stores, spending money? Eating pie? Playing basketball or walking the dog?
I haven't even seen the Pences.
I think the protests....the sheer numbers have indicated to the Secret Service that currently, they would not be able to contain a spontaneous protest in DC.
madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)I'm betting Melania never shows up.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Have we seen Trump, Melania, or Barron do anything remotely human or family like?
not fooled
(5,801 posts)lest we forget the full glory of the previous illegitimate 'puke president.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)reported on.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)right in front of us for 8 years. We have a freakshow now.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Ivanka tweets a Marie Antoinette picture....but other than that, have you seen any social interaction, any sort of settling into the White House pieces?
Not a damn thing about Melania or Barron settling into the White House routine.
Nothing about family life.
And now we cancel Milwaukee....
Why?
adigal
(7,581 posts)They were supposed to be together every weekend. Idiot is supposedly going to Florida this weekend. We shall see.
You think that too. I wouldn't be surprised if she's the first woman to divorce a sitting president. This just isn't what she signed up for. She's not a politician's wife, and NOBODY is going to want to hold her hand. It's sad, really. It's not like this is her fault.
adigal
(7,581 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)nearby.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,458 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)I remember him making a food run for his staff one time.
Damn, I miss that man.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)massive protests?
nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)anywhere.
https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2017/01/25/its-no-trump-tower-but-the-new-white-house-resident-is-full-of-praise/
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)LongTomH
(8,636 posts)Mr. Obama, we miss you!
JDC
(10,133 posts)I'd guess they don't do anything as a family, let alone eat together.
onethatcares
(16,185 posts)the con: "this is the best table ever, the best"
the family: "Yes"
the con: "this is the best table cloth ever, the best"
the family; "Yes"
on, and on, ad infinitum through 7 courses of a meal .
It's enough to make a guy skip dinner, I say.
adigal
(7,581 posts)Right??? Right???
torius
(1,652 posts)Taco Bell
HipChick
(25,485 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)wcmagumba
(2,892 posts)gilding her make up and undercoating rooms.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)I bet she dreads having to be near hat hat bile filled scumbag.
jeanmarc
(1,685 posts)To visit his favorite barbecue joint. You have to gain your strength to push a woman in front of an oncoming train, which is pretty much what Emperor Donald did to Yates last night.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)She's not going to DC. She could go every day Barron is out of school but she isn't.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)wishstar
(5,271 posts)with other children of privileged backgrounds
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)herding cats
(19,567 posts)I hadn't really thought about it any, but you're correct. They haven't made an appearance in public yet. It's as if though all the protesters have kept them locked away in their secure WH with nothing but the TV and Twitter to entertain them.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)It's not because this Orange Caligula doesn't want the photo op....
It's because the Secret Service can't control the protests.
rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)herding cats
(19,567 posts)I'd love to see him locked in his gilded cage for the next 4 years.
It's not as if he can travel to another country and escape the protests either!
drm604
(16,230 posts)I want him impeached as soon as possible.
herding cats
(19,567 posts)Very true.
BainsBane
(53,066 posts)in the federal pen for treason with Russia against the US.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)what the fuck is going on.
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)Beyond initially finding it amusing...it's actually pretty creepy
Why isn't Trump even TRYING to engage in some basic impression management?
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)I"m not saying anyone has threatened Trump....
I'm saying that if the threat of assembly is above a certain threshold, does the SS make an assessment?
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)Which would be kinda scary. Uncharted territory and all
LOL maybe Trump can brag he had the BIGGEST threat assessment for a Pres'nit EVAH!
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)It's gonna be ugly.
lindysalsagal
(20,730 posts)Their imaginary friends in their imaginary reality is far better than anything you and I can see.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Aspire to inspire.[/center][/font][hr]
eleny
(46,166 posts)adigal
(7,581 posts)scorn, mockery...he will NEVER be able to go out in public again, especially in NYC. The rest of his life is going to be terrible. Just like Cheney.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,870 posts)I don't think he likes to be around a bunch of people. He's a germ o'phobe. But now he won't even be able to go other on his golf courses.
I wonder if anyone will even want to be associated with his golf courses?
And I sure wouldn't want to live in one if his buildings. Someone is going to get mad enough to try and bomb one them.
adigal
(7,581 posts)Russia will welcome him!!
Have you all seen the protests in Europe??? They hate him more than we do!
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)The_Voice_of_Reason
(274 posts)a Rapid Response Protest Team in DC who gets deployed any time any of the Trump's step out of the White House to go do anything, be it shopping, walking, or out to dinner.
Island Blue
(5,819 posts)cracked me the hell up.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)Because Trump has already said he doesn't like pets.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)Nazis are not welcome here. Trumps sad.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)...he would be immediately mobbed and harassed.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)establishment?
Or any of their clan?
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)They most certainly are prisoners -- in more ways than one. I hope they are miserable each and every day they occupy the White House.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,750 posts)And has a secretary pay for it.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,750 posts)japple
(9,839 posts)They might go to (invite-only) events at places where their kind of people are welcome, but they have never been the type to get out in public except during Trump's campaign. They are royalty, don'tyaknow.
DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts)Fuck all of them, including Barron.
(While Barron, as a minor, should by rights be off limits to the public's slings and arrows, if something bad were to happen to him, I personally won't waste a Kleenex on it.)
nolabels
(13,133 posts)JI7
(89,264 posts)but he isn't going to spend time with them on a more personal level. he will take the cheering they give him but that's it.
and then he will be off to the evil liberal cities and hang out at his expensive properties and restaurants and things.
JI7
(89,264 posts)even without protests he would send others to bring him things.
but i do think Pence would and i wonder how he spends most of his days.
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)Just feels like 2 years.
riversedge
(70,302 posts)Tanuki
(14,920 posts)"getting to know the new First Lady " interviews in the traditional homemaker magazines. Usually there are at least a couple of friendly fluff pieces during that time frame. Maybe Team Trump was afraid that after the hardball treatment from Teen Vogue, Cosmo and Elle, there would be tough questions about immigration and other Trump administration policies from Ladies Home Journal and Good Housekeeping.