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Rhiannon12866

(203,041 posts)
Wed May 27, 2020, 03:41 AM May 2020

Presidents (Barack Obama and George W Bush) add humor to presidential portrait unveiling (May 2012)



Political differences seemed to dissolve during the unveiling of former President George W. Bush's portrait in the White House. Norah O'Donnell reports.


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Presidents (Barack Obama and George W Bush) add humor to presidential portrait unveiling (May 2012) (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 May 2020 OP
The unveiling of Trump's portrait Grokenstein May 2020 #1
The point is, this unifying tradition seems to have died with Trump Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #2
The Trump Memorial Library Grokenstein May 2020 #3

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
1. The unveiling of Trump's portrait
Wed May 27, 2020, 03:59 AM
May 2020

...should be a somber ceremony in which it's hucked into a trash fire.

(Speaking of paintings of assholes, I haven't heard from that clown Jon McNaughton lately. What's the matter, boo, did you finally wake the fuck up?)

Rhiannon12866

(203,041 posts)
2. The point is, this unifying tradition seems to have died with Trump
Wed May 27, 2020, 04:08 AM
May 2020

It generally happens this time of year when the serving POTUS invites his predecessor to the White House - regardless of party.

And I've had the same thoughts - will all traditions end with Trump? Would there be a library, for example, and what would be placed in it? He doesn't read PDBs and rips up memos - and I can't think of a single "accomplishment" that could be memorialized...

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
3. The Trump Memorial Library
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:19 AM
May 2020

...should be located in the farthest stall of the mens' room at the first truck stop on the other side of Mt. Rushmore from Washington D.C.

It would consist of a single shelf of raunchy paperbacks, pages dog-eared to the "good" parts but stuck together. Above this, a plaque with Don-Don's name misspelled, mentioning his impeachment and nothing else, and a small video screen playing that GIF of Trump's face superimposed over the child throwing a tantrum after missing a putt on a continuous loop.

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