Perhaps it’s not a big media deal because it sounds as absurd as the Court of St. James in Elizabethan England. I hope we haven’t sunk to that level yet.
DC has its own traditions. This is one. Its a big deal...it wasnt to trump..he didnt even care if he got a pen...like the very first one he used as potus. Ryan pointed out that pen...he didnt care. Pence had to make sure he got a pen.
But...put it in perspective...trump will get that ryan insulted him and the pick. I think he got it at the time given his reaction
I know, right? In the court of Louis XIV, the proper way to knock before entering a door was to tap with the pinky fingernail.
Obama is a master at this stupid inside DC game. He used a different pen to sign each letter for his Obamacare signature. He gave those pens out as gifts because I read that this pro abort nun got one.