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Trump refuses to unveil Obama’s portrait at the White House…
Citizen Free Press ^ | 5/19/2020 | Kane

Posted on 05/19/2020 3:25:45 PM PDT by Beave Meister

The traditional White House portrait unveiling may be skipped for the first time in decades amid bad blood between Trump and Obama.

WASHINGTON — It’s been a White House tradition for decades: A first-term president hosts a ceremony in the East Room for the unveiling of the official portrait of his immediate predecessor that will hang in the halls of the White House for posterity.

Republican presidents have done it for Democratic presidents, and vice versa — even when one of them ascended to the White House by defeating or sharply criticizing the other.

“We may have our differences politically,” President Barack Obama said when he hosted former President George W. Bush for his portrait unveiling in 2012, “but the presidency transcends those differences.”

Yet this modern ritual won’t be taking place between Obama and President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter. And if Trump wins a second term in November, it could be 2025 before Obama returns to the White House to see his portrait displayed among every U.S. president from George Washington to Bush.

It’s too soon to know whether the absence of the uniquely harmonious occasion, when presidents set aside political differences, is just a reflection of a singular dynamic between two presidents whose differences have increasingly been aired in full view or whether it is symbolic of a broader, bitter political era.

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And I didn't think it was possible to love President Trump any more...I stand corrected. Maybe President Trump should just have an empty chair for Obama's portrait, and say, "That's it folks, just an empty chair,"
1 posted on 05/19/2020 3:25:45 PM PDT by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

Trump?

I thought Obama refused.


2 posted on 05/19/2020 3:28:06 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: Beave Meister

And when Trump wins a second term in November, it could be 2025 before Obama returns to the White House if he doesn’t die of an STD before then.


3 posted on 05/19/2020 3:28:08 PM PDT by wetgundog
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To: Beave Meister

Personally, I’d burn the f***ing thing, on the White House lawn, and invite CNN, MSDNC, etc.

Then I’d have my dog piss on it, to put out the flames, of course...

But yeah... I love this POTUS too.


4 posted on 05/19/2020 3:28:10 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Beave Meister

Earlier reports were that Obama refused to attend while Donald Trump was president. This headline attempts to paint President Trump as the petulant party.


5 posted on 05/19/2020 3:28:31 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: Beave Meister

How can it possibly be harmonious after what Obama and his minions tried to do to Trump.? First time in history that this was done. If I were Trump, I wouldn’t want him anywhere near my family.


6 posted on 05/19/2020 3:29:59 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY)
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To: NFHale

...or send it to Kenya like Obama did to Churchill’s bust.


7 posted on 05/19/2020 3:30:11 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THEok RIBBON.)
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To: Beave Meister
Official Obama Portrait


8 posted on 05/19/2020 3:30:55 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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To: NFHale

Good! Why show the jug-eared, commie any sort of civility after what he’s done to President Trump. I hope Barry Soetoro bleeds from his eye sockets!


9 posted on 05/19/2020 3:31:15 PM PDT by sgt_lau (Being tolerant to the most intolerant people on the planet is a losing proposition. Reject islam.)
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To: Beave Meister

Trump should put a big sign underneath that says “this punk spied on the person who will be here —>


10 posted on 05/19/2020 3:31:15 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Skywise

I also thought it was Obama who refused.


11 posted on 05/19/2020 3:32:08 PM PDT by livius
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To: the_Watchman

When did Obama say he was refusing to come to the White House while Trump was president?


12 posted on 05/19/2020 3:33:42 PM PDT by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: Beave Meister

Pro tip. You want to be invited back, it’s best to not try and use the FBI to frame and spy on the incoming President.


13 posted on 05/19/2020 3:34:20 PM PDT by Flick Lives (The real virus is the MSM)
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To: Skywise

I also saw that POS Obama had refused.


14 posted on 05/19/2020 3:34:30 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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Trump refuses to unveil Obama’s portrait at the White House…

WH trash pickup is on Wednesday. Trump would put it on the curb.

15 posted on 05/19/2020 3:34:46 PM PDT by FreeReign
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Earlier reports were incorrect. Just the media trying to make Obama sound tough.
I wouldn't welcome attempted coup mastermind Obozo to the White House either.
16 posted on 05/19/2020 3:34:52 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: livius

Throw it out with the rest of the trash.


17 posted on 05/19/2020 3:35:20 PM PDT by Mogger
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To: Beave Meister; All

Personally, I believe that ODUMBO’s portrait belongs IN a urinal in the WH Visitor’s center, where it is convenient to “decorate it” with what a decision of the SCOTUS once called “a precious bodily fluid”.

I would LOVE to “wet it down” with MY “precious gold”. = CHUCKLE.

Yours, TMN78247


18 posted on 05/19/2020 3:35:33 PM PDT by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, 18car36)
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To: Beave Meister
Well then, please allow me to unveil them here. Mooch's test pattern shmatta is included for good measure.


19 posted on 05/19/2020 3:36:07 PM PDT by Blurb2350
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To: Beave Meister
I’m sick and tired of this controversy. Below is Obama’s official portrait. Just take a look at his face! It shows the raw courage and grit that made America great.


20 posted on 05/19/2020 3:37:07 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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