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Trump’s White House Charm Offensive a Contrast to Solitary Obama
rollcall.com ^ | January 25, 2017 | John T. Bennett

Posted on 01/25/2017 4:48:00 PM PST by John W

The new president, Donald Trump, spent his first two full days of work doing what his predecessor rarely did. Trump used the White House, its many ornate rooms and the power of the Oval Office, to chat up senior lawmakers from both parties, and to impress corporate executives and union workers.

Obama clung to his senior staff and thick briefing books. But Trump kicked off his tenure with what amounts to a charm offensive, bringing in CEOs and congressional leaders on Monday and Tuesday.

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1 posted on 01/25/2017 4:48:00 PM PST by John W
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To: John W

driving the left nuts
this really annoys them


2 posted on 01/25/2017 4:51:55 PM PST by dontreadthis (I finally came up with this tagline)
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To: John W

Obama was a stooge for the shadowy cabal of leftists who groomed him from birth (if not before) to be a catspaw for international socialism, and who eventually managed to sneak him into the oval office.

His role was to entertain himself until times when he was sent out to be the teleprompter reading public face of the cabal.


3 posted on 01/25/2017 4:52:46 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: moder_ator

Could the word Politics be removed from in front of the headline? Not sure how it got there.


4 posted on 01/25/2017 4:54:00 PM PST by John W (Under Two Months And Counting!)
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To: BenLurkin

He clung to senior staff cuz he had no idea what he as doing.

I remember a chick in college who had no idea either of what was going on in her classrooms but always managed to have some dude do the work for her. This is typical but liberals hid very well these aspects of Obama, making people think it was really him.


5 posted on 01/25/2017 4:57:56 PM PST by lavaroise (s)
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To: BenLurkin
AKA- "meatpuppet"

If Zero was in the music business, he'd be in Menudo.

6 posted on 01/25/2017 5:02:22 PM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: John W

I wonder why headlines no longer need to be written in proper English , or even make sense ?


7 posted on 01/25/2017 5:06:36 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: John W
"But Trump kicked off his tenure with what amounts to a charm offensive,..."

I'd call it more like, "How to Make Friends [allies] and Influence People", as in the old best seller book.

8 posted on 01/25/2017 5:09:31 PM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: lavaroise

Yeah, it’s like that feeling when you show up the first day for a new job or internship when you know nothing - Obama was like that for 8 years, with no executive or business experience. He didn’t want to invite any scrutiny by CEOs who would spot him as a fake from a mile away.
Trump is secure and competent, so is happy and eager to invite people into his territory.


9 posted on 01/25/2017 5:11:26 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: John W

(A satirical rewrite )

“The new president, Donald Trump, spent his first two full days of work doing what his predecessor rarely did, which was to be in his office and work.”


10 posted on 01/25/2017 5:14:21 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2

Some readers do not know that and the headline makers are on that level. Does that make sense?


11 posted on 01/25/2017 5:31:04 PM PST by MamaB (Heb : 13:2)
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To: John W

America Shocked !!! Politician Actually Keeps Campaign Promises

Major Media: “Conduct Is Unprecedented!”

Democrats: “Overtly Racist And Misogynistic!”


12 posted on 01/25/2017 5:31:08 PM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 66 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: John W

There simply are no words to describe how much I do NOT miss Zero.


13 posted on 01/25/2017 5:33:35 PM PST by HandyDandy (Don't make up stuff. It wastes time.)
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To: John W

Trump is a functioning human being, while Obama is not.


14 posted on 01/25/2017 5:42:36 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: GnuThere
Trump is secure and competent, so is happy and eager to invite people into his territory.

And those folks will be happy to share their experiences with others.

15 posted on 01/25/2017 6:00:51 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: John W

Bill Clinton, the first black president.

Barack Obama, the first woman president.


16 posted on 01/25/2017 6:06:40 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is facts)
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Barack Obama, the first woman president.

Barack Obama, our first GAY president
17 posted on 01/25/2017 6:25:09 PM PST by texas_mrs
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To: John W

Yeah. Whatever. Emperor Zero would have gotten three rounds of golf in by now.


18 posted on 01/25/2017 6:42:32 PM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: texas_mrs

That too.

And most likely our first Islamic president.

Reference: On the paperwork when Barry was going to primary school in Indonesia after the header Religion was the word “Islam”

Once a member of Islam you are considered always to be a Muslim.


19 posted on 01/25/2017 7:28:37 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is facts)
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To: John W
Obama clung to his senior staff and thick briefing books.

This suggests to me that he was aware that he was beyond his depth.
Community agitator (with a gift for BS) is hardly preparation for the country's highest political office.

In retrospect, we can all agree with that initial assessment.
In spades!

20 posted on 01/25/2017 8:35:18 PM PST by publius911 (IMPRISON HER NOW evil, stupid, insane, ignorant, arrogant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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