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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking with tradition, trump* failed to host a state dinner, during his first year in office.
Wouldn't anybody RSVP? Wasn't KFC, McDonalds, an overdone steak slathered in catsup, or a Taco Bowl Salad washed down with Diet Coke enough of an enticement?
Where's the party? No state dinner in Trump's first year
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump couldn't stop talking about the red carpets, military parades and fancy dinners that were lavished upon him during state visits on his recent tour of Asia. "Magnificent," he declared at one point on the trip.
But Trump has yet to reciprocate, making him the first president in almost a century to close his first year in office without welcoming a visiting counterpart to the U.S. with similar trappings.
Trump spoke dismissively of state dinners as a candidate, when he panned President Barack Obama's decision to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping with a 2015 state visit. Such visits are an important diplomatic tool that includes a showy arrival ceremony and an elaborate dinner at the White House.
"I would not be throwing (Xi) a dinner," Trump said at the time. "I would get him a McDonald's hamburger and say we've got to get down to work."
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/where-s-the-party-no-state-dinner-in-trump-s-first-year-1.3735096
duforsure
(11,885 posts)The opposite of what he claimed he would do, serve the China leader a big mac. He does that a lot.
Siwsan
(26,289 posts)What's a few added calories, at this point?
Admittedly, I don't think there is 'officially' such a thing, but I'm sure what passes for a chef, in his White House, could concoct one.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)on Day 1 in office. it's been over 300 days since Day 1.
Ilsa
(61,697 posts)to properly host a State dinner. I don't think they know who to invite. Duterte? Putin? Assad? Would others show up if they are there?