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DFW

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3. I would have said THIS president doesn't understand.

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:04 AM

Oct 23

In the Obama White House, he always used to implore us not to take any of the official WH china (coffee cups, e.g.) with us (paper napkins OK), reminding us they weren’t his to give, saying “I don’t own this place. It’s just a rental.”

What a difference ten years makes, eh?

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The president has never understood that the White House (and government) aren't his [View all] In It to Win It Oct 22 OP

He does , he just showed us that he doesn't give a SHITE Bread and Circuses Oct 22 #1

Exactly. He just reached out and grabbed it. tanyev Oct 23 #4

It has long been clear that he believes the treasury is his do do with as he pleases. pat_k Oct 23 #2

I would have said THIS president doesn't understand. DFW Oct 23 #3