In break with tradition, Trump doesn't host a state dinner

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/The Hill

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump couldn't stop talking about the red carpets, military parades and fancy dinners that were lavished upon him during state visits on his recent tour of Asia. "Magnificent," he declared at one point on the trip.

But Trump has yet to reciprocate, making him the first president in almost a century to close his first year in office without welcoming a visiting counterpart to the U.S. with similar trappings.

Trump spoke dismissively of state dinners as a candidate, when he panned President Barack Obama's decision to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping with a 2015 state visit. Such visits are an important diplomatic tool that includes a showy arrival ceremony and an elaborate dinner at the White House.

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Last month it was Xi's turn to literally roll out the red carpet. The Chinese leader poured on the pageantry as he welcomed Trump to Beijing on what was billed as a "state visit, plus." Trump also made state visits to South Korea and Vietnam.



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I think Trump has actually replaced State Dinners with photo ops at his resorts. For example, he hosted Japan's President at one of his resorts this years. It is just part of his plan to privatize the Presidency.

[unblock]

1. not enough room for one at kfc

[Roy Rolling]

17. Ha! My first thought, too. My second thought...

Nobody was willing to pay the 1$ million per-seat price he demanded.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Be thankful we have been spared another embarrassment.

[Yavin4]

3. Exactly.

The less contact Trump has with any other world leaders, the better.

[bdamomma]

22. the only

bad thing about that we will become very isolated from the rest of the world, there goes diplomacy.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Because it would be like the last scene in "A Face In The Crowd".

[appalachiablue]

6. !!!

[Demit]

8. Chilling. It makes me wonder how it *will* end. It's coming, whatever it is.

[EarthFirst]

15. Oh my!

This!

[Lucky Luciano]

21. A prescient scene! How did they see the future?! nt

[FM123]

5. Yep, and there actually could be entire thread of "in break with tradition, trump doesn't______"

[titaniumsalute]

7. He thought they said he needs to host "Steak dinners"

And wonders why people are complaining.

[BlueIdaho]

9. Nothing is gonna get between that man

And his Big Mac/Fillet o Fish sandwich dinner...

[pangaia]

18. That was my thought.

[lark]

10. Hmm, "privatize the presidency", I've never heard that term before.

It sounds so much better than the actual truth - turning us into a dictatorship of drumpf following Putin's orders.

[onetexan]

13. it's his opportunity to bar the press from his property all the while scheming with world leaders

on shady business ventures he and his greedy kids can capitalize on.

[TheMastersNemesis]

11. A Trump State Dinner Would Be Embarrassment. Who Would Come?. Putin.

[47of74]

12. He's too busy fluffing Putin to hold a state dinner

[Efilroft Sul]

14. Tell him Mayor McCheese from McDonaldland is coming to America. Then there'll be a state dinner.

[onit2day]

16. They were honoring the "Office" not U Mr. Trump

ANYONE who was president would have gotten the same treatment. What an ego maniac.

[NastyRiffraff]

19. Only HE deserves to be wined and dined

He LOVES that because he's the center of attention. He can't let anyone else be the guest of honor.

[Plucketeer]

20. I've wondered

How the White House permanent staff has felt about this. If I were a chef there, how would I feel if I knew the CIC was dining on fast food more nights than not? Gotta be demeaning and depressing if cooking's been your life's work.

[bdamomma]

23. sad huh

this jerk is a wrecking ball.

[BHDem53]

24. Whip up a big pot of borscht and invite his tiny hero.

[BaronChocula]

25. Or maybe...

He threw a party and no one came.

[Ohiogal]

26. Who would want to?

What kind of normal person would want to spend an evening with Dump and Moronia? They already know that they'd get turned down by 90% of the world's leaders so that's why they don't have any state dinners. Besides, who wants to get all dressed up to be served McDonald's and KFC!

[jmowreader]

27. Well, he was gonna...

...but after they told him it was inappropriate to serve Big Macs to the Prime Minister of India, he threw a tantrum and said "no state dinners, ever!"

[olddad56]

29. I think he wanted to serve Russian cuisine.

[jmowreader]

30. Come on, olddad56...

The only Russian dishes Trump knows about are the Bolshoj Mak and the no-longer-available Gamburger Royal.

[olddad56]

28. maybe he was told that he couldn't turn the dinner into a fund raiser.

[BlueTsunami2018]

31. All the McDonald's and burnt steak you can eat....

while attempting to converse with an idiot.

Who wouldn’t want that?

No one wants to come and he knows it.

[rock]

32. Also breaking with tradition, trump wipes with his right hand

Nearly all the presidents before him used toilet tissue!

[Calista241]

33. He hosted both Shinzo Abe and Xi Jinping at his resorts

I guess making sure the Trump Organization gets into this little Presidency racket thing he’s got going on.