Trump 'won't attend inauguration as staff light scented candles to improve atmosphere'

[RandySF]

The foul-tempered President has repeatedly tried to cast doubt on the election, and the atmosphere in his camp has been described as "“manic" and "toxic”.

Desperate White House staffers have reportedly resorted to lighting rose-scented candles in an effort to calm the raging commander-in-chief, whose defeat was finally announced yesterday.

After more than four days of fraught counting, the election was finally called in favour of Joe Biden as voting figures showed that he had an insurmountable lead in Pennsylvania - which Trump needed to win to have any hope.

It will mean the Republican is the first President since George H. W. Bush to be dumped by voters after a single term.


https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/trump-wont-attend-inauguration-staff-22976043

[LSFL]

1. Scented candles?

Is he farting?

[Codeine]

21. Gotta cover the smell of the shitshow. nt

[Cha]

2. Wow.. that's harsh.. I love it!

Very discriptive!

[secondwind]

3. I'm glad Trump changed to being Republican...

[Iliyah]

4. More like burning dried sage . . ...

[nuxvomica]

5. Now I find out I shoulda had rose-scented candles the past 4 years!

Oh well. Maybe I should pick up a few to get me to January.

[abqtommy]

6. Candles are good but they don't last. Sedation and restraints will finish the task.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. Awww... Somebody needs a hug...

And a big ol' tray of hash brownies.

[NurseJackie]

8. Rose scented candles... not a good memory association for me.

It takes me back to adolescent memories of being in a funeral home for my grandparents' funerals. It wasn't actual roses (I know what real roses smell like) it was that cheap artificial Airwick rose (back when Airwick was actually a fabric WICK in a bottle of liquid scent.)

In any case... my point is... I guess it's appropriate that everything in the WH has a funereal atmosphere.

But, secretly... Melanie is in her room happy and smiling. Well... smiling as much as her overly botoxed face can manage.

[BlueMTexpat]

15. Sheesh!

I too remember that Airwick!

Love your post!

[PatSeg]

18. Yeah, I don't find rose scented candles relaxing

Lavender would have been a better choice.

Well, maybe in Trump's case rose scented might be appropriate, if it reminds people of a funeral.

[Gore1FL]

26. As Donald Rumsfeld put it,

“You address meltdowns with the candles you have, not the candles you might want or wish to have at a later time.”

[PatSeg]

27. Ha, ha, ha!!!

[paleotn]

20. Good point....

Same here. That's most definitely the funeral home smell. Fitting. Even better would be the smell of a cell block at Attica after Letitia James gets through with him.

[Chiyo-chichi]

23. And Melania's body double, who CAN smile, isn't... b/c she'll soon be out of work!

[LeftInTX]

29. The article is coming from a tabloid

I don't believe the rose scented candles part.

The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper founded in 1903. It is owned by parent company Reach plc. From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was simply The Mirror. It had an average daily print circulation of 716,923 in December 2016, dropping markedly to 587,803 the following year.[2] Its Sunday sister paper is the Sunday Mirror. Unlike other major British tabloids such as The Sun and the Daily Mail, the Mirror has no separate Scottish edition; this function is performed by the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, which incorporate certain stories from the Mirror that are of Scottish significance.

[NurseJackie]

30. Okay.

[parkia00]

9. Sulfur scented candles might be better....

[pazzyanne]

11. That would put a jump on the fumigation of the White House! nt

[Blue Owl]

10. I hope they're using these candles...

[AwakeAtLast]

31. How satisfying!

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. I think pot would be more appropriate under the circumstances

[R Merm]

13. It will take a lot more then scented candles to remove his stench from the White House.

[TomVilmer]

14. "Swamp Ass" Smelling Candles would be more appropriate...

https://thecandledaddy.com/products/swamp-ass-6-ounce-40-hour-burn-free-shipping

[SoonerPride]

16. I seem to remember "fuck your feelings"

So there you go.

[paleotn]

19. And the only pResident...

to lose the popular vote TWICE! The second time in such numbers that the electoral college could not cover his loses. A heavy lift, but removing that anachronism from our constitution needs to be right up their with reversing Citizens United.

[gratuitous]

28. Vote totals for his two runs are now more than 7 million votes

He lost the popular vote to Clinton by 2.8 million, and Biden has run up more than 4.4 million more votes than Trump this time around.

[electric_blue68]

22. 🤔 Is'nt lavender supposed to be the calming scent?

[OnDoutside]

24. It could be President Pence attending the Inauguration....

[NurseJackie]

25. It could be. Interesting thought.

Would it be from resignation? Or from aneurysm? --- Only time will tell.