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God I hope so. We'll see - never believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see because at least half won't last.
Read the story. No doubt that the Media is taking an off-the cuff or even a joke comment and trying to make a big deal about it. You'll notice the distinct lack of a source as usual. Heck I'm surprised CBS isn't spinning this into something else, but I'll give it time. Of all the crap out there that COULD be getting reported on.Makes you ask the obvious.
Did he really want to be Prez for anything but Ego reason. Was there any other job left for that ego?
Trump doesn’t want to give up his Fifth Avenue penthouse
President-elect has been asking if he can spend weekends at Trump Tower
Nov 13, 2016
Donald Trump | White House | Trump Tower
Now I understand why Trump said he won't take any vacation. He's only planning on staying in DC as little as he has to.
TRUMP needs to suck it up and slum it in the White House most nights.
I am HAWkEYE10, and that's my call.
:2wave:
Yayyyyy!!!! Trump is doing this so it makes me super excited and happy even though I'm completely unable to articulate why that is! [/trumpsupporter]
Makes you ask the obvious.
Did he really want to be Prez for anything but Ego reason. Was there any other job left for that ego?
Trump doesn’t want to give up his Fifth Avenue penthouse
President-elect has been asking if he can spend weekends at Trump Tower
Nov 13, 2016
Donald Trump | White House | Trump Tower
Makes you ask the obvious.
Did he really want to be Prez for anything but Ego reason. Was there any other job left for that ego?
Trump doesn’t want to give up his Fifth Avenue penthouse
President-elect has been asking if he can spend weekends at Trump Tower
Nov 13, 2016
Donald Trump | White House | Trump Tower
Why? I wouldn't. I would stay as far out of DC as I could.
Remember all the Hillary supporters that could not think of one accomplishment of hers? I do. To say Clinton supporters are any smarter is part of a dead narrative.
You seem distraught. :lol:
I read it, now YOU read it..Read the story. No doubt that the Media is taking an off-the cuff or even a joke comment and trying to make a big deal about it. You'll notice the distinct lack of a source as usual. Heck I'm surprised CBS isn't spinning this into something else, but I'll give it time. Of all the crap out there that COULD be getting reported on.
Let's be clear.Partisan? Did you notice the names of the Presidents I listed, and if you did, are your aware of their particular party affiliation?
If he's President, he can live wherever he wants. However, I'm sure that he will find out that the Situation Room and other classified parts of the White House - Eisenhower Executive Office Building Complex will require him to be close at hand rather than in Manhattan.
On a side note, if this is actually a real issue for you, I would suggest you reevaluate what you think is and isn't an important issue. IMHO. You can of course do what you wish, including worrying about what bed the next President sleeps in.
I figured it would be hard for him (and Melania too) to move somewhere that's not as extravagant as their own homes. Hopefully they won't remodel the inside of the White House with the same design as Trump Tower.
With all the other things going on that will grab attention, this seems way down on the list of things to worry about. IMO, Trump is making a mistake with this request.
President is NOT congressman.I'm not sure I see the big problem here and I hate having to be a voice of defense for Trump considering I've never supported him for the position, but:
1. How much time do members of Congress spend in Washington on weekends? It's my understanding that they sit for a couple of days during the week and then late Thursday or early Friday, they're off home to their constituencies. Why does the President have to be anchored in Washington 24/7.
AGAIN, Trump wants to Commute to work, not just take two vacations a year.CanadaJohn said:2. Seems to me all the Obamaphiles were adamant that a President doesn't need to be physically in Washington to have his finger on the pulse of the nation. Is that only true if the President is on a golf course or in Hawaii?
Right!CanadaJohn said:3. This is clearly a new kind of person in the Presidency - maybe a change of process and custom won't be a bad thing. Now, if he's going to want dozens of Washington minions in NYC with him every weekend, then that's an issue of expense and logistics, but if it's just him spending time in his home on weekends, with the wife and his younger children, what's the harm?
But rarely/never Lack of enthusiasm for the job. Not even sworn in and he's wants all weekends at home: most probably at least Friday afternoon til mid Monday.CanadaJohn said:Bottom line, not every pronouncement or idea that emanates from the new Presidents mouth has to be immediately looked upon as a catastrophic mistake. After all, he was primarily elected on a platform of change, wasn't he??
Makes you ask the obvious.
Did he really want to be Prez for anything but Ego reason. Was there any other job left for that ego?
Trump doesn’t want to give up his Fifth Avenue penthouse
President-elect has been asking if he can spend weekends at Trump Tower
Nov 13, 2016
Donald Trump | White House | Trump Tower
I'm not sure I see the big problem here and I hate having to be a voice of defense for Trump considering I've never supported him for the position, but:
1. How much time do members of Congress spend in Washington on weekends? It's my understanding that they sit for a couple of days during the week and then late Thursday or early Friday, they're off home to their constituencies. Why does the President have to be anchored in Washington 24/7.
2. Seems to me all the Obamaphiles were adamant that a President doesn't need to be physically in Washington to have his finger on the pulse of the nation. Is that only true if the President is on a golf course or in Hawaii?
3. This is clearly a new kind of person in the Presidency - maybe a change of process and custom won't be a bad thing. Now, if he's going to want dozens of Washington minions in NYC with him every weekend, then that's an issue of expense and logistics, but if it's just him spending time in his home on weekends, with the wife and his younger children, what's the harm?
Bottom line, not every pronouncement or idea that emanates from the new Presidents mouth has to be immediately looked upon as a catastrophic mistake. After all, he was primarily elected on a platform of change, wasn't he??
Confused, alas, is probably the Best case
I don't understand what this thread is about. Former Presidents have had homes the frequented.
Is this what the freaked out, demoralized and discredited press are going to clutch at in the coming weeks and months?
mbig said:AGAIN, Trump wants to Commute to work, not just take two vacations a year.
Everyone PLEASE take note of this simple distinguisher and stop comparing it to other Presidents.
Confused, alas, is probably the Best case
SEE THE OP
SEE ABOVE!
Trump wants to spend as little as time as possible at the job, and is asking how Few days he can get away with: before he's ever sworn in.. no less.
No doubt YET someone else will BUMBLE into the string with this identical goofy Misread/inapt comparison.
WTF!
(I guess it's the former Politico member GOP show, replete with cheerleader)
What a deplorable thing to say.
A week after he's elected, he wants out.
The truth has been called everything. Doesn't change it.
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