Jenna Bush Hager said her father, former President George W. Bush, didn&#8217;t have a problem with the ribbing he got from shows like &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; and, in fact, &#8220;loved it.&#8221;
During Wednesday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/HodaAndJenna/status/1767940210459804128?s=20">Today with Hoda and Jenna</a>,&#8221; Hager told her co-host, Hoda Kotb, that her love language is &#8220;gently roasting,&#8221; something from which her father was not exempt. She reflected on laughing at the old SNL skits with her father and twin sister, Barbara.
&#8220;I like to harass my dad,&#8221; Hager said. &#8220;Like when he was the president, Barbara and I would show him … like the &#8216;Saturday Night Lives&#8217; where they made fun of him and stuff. He loved it!&#8221;
&#8220;Like when Will Ferrell [impersonated him], but there were other comedians who also did things,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Once, we were at the gym and there was a bumper sticker that said, &#8216;A Village in Texas Is Missing Its Idiot.'&#8221;
&#8220;Barbara and I read it, took a minute and then we were like&#8230; We told our dad. He didn&#8217;t care,&#8221; Hager continued. &#8220;He thought it was hilarious.&#8221;
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Jenna says when her father was president, she and her twin Barbara would show him clips of “Saturday Night Live” where they made fun of him — but he would laugh it off! <a href="https://t.co/enSVvUnIJX">pic.twitter.com/enSVvUnIJX</a>
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Her co-host Kotb said, &#8220;If you can&#8217;t laugh at yourself, then you feel like there&#8217;s some truth to it.&#8221;
&#8220;But also, if you&#8217;re going to be the President of the United States, people are going to make fun of you,&#8221; Jenna added. &#8220;And guess what — it ain&#8217;t just about you. That&#8217;s how it is, man. That&#8217;s how it is, that&#8217;s how it&#8217;s always been!&#8221;
The &#8220;Today&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jenna-bush-hager-says-her-wedding-mightve-been-very-different-if-shed-taken-then-president-bushs-advice-and-eloped">show</a> co-host has spoken about her relationship with her father in the past. She once discussed how he had encouraged her and then-fiance Henry Chase Hager to elope in 2008.
&#8220;My dad wanted us to elope because it was a pain,&#8221; Hager told Kotb. &#8220;He was like, &#8216;What are y&#8217;all doing? Y&#8217;all should just elope.&#8221;
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In the end, Dad&#8217;s suggestion was a no-go, and Jenna and Henry got married in a private ceremony at the Bush family&#8217;s Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas.
Hager made it clear it couldn&#8217;t have gone better.
&#8220;The wedding was spectacular,&#8221; President Bush said at the time. &#8220;It&#8217;s all we could have hoped for. It was just a special day and a wonderful day, and we&#8217;re mighty blessed.&#8221;
Jenna and Henry share three children together.

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‘Loved It’: Jenna Bush Says Her Father Didn’t Mind When ‘SNL’ ‘Made Fun Of Him’

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California Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman suggested filling the vacant Speaker of the House seat with former President George W. Bush as GOP lawmakers attempt to get the lower chamber of Congress back in order after nearly a month of chaos.
&#8220;He could come back,&#8221; Sherman <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzTJO_aiITM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the &#8220;Forbes Newsroom&#8221; podcast. &#8220;Obviously, I&#8217;m not a real fan of how the Iraq War went, but I would think that any reasonable Republican would be somebody that Democrats could work with — if it was part of a system where you didn&#8217;t have five of the most extreme Republicans blocking important legislation and saying, &#8216;If you bring that to the floor for a vote, we&#8217;ll knock you out of your Speakership.'&#8221;
Sherman tore into some dysfunctional aspects of the House of Representatives, notably the Republican side ousting former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) last month. The historic removal has since left the chamber unable to vote on legislation like pending fiscal year 2024 spending bills, avoiding a government shutdown, and supplying aid for Israel&#8217;s war against Hamas.
House Republicans nominated Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) last week — after holding two rounds of secret ballots — to rally behind him to become Speaker as soon as midday Tuesday, according to reports.
Jordan, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, won the GOP nomination in his second try on Friday. He defeated Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) in a 124-81 Republican conference vote. In a second secret ballot asking members if they would support Jordan in a House floor vote, Republicans voted 152-55.
But the lawmaker still faces a challenge in mustering enough support to secure a simple majority needed to secure victory in a chamber-wide vote.
Sherman called Jordan &#8220;among the worst speakers&#8221; for the House but noted it&#8217;s good politics for Democrats, as the Ohio Republican has the backing of former President Donald Trump.
Still, Sherman asserts he would choose Bush or Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), both of whom he called &#8220;traditional&#8221; Republicans.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not the person, it&#8217;s the program,&#8221; Sherman said. &#8220;And if the program is to say that if a bill passes, the Senate will get an up or down vote on it in the House. And that would be more important to me than the personality.&#8221;
Although Bush is not a sitting member of Congress and hasn&#8217;t held elected office since 2009, his status does not necessarily disqualify him from holding the position as the U.S. House of Representatives does not require the speaker to be a member of the lower chamber — although elected officials have consistently voted for one.
The House is expected to vote for the speaker as early as Tuesday, two weeks after eight Republicans joined Democrats in voting to oust McCarthy.
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) is serving as speaker pro tempore in the short term.
Jordan has secured <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jordan-scores-key-endorsement-in-bid-for-house-speaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pivotal endorsements</a> since GOP lawmakers nominated him last week, including support from McCarthy, members of the House Freedom Caucus, and House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL).
Daniel Chaitan contributed to this report.

George W. Bush Speaks At The Struggle For Freedom Conference

Dem Rep. Suggests George W. Bush For Speaker Of The House

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The presidential centers for thirteen ex-presidents issued a rare joint statement addressing the state of American <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democracy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">democracy</a> on Thursday, calling for “compassion, tolerance, pluralism, and respect” in the political arena.
With signatories from the foundation of former Presidents Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama, the <a href="https://www.bushcenter.org/publications/reaffirming-americans-commitment-to-a-more-perfect-union" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> outlined American values, the importance of its institutions, and “reaffirm[ed]” each foundation’s “commitment to the principles of democracy.” This is the first time presidential libraries have joined together for a statement of this sort, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/united-states-democracy-presidents-threats-joint-statement-5530a89df2c41d58a22961f63fb0e6ff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press.
“As a diverse nation of people with different backgrounds and beliefs, democracy holds us together,” the statement says. “We are a country rooted in the rule of law, where the protection of the rights of all people is paramount. At the same time, we live among our fellow citizens, underscoring the importance of compassion, tolerance, pluralism, and respect for others.”
The message, titled “Strengthening our democracy,” said that the United States has not always lived up to its stated ideals, but that “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” has enabled the country to strive toward a “more perfect union.” The signatories said they represented a large and diverse swath of the American people, adding that they believe those views can “exist peaceably side by side when rooted in the principles of democracy.”
“Debate and disagreement are central features in a healthy democracy,” the statement continues. “Civility and respect in political discourse, whether in an election year or otherwise, are essential.”
On the current state of American democracy, the statement suggested that the country is currently a “house in disarray,” which they argued undermines the ability of the U.S. to support democracy and human rights abroad. “The world will not wait for us to address our problems, so we must both continue to strive toward a more perfect union and help those abroad looking for U.S. leadership,” the statement says, adding that American leaders who “govern effectively” and “deliver for the American people” will help to “restore trust in public service.&#8221;
Signatories include the foundations, libraries, or organizations connected to former presidents Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Hoover.
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The joint statement was <a href="https://apnews.com/article/united-states-democracy-presidents-threats-joint-statement-5530a89df2c41d58a22961f63fb0e6ff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> organized by the George W. Bush Institute’s executive director, David Kramer, a former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor under George W. Bush, who reportedly &#8220;signed off&#8221; on the letter himself. Kramer leaked the infamous Steele Dossier &#8212; that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buzzfeed-news-to-shut-down-after-11-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contained</a> unfounded rumors and innuendo about former President Donald Trump &#8212; to Buzzfeed News in an alleged attempt to prevent his 2017 inauguration, according to a <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2022/04/27/npr-interview-david-kramer-leaked-steele-dossier-buzzfeed-news-prevent-donald-trump-inauguration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Daily Caller. Funded by the Clinton campaign for opposition research, the FBI used the dossier to obtain warrants to surveil Trump&#8217;s 2016 campaign.
The Eisenhower Foundation said in a statement to the Associated Press that they “respectfully declined to sign this statement,” adding, “It would be the first common statement that the presidential centers and foundations have ever issued as a group, but we have had no collective discussion about it, only an invitation to sign.”
It’s not clear if anyone from Trump’s team was ever approached to sign the letter. While there is a <a href="https://www.trumplibrary.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> for Trump’s presidential library, he does not yet have a physical location for one, and he hasn’t announced plans for one.

George W. Bush Library Dedication Attended By President Obama And Former Presidents

13 Presidential Centers Issue Joint Message On ‘Principles Of Democracy’

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Jenna Bush Hager recently recalled the exceptionally awkward surprise 16th birthday party that her parents – former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush — threw for her and her twin sister, Barbara Bush Coyne.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jenna-bush-hager-says-her-wedding-mightve-been-very-different-if-shed-taken-then-president-bushs-advice-and-eloped" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bush Hager</a> <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/08/29/jenna-bush-hager-my-parents-invited-old-and-new-boyfriend-to-16th-birthday-party/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described the scene</a> during Tuesday morning&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;TODAY with Jenna and Hoda,&#8221; noting that she and her sister were set up with a surprise breakfast after being told that they had to be up early in order to make it to their drivers&#8217; tests.
&#8220;I had a surprise party for my 16th birthday, me and Barbara. We had one together and it was a pancake breakfast which was cute,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We were going to kiss my dad goodbye for school, my mom was like, &#8216;Go in and tell dad goodbye,&#8217; and we walked in and all of our friends were sitting there.&#8221;
But then Bush Hager added a little context, explaining what had made the moment so awkward for her especially: her parents had invited both her ex-boyfriend and her current boyfriend, and had managed to seat them next to each other.
&#8220;My parents were very creative birthday people which was fun but then it gets kind of awkward because it’s like [they have] the old boyfriend sitting next to the new boyfriend,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;They invited both boyfriends?&#8221; Bush Hager&#8217;s cohost Hoda Kotb asked, appearing surprised. &#8220;Your parents are wild.&#8221;
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It wasn&#8217;t the first time that Bush Hager has spilled the tea on her parents, revealing in 2022 that her father — apparently frustrated with her wedding plans — had encouraged her to elope.
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&quot;My dad wanted us to elope because it was a pain.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/RlzU6OKaip">https://t.co/RlzU6OKaip</a>
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&#8220;My dad wanted us to elope because it was a pain,&#8221; she told Kotb at the time. &#8220;He was like, &#8216;What are y’all doing? Y’all should just elope.&#8217; I don’t know if he wanted us to go to Vegas to do it.&#8221;
Bush Hager did not take the then-President&#8217;s advice, and instead married Henry Chase Hager at the Bush family’s Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas.

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George W. Bush Threw The Most Awkward Surprise Party For Twin Daughters’ 16th Birthday

George W. Bush Threw The Most Awkward Surprise Party For Twin Daughters' 16th Birthday

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As the legend goes, nineteen years ago this month, a freak bolt of lightning struck the home of Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware. The lightning hit a pond nearby, traveled through some wires, and caused a kitchen fire. To make matters worse, Joe Biden wasn&#8217;t at home. He was hundreds of miles away in Washington, being interviewed on &#8220;Meet the Press.&#8221;
Fortunately, or suspiciously (depending on how you look at it), a future doctor named Jill Biden was on the scene. She called 911, and firefighters quickly arrived to find that the blaze hadn&#8217;t spread past the kitchen. Within about twenty minutes, everything was fine. &#8220;We got it pretty early,&#8221; the local fire chief <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/14/fire-dept-responds-to-embellished-biden-blaze-tale/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. The fire department later called the fire &#8220;insignificant.&#8221; There were no casualties.
In that respect — and in every other respect — there is no comparison between Joe Biden&#8217;s kitchen fire from 2004 and what has just unfolded on the island of Maui. Over 100 people are confirmed dead after one of the worst wildfires in this country&#8217;s history. Roughly a thousand people are missing, and it&#8217;s feared that most of them are children. Countless homes and businesses have been destroyed. Damage is estimated in the billions.
And yet, on Monday, the president of the United States somehow managed to compare all that devastation to his kitchen fire two decades ago. Touring Maui, he didn&#8217;t address the bureaucratic ineptitude that led to so many deaths. He didn&#8217;t explain why it took him nearly two weeks to interrupt his vacation on a beach in Delaware to visit the people of Maui. Instead, he told residents of Maui the familiar story about that lightning strike at his home — this time, adding even more details that make no sense:
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NEW: President Biden once again tries to make the Maui fire that killed ~500 people about himself by telling a story about how he almost lost his corvette in a house fire.
You can always count on Biden to tell a story that didn’t happened.
“I don&#39;t want to compare difficulties,… <a href="https://t.co/FI4bR85erR">pic.twitter.com/FI4bR85erR</a>
&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1693790203310453189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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To recap the timeline: Joe Biden was in Washington. Lightning struck his home in Delaware via his pond and air conditioning vents. Somehow, in the twenty minutes it took to extinguish the fire, Joe Biden raced home from Washington to Delaware — more than an hour away by train — just in time to see firefighters save his wife from near-certain death. Oh, and he wants you to know that he nearly lost his ‘67 Corvette in the blaze. A potential loss that he lists alongside his cat and his wife.
Like Joe Biden&#8217;s claims about over-performing in law school, trying to free Nelson Mandela, or seeing gay men casually kissing on a street corner in the 1950s, this story is yet another lie. But Joe Biden&#8217;s embellishment of his kitchen fire, in this context, is on another level. It may be the most insulting thing a president of the United States has ever said. As parents scramble to find their missing children, Joe Biden wants everyone in the room to know that he&#8217;s a victim too. He almost lost his Corvette! 
As you might expect, Joe Biden&#8217;s display of narcissism in Maui didn&#8217;t stop there. In his quest to make the unprecedented human suffering in Maui about himself, Joe Biden also talked about the death of his son, as he does at every possible opportunity. There&#8217;s no point in playing the <a href="https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1693758821166915613" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clip</a>. It&#8217;s the same thing he&#8217;s said dozens of times before.
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The point here isn&#8217;t to highlight what a terrible person Joe Biden is. Anyone who&#8217;s been paying attention at any point in his political career understands that well. We were told that “decency was on the ballot” when he ran for president, but it turns out that Joe Biden is perhaps the least decent man to ever hold the office, which is really saying something. What’s interesting is the lack of outrage in response to what Joe Biden is doing. Somehow, neither party is calling for Joe Biden&#8217;s impeachment over his handling of the disaster in Maui. No rap stars have derailed any disaster-relief telethons by claiming Joe Biden doesn&#8217;t care about Hawaiian people.
For anyone who was alive in 2005, this is all rather startling. Remember when they ripped George W. Bush apart for flying over New Orleans in Air Force One? That was a mortal sin at the time. He took Air Force One over the city to survey the damage rather than landing and causing a commotion on the ground. The idea was that Bush didn&#8217;t want to distract from rescue efforts. It also would have been rather impractical and unsafe for the President of the United States to rappel down into a flood zone. But even ten years later, they were still complaining about it. Here’s &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; on the ten year anniversary of the disaster: 
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Flying over the devastation after Hurricane Katrina was a scandal, a defining moment of the Bush presidency. It made Bush look &#8220;detached,&#8221; the historian says. The flyover they&#8217;re complaining about <a href="https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2005/08/images/20050831_p083105pm-0117jas-515h.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took place</a> on August 31st of 2005, just two days after Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. Forty-eight hours later, he was surveying the damage.
For comparison, this was Joe Biden nearly a week after the fires in Maui began:
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&quot;Any comment on the rising death toll in Maui?&quot;
BIDEN: &quot;No. No comment.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/oORpRuLUpz">pic.twitter.com/oORpRuLUpz</a>
&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1691089298429280256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2023</a></blockquote>
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No comment, Joe Biden says as he gets back to his vacation while children burn in Maui. If only George Bush had tried that tactic. He should have just said &#8220;no comment&#8221; while on vacation. Then he&#8217;d be fine. It makes perfect sense. Of course, if George Bush had said “no comment” it would have been a political scandal that rocked the nation and dominated news coverage for six months. People would still be talking about it. Michael Moore would have done a whole documentary on it. It would be considered one of the most infamous moments in the history of the American presidency. Joe Biden’s “no comment,” on the other hand, did not attract quite that level of outrage — or really any outrage at all, at least not from the press.
The simple explanation for why the media is excusing what Joe Biden is doing is that he&#8217;s a Democrat, and Democrats run Hawaii. Bush, on the other hand, is a Republican, so he doesn&#8217;t get the benefit of the doubt. In Maui, there&#8217;s no conceivable angle in which Republicans are responsible. There really wasn’t any angle in New Orleans either, but they found a way. But they can’t find a way with this story so they’d simply like it to go away as quickly as possible.
The more officials in Hawaii open their mouths, the more believable that theory is. Watch as Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen refuses to say how many children are missing and then threatens to end the press conference when a reporter presses him on it:
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Maui officials are covering up the death toll. 
Still claiming people are “missing” in order to hide the horrific truth.
Children burned alive. Maybe 1,000 or more.
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&mdash; Cernovich (@Cernovich) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1693707341835985129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rather than provide any estimate whatsoever, the mayor threatens to end the press conference. He starts fighting with the reporter. What that tells you is that the estimates are dire. The governor of Hawaii, Josh Green, is undoubtedly aware of that. So, like the mayor of Maui County, he&#8217;s been dodging questions. When asked recently why the sirens didn&#8217;t sound on the island to alert its residents to the fires, the governor started talking about climate change: 
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While answering a question about the sirens that didn&#39;t go off, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says:
&quot;Let&#39;s be real, world. Climate change is here. We are in the midst of it with a hotter planet and fiercer storms.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/t1lsyukJ0k">pic.twitter.com/t1lsyukJ0k</a>
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Josh Green is saying that the problem isn&#8217;t really Josh Green or Richard Bissen or Joe Biden or even the electric company. It&#8217;s not their fault that Maui is burning. Sure, the sirens didn&#8217;t go off. But you made the world a tenth of a degree hotter. If you hadn&#8217;t done that, none of this would be happening. That&#8217;s the excuse.
Go down the list of officials in the state, and you&#8217;ll find more and more incompetence as you do. Take M. Kaleo Manuel, for example. He&#8217;s the deputy director of the state&#8217;s Commission on Water Resource Management. On August 10th, the West Maui Land Company sent a letter to Kaleo, complaining that his commission had held up a request to free up more water to fight the fires. According to the Land Company, they had tried to expedite water diversion from streams to fight the fires. But in the letter, the Land Company complains that Kaleo&#8217;s water commission had held up the request for several hours on various technicalities — saying they needed to consult a local farmer first and obtain permission from the fire department. The delay could have cost people their lives; it&#8217;s hard to say at this point.
It&#8217;s also hard to know why Kaleo&#8217;s commission held up the water request. But you may have seen this clip from well before these wildfires started. It&#8217;s making the rounds online. Watch Kaleo talk about the importance of equity, and preserving water:
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Meet M. Kaleo Manuel, the official who refused to release water in Maui, contributing to up to 106 deaths.
A Hawaiian Studies major, Kaleo prefers a traditional, holistic &quot;One Water&quot; approach where water is revered, not used.
Water requires &quot;true conversations about equity&quot; <a href="https://t.co/4AzVZNwkHk">pic.twitter.com/4AzVZNwkHk</a>
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Does this mean Kaleo withheld water from firefighting efforts for the sake of equity? It seems possible. We do know that this man never should have been in any position of authority, whatsoever. Take a look at Kaleo&#8217;s biography on the Obama Foundation&#8217;s website, and you&#8217;ll find lines like this. &#8220;He believes that ancient wisdom and traditional ecological knowledge of native peoples will help save the Earth.&#8221; In other words, he&#8217;s an unserious politician. He&#8217;s the last person you want to determine where water goes in an emergency. When the fire is headed towards your home, you don’t want “ancient wisdom.” You want basic competence. And you want water, and lots of it. 
As it happens, &#8220;unserious&#8221; also describes the regulators in charge of monitoring Hawaii Electric, which likely caused this fire. On his <a href="https://www.leefang.com/p/hawaii-electric-while-failing-to" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Substack</a>, investigative journalist Lee Fang reports that Hawaii Electric knew about the threat of wildfires. Specifically, in a <a href="https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/documents/about_us/our_vision_and_commitment/resilience/20220630_resilience_EPRM_application.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">regulatory</a> filing last summer, Hawaiian Electric disclosed that the, &#8220;risk of a utility system causing a wildfire ignition is significant.&#8221; They estimated the work to address that risk would cost more than $6 million.
However, the company ultimately spent only $245,000 on minor upgrades to their infrastructure. That&#8217;s hundreds of thousands of dollars less than they spent on lobbying in the past four years. All that lobbying, apparently, paid off. Hawaii&#8217;s chief utility regulator recently <a href="https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1693345715299438833?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared</a> in a puff-piece documentary this year for Hawaii Electric. And regulators never forced the company to make more expensive safety upgrades.
It falls on Substack journalists like Lee Fang to report on all this, because right now the corporate media doesn&#8217;t seem interested in any of it. Instead, like the governor of Hawaii, they&#8217;re pinning these fires on &#8220;climate change.&#8221; Vanity Fair just published a piece entitled, &#8220;How Bad Do Things Have to Get for Joe Biden to Declare a Climate Emergency?&#8221; Along the same lines, the AP reported that climate change &#8220;fueled&#8221; the Maui fires.
Already, the effort is underway to absolve these bureaucrats of responsibility. It&#8217;s likely that, in the end, only the utility company will suffer consequences, probably in the form of a hefty fine. That&#8217;s what happened to the electric company involved in the 2018 Camp Fire in California, which killed 85 people. Government officials made several key errors, including failing to activate an emergency warning system. But none of them paid any real price for it.
What we&#8217;re seeing is more complicated than a Left-Right partisan split, where Republicans take heat during disasters, and Democrats get a pass. That&#8217;s part of it, of course. But the reason Democrats are able to avoid any accountability during catastrophes also has a lot to do with one of the main functions of a bureaucracy, which is to diffuse responsibility. When everyone is responsible for a disaster, no one is. They can blame you for making the planet hotter instead of admitting their own failures. They can make up stories about kitchen fires instead of doing anything productive. Eighteen years after Hurricane Katrina, this total failure of leadership isn&#8217;t enough to destroy a presidency or even damage a political party anymore. This is what regression looks like. And it all but guarantees that, as horrible as the destruction is, we haven&#8217;t seen the last disaster like this one.
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Former President Donald Trump is the only living president who is not directly descended from slave-holders, according to a recent genealogical study.
The study, <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/americas-political-elite-family-links-101417821.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">undertaken by Reuters</a>, determined that every living president except for Trump – including Joe Biden and former presidents Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and even Barack Obama through his white mother&#8217;s side — was the descendant of slave owners.
Of course, it should be noted that Donald Trump&#8217;s family <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-family-history-from-immigrants-to-americas-first-family-2020-6#in-1936-fred-trump-married-mary-anne-mcleod-a-scottish-immigrant-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">came to the United States</a> years after slavery was abolished. The former president&#8217;s grandfather, Friedrich Trump, came to the United States from Germany in 1885 — and his mother, Mary Anne McLeod, immigrated from Scotland in 1929.
Former presidents were not the only ones to be named in the outlet&#8217;s deep dive — they also looked at the number of members of Congress who had direct ancestral links to slave owners. According to the report, 100 of the 536 members of the last Congress were descended from slave owners — and some were among the most powerful and influential leaders in both parties.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) topped the list. Sitting Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch were also listed as being descended from slaveholders.
The report also took a deeper look at the state of South Carolina — where not only is Republican Governor Henry McMaster descended from slave owners, but every U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator has some ancestral tie to the institution of slavery. Republican Senator and presidential candidate Tim Scott is descended from slaves, as is Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn. The remaining seven legislators — all of them white – are the direct descendants of slave owners.
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Awkward situations, embarrassing moments, mispronounced words, and tumbles. The men who have led the most powerful nation on earth were just that — men. And like the rest of us, they&#8217;ve suffered through some embarrassing gaffes. Yet unlike the rest of us, their mistakes were captured on camera to be remembered and laughed at for the rest of history.
Thanks to President Joe Biden, presidential gaffes have become an almost daily occurrence in the White House, but even before the 80-year-old commander-in-chief gave us a reason to roll our eyes, plenty of other U.S. presidents have made us cringe.
Republicans and Democrats are both prone to make us laugh, especially since the advent of television. From puking in a prime minister’s lap to falling down the steps of Air Force One, it would be impossible to include every blunder from modern-day presidents, but here are some of the more embarrassing moments we found, from Gerald Ford to Joe Biden.
<h2>Gerald Ford Tumbles And Stumbles</h2>
President Gerald Ford was falling down airplane steps before Joe Biden made it cool. On June 1, 1975, Ford arrived in Austria to meet with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. As Ford was walking down the Air Force One steps with his wife Betty, the president slipped and fell down the last few stairs. Then, a few hours later, Ford <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/02/archives/ford-falls-but-is-unhurt-ford-falls-but-is-unhurt.html">reportedly</a> nearly fell down a flight of stairs but was saved by Sadat.
Ford wasn’t hurt in either incident and was quick to make light of the embarrassing moments. “Thank you for your gracious welcome to Salzburg, and I am sorry I tumbled in,” he said in remarks to a crowd later that day.
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<h2>Gerald Ford: The Soviets Are Not Dominating Eastern Europe</h2>
Unfortunately for Ford, foreign policy proved to be as big a problem as the steps on Air Force One. Ford raised eyebrows when he claimed during a presidential debate against Democrat nominee Jimmy Carter that “There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, and there never will be under a Ford administration.”
This claim would’ve been fine if Ford was running for re-election in 1992, but it was 1976 — the middle of the Cold War. The USSR was still going strong and exercising control of the Eastern Bloc of European countries Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. At best, Ford’s comment was a blunder, but at worst, it revealed the sitting president lacked a basic level of foreign policy knowledge.
Ford went on to lose to Carter in the 1976 election. 
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<h2>Jimmy Carter: A Fictional Character Would Have Been One Of The Best Presidents In History</h2>
During the 1980 Democratic convention, President Jimmy riled up his base by listing names of Democrats he was proud to be in the same party as, but he mixed up the name of a former Democratic vice president with the name of a fictional British naval officer.
“We&#8217;re the party of a great leader of compassion: Lyndon Baines Johnson,” the president told the room full of Democrats. “And the party of a great man who should have been president, who would have been one of the greatest presidents in history: Hubert Horatio Hornblower!”
Carter quickly realized his gaffe and shouted, “Humphrey,” the name of Johnson&#8217;s vice president who died in 1978.
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<h2>Ronald Reagan Needs Help From Nancy</h2>
Nancy Reagan was a powerful influence during her husband&#8217;s eight years in office and was even <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/04/us/white-house-confirms-reagans-follow-astrology-up-to-a-point.html">rumored</a> to have helped President Ronald Reagan schedule important meetings through astrology. In one Q&amp;A with the press, Reagan was asked how he would bring the Russians to the negotiating table to discuss arms control. Nancy appeared to prompt her husband before he answered.
&#8221;Tell them we are doing everything we can,” she was heard whispering.
Nancy <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/19/us/nancy-reagan-denies-giving-president-cue.html">denied</a> that she was telling the president what to say, however. Instead, Nancy said she was just talking to herself because she was frustrated by the question. 
“It always implies that he is sitting there doing nothing,&#8221; she said. &#8221;I always want to say, &#8216;What do you think he&#8217;s doing?&#8217; I know what he&#8217;s doing. So this time when it was asked, I was saying to myself, &#8216;Tell them we are doing everything we can.’”
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<h2>George H.W. Bush Faints And Vomits On Japanese Prime Minister</h2>
A scary moment at a state dinner in Japan turned into one of the most embarrassing gaffes in presidential history when President George H.W. Bush fainted and vomited in the lap of Japan’s Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.
Bush, who was 67 at the time, <a href="https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-bush-vomits-on-prime-minister-of-japan">felt fine</a> earlier in the day, even playing tennis with his host. But at dinner, Bush suffered acute gastroenteritis, causing his fainting spell. The president felt better after taking an anti-nausea drug and resumed his normal schedule.
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<h2>George H.W. Bush Gets Bored On Live TV</h2>
During a 1992 presidential debate against his Democrat opponent Bill Clinton, President George H.W. Bush glanced at his watch as a member of the audience asked him a question. While the moment only lasted for a second and the president went on to answer the question, Bush’s gaffe made him look both uninterested in the debate and dismissive of the audience member’s question. Bush lost to Clinton less than a month later in the 1992 election.
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<h2>Bill Clinton: The Meaning of The Word &#8216;Is&#8217;</h2>
In the midst of his White House sex scandal, President Bill Clinton made a ridiculous attempt to squirm his way out of answering a question about his sexual misconduct with his intern Monica Lewinsky.
The president was asked if a statement from Clinton’s attorney was false. The statement in question read, “Counsel is fully aware that Ms. Lewinsky has filed, has an affidavit which they are in possession of saying that there is absolutely no sex of any kind in any manner, shape or form, with President Clinton.” 
Clinton <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/bctest092198_4.htm">responded</a>, “It depends upon what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. If the – if he – if ‘is’ means is and never has been that is not – that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement.”
The Democratic president was impeached by the House on charges including perjury and obstruction of justice following the sex scandal, but he was acquitted by the Senate.
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<h2>George W. Bush Fooled By Popular Saying</h2>
Before Michael Scott was butchering famous quotes on “The Office,” there was President George W. Bush. The Republican was often made fun of for his strange sayings, often called “Bushisms,” but on one occasion, Bush completely forgot the common saying, “Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.”
Bush was speaking to an audience in Nashville, Tennessee, when he said, &#8220;There&#8217;s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it&#8217;s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, &#8216;Fool me once, shame on … shame on you. Fool me — you can&#8217;t get fooled again.'&#8221;
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<h2>Barack Obama Hot Mic</h2>
During a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in March 2012, a hot mic caught President Barack Obama saying the quiet part out loud. As reporters flowed into the room where Obama and Medvedev were speaking, the two leaders believed their conversation was still private, but cameras and microphones picked up on their words.
Obama was overheard asking Medvedev for time and space — “particularly with missile defense” — until after the election when he would be in a better position to handle the issue without the threat of facing electoral consequences, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-summit-obama-medvedev/obama-tells-russias-medvedev-more-flexibility-after-election-idUSBRE82P0JI20120326">reported</a>.
“I understand your message about space,” replied Medvedev, who was on his way out of office.
“This is my last election. &#8230; After my election, I have more flexibility,” Obama added.
“I will transmit this information to Vladimir,” Medvedev said, referring to Vladimir Putin, who was set to take back over as Russian president.
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<h2>Barack Obama Thinks There Are 57 States </h2>
While not as consequential as being caught on a hot mic discussing future plans with a Russian president, Obama embarrassed himself when he claimed he traveled to 57 states during his campaign.
“It is just wonderful to be back in Oregon, and over the past 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states, I think one left to go,” Obama told a group of supporters as some began to laugh. “Alaska and Hawaii I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it.”
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<h2>Trump Mispronounces Yosemite And Thailand</h2>
President Donald Trump could always entertain a crowd — even when he wasn’t trying to. While touting legislation on preserving national parks, Trump mispronounced the name of one of the most popular natural attractions in the U.S.
“We want every American child to have access to pristine outdoor spaces. When young Americans experience the breathtaking beauty of the Grand Canyon when their eyes widen in amazement as Old Faithful bursts into the sky, when they gaze upon ‘Yo Semite’s’ — ‘Yo Semite’s’ — towering sequoias, their love of country grows stronger, and they know that every American has truly a duty to preserve this wondrous inheritance.”
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Then the president mispronounced Thailand, calling it “thigh land.” In a speech in Ohio, Trump blamed the Obama administration for companies “shifting production to ‘thigh land’ and Vietnam.”
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<h2>Joe Biden Falls Three Times Walking Up Steps </h2>
What Gerald Ford began, President Joe Biden perfected. Shortly after taking office, Biden tripped not once, not twice, but three times while walking up the steps of Air Force One. The president finally made it to the top before turning around and saluting the Marines standing on the ground.
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre blamed the wind for Biden’s trouble making it up the stairs.
“It’s pretty windy outside. It’s very windy. I almost fell coming up the steps myself,” she said.
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<h2>Joe Biden Falls Off Bike</h2>
Biden took a bigger tumble in 2022 when he fell off his bike in his home state of Delaware right in front of a crowd gathered to see him. The president came to a stop to greet a group of people when he lost his balance and fell to the pavement. 
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<h2>Joe Biden Tells Paralympic Athletes ‘Don’t Jump’</h2>
Biden has a strange habit of telling people on platforms or in high places not to jump when he makes public appearances. In one instance, the president made the joke while appearing with paralympic athletes, some of whom were in wheelchairs.
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Superstar Megan Thee Stallion stepped out to throw the opening pitch in her hometown of Houston on Thursday, and while it wasn&#8217;t a strike, it was better than many other celebrities&#8217; attempts — namely Dr. Anthony Fauci&#8217;s.
In a clip from <a href="https://twitter.com/espn/status/1641579657329012737?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN</a>, the 28-year-old rapper appeared at Minute Maid Park in Texas to throw out the ceremonial pitch for the Houston Astros opening game against the Chicago White Sox.
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The &#8220;Savage&#8221; hitmaker walked out to the pitcher&#8217;s mound all decked out in white and wearing an Astros jersey. She first smiled and posed for the camera before taking a few steps toward home plate and throwing the baseball.
The rapper&#8217;s pitch definitely was long enough and made it to home plate, but it was just a bit outside the batter&#8217;s box. However, it wasn&#8217;t nearly as bad as some other attempts made by famous people.
In 2020, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-dr-fauci-throws-disastrous-first-pitch-at-mlb-game-players-kneel-for-black-lives-matter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fauci</a> stepped out while donning a mask and attempted to throw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals game against the New York Yankees to kick off MLB&#8217;s abbreviated season during the height of the COVID pandemic.
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To say it was bad would be putting it mildly, as Fauci&#8217;s pitch ended up nowhere close to home plate.
Another star who is known for scoring top hits but not necessarily his baseball skills would have to be rapper 50 Cent, who had the honor in 2014 of throwing out the ceremonial pitch at Citi Field for the New York Mets.
The rapper, born Curtis Jackson, took to the pitcher&#8217;s mound and threw his arm back in an attempt to get the ball to home plate. However, things didn&#8217;t go as planned, and, as they say, the ball was &#8220;just a bit outside&#8221; the batter&#8217;s box.
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One celebrity who is probably the gold standard for throwing out ceremonial first pitches would have to be former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/flashback-george-w-bush-throws-out-first-pitch-amanda-prestigiacomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George W. Bush</a>. After the Islamic terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, then-President Bush took the mound donning a FDNY jacket in Game 3 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
It is fair to say he nailed it, as he threw that ball right across home plate and got the strike. The crowd roared, and it was a tremendous morale boost to a country that was in desperate need of one following the deaths of so many Americans.

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After nearly 20 years in which members of the U.S. Army&#8217;s Delta Force had remained silent about the capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, retired Army Master Sergeant Kevin Holland spoke publicly of Hussein&#8217;s December 13, 2003, arrest.
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11590235/Delta-Force-operator-breaks-silence-20-years-reveal-Saddam-Hussein-captured.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Speaking</a> with former Navy SEAL Jack Carr on his program “Danger Close,” Holland, who served on the U.S. Navy&#8217;s elite SEAL Team 6 and the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, countered a claim by an Iraqi interpreter that Hussein had been found in a room praying when he was caught.
“President Bush sends his regards,” Holland recalled the soldiers who found Hussein saying. He delineated how the soldiers received intelligence regarding Hussein’s hideout on a small farm. “We had some human intel that showed us exactly where it was at,” Holland stated.
“They had a big Styrofoam plug, you know, that they would put in there and then cover it with leaves and dirt, sand, and it had a pipe for air – we had noticed it when we cleared it. Just dug it away, pulled it up, and sand fell in. &#8230; And in goes a banger,” Holland said of the grenade that was thrown inside.
“We had lights on our guns, when you looked in it, you could tell – you could see bricks, you know, where they bricked it up,” he remembered. “We know it’s something. And the guys says he’s in there.”
After the unsuccessful attempt to get a frightened dog to enter the underground den, Holland said, “We start hearing somebody talk in Arabic, and the interpreter starts talking back. And it’s like, someone’s coming — the voice is getting closer, you can tell. The sound, it’s getting closer. &#8230; hands come out of the hole, and then a big bushy head of hair. &#8216;We grab him and jerk him out, and it’s like, &#8216;That&#8217;s him.”
After yanking Hussein out of the eight-foot-deep hole, Holland said, the soldiers saw Hussein had a gun, prompting a “Big Texan” to hit him in the mouth and knock him down. “We had to make sure that he couldn’t get to that gun,” Holland noted, adding that the “fully automatic Glock- 15” is now owned by former U.S. President George W. Bush.
“He just said he was the president of Iraq and that he’s ready to negotiate, and he said that in English. And we’re like, ‘That time’s passed, brother,’” Holland said.
“You could feel he was just an evil guy,&#8217; Holland said of the Iraqi dictator, who murdered tens of thousands of Iraqis. “He had this presence about him that was very unnerving.”
American troops secretly reported finding thousands of chemical warheads, shells, and aviation bombs in Iraq, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in 2014. Many of the chemical munitions found contained potent mustard agent or residual sarin, The Times noted.

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White House Chief of Staff <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/ron-klain-says-that-one-good-metric-means-bidens-horrible-numbers-arent-horrible/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron Klain</a> claimed during a recent television appearance that the midterm elections had been not just good, but record-breaking for President Joe Biden — but former White House reporter Jim Stinson begged to differ.
Klain, speaking with MSNBC&#8217;s <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/msnbcs-odonnell-gives-brutally-honest-apology-his-james-barrett/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lawrence O&#8217;Donnell</a>, falsely claimed that Biden was the first president since John F. Kennedy to <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-republicans-fail-to-take-back-the-senate-from-democrats-projection/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hold Senate seats</a> and &#8220;potentially go up one senate seat&#8221; in a midterm election.
WATCH:
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White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain claims that &quot;no president since JFK has held senate seats and potentially go up one senate seat&quot; in a midterm.
In 2018, Republicans increased their senate majority by 2 seats under President Trump. <a href="https://t.co/rjadi7OcBt">pic.twitter.com/rjadi7OcBt</a>
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While Stinson agreed that Kennedy&#8217;s midterms were an unqualified success, he noted that several other presidents had seen good midterm results since — and better results than Biden could see even if Democrats are successful in the upcoming Georgia run-off between incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and challenger Herschel Walker.
&#8220;THREAD. Ron Klain @WHCOS tells some remarkable lies. On @Lawrence (a gullible guy) Monday night, Klain said &#8220;no president &#8230; since John F. Kennedy &#8230; (has held on to) Senate seats and potentially even (went) up one Senate seat.&#8221; This is untrue; @JonKarl also said this,&#8221; he began.
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The best MIDTERM performance on the Senate side by a party holding the White House since 1960 was:
1) 1962. Kennedy. Dems pick up 4 seats despite midterm. 2) 2002. Bush. Despite recession, GOP picks up 2 seats and control of Senate.
So .. 2022 yet, <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MSNBC</a>? No. (2)
&mdash; Jim Stinson (@jimstinson) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimstinson/status/1592505298178101248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The best MIDTERM performance on the Senate side by a party holding the White House since 1960 was: 1) 1962. Kennedy. Dems pick up 4 seats despite midterm. 2) 2002. Bush. Despite recession, GOP picks up 2 seats and control of Senate. So .. 2022 yet, @MSNBC? No,&#8221; he continued.
Stinson went on to note that the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/nate-silvers-fivethirtyeight-bad-2018-could-joseph-curl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2018 midterms</a> under former President Donald Trump effectively tied with the 2002 George W. Bush pickups for the second best with two net gains, and that Democrats — even with a win in Georgia — could only potentially gain one.
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So two Republicans presidents since JFK (Bush 2 and Trump) have had better midterms than <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> could possibly have in the Senate elections. At best, Dems could pick up 1. But that&#39;s not even unusual since 1962. (4)
&mdash; Jim Stinson (@jimstinson) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimstinson/status/1592507295686017024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So two Republicans presidents since JFK (Bush 2 and Trump) have had better midterms than @JoeBiden could possibly have in the Senate elections. At best, Dems could pick up 1,&#8221; he said.
Stinson went on to detail several other midterms since Kennedy, noting that even former President <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-chris-matthews-says-nixon-had-shame-suggests-ashe-schow/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Richard Nixon</a> had seen a net gain of one in the senate in 1970.
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Then there&#39;s 1998. Biden and Dems in 2022 could tie 1998 depending on who wins Georgia. In &#39;98, the Republicans held the majority. A troubled Bill Clinton (D) held the White House.
Neither party won any new seats. Net gain: zero. It was seen as defeat for GOP. (6)
&mdash; Jim Stinson (@jimstinson) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimstinson/status/1592508778406375424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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If the Democrats lose in Georgia, Stinson added, the Biden administration could tie with the results handed to former President Bill Clinton in 1998. &#8220;In &#8217;98, the Republicans held the majority. A troubled Bill Clinton (D) held the White House. Neither party won any new seats. Net gain: zero. It was seen as defeat for GOP,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;There is just no way for Joe Biden, Ron Klain (who @Lawrence said was the most successful @WHCOS since JFK — lol) and the Dems to spin the Senate wins. They picked up one at best. Bush 2 and Trump did better,&#8221; he concluded.

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2022 Election

Elections

John F. Kennedy (JFK)

Ron Klain

Senate

In the early 2000s, former GOP president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/george-w-bush" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George W. Bush</a> was practically the second coming of Hitler, according to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/progressivism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Left</a>. When the late Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-mccain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John McCain</a> secured the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, he was painted as the second coming of Bush. That must have made him the third coming of Hitler. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) was more or less declared a cruel and heartless jerk in the 2012 election.
Then former President Donald J. Trump burst onto the scene in 2015-2016. In the eyes of his detractors in the press and certain establishment Republicans, he was such a bad guy that he made Bush, McCain, and Romney model gentlemen by comparison. None of the men supported Trump, and that all but sealed the deal for their image rehab amongst the MSNBC crowd and readers of The New Yorker.
It seemed nobody could be worse than Trump — until Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) started gaining notoriety in recent years.
DeSantis could potentially run for higher office in 2024, or 2028. With that, we&#8217;re now seeing the Left move at a rapid pace to assail DeSantis as even eviler than Trump.
For example, in a 2016 article for Slate, New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/06/how-should-america-resist-a-fascist.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> that Trump was &#8220;running a campaign of threat and intimidation&#8221; and that Trump &#8220;had opened the door to the worst passions and darkest urges of American society.&#8221; He was a &#8220;fascist.&#8221;
Once in office, Bouie <a href="https://hnn.us/article/172572" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that Trump was a racist expressing pro-white, exclusionary immigration policy in a &#8220;crude, demagogic style.&#8221; Likewise, he <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/opinion/trump-omar-9-11.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> the president of bringing racist &#8220;rhetoric to the bully pulpit of the American presidency.&#8221;
&#8220;He has taken everything coursing through the last 20 years of Republican politics and made it explicit,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/opinion/trump-omar-9-11.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>, in reference to alleged prejudice and venom in the GOP in 2019.
In 2022, it seems that Bouie doesn&#8217;t quite remember Trump to be all that bad. Trump was charming really, Bouie now claims.
In reaction to DeSantis&#8217; decision to fly 50 migrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, Bouie <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/17/opinion/desantis-marthas-vineyard-immigration.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> DeSantis &#8220;may be a more competent Trump in terms of his ability to use the levers of state to amass power, but he’s also meaner and more rigid, without the soft edges and eccentricity of the actual Donald Trump.&#8221;
Bouie also claimed that DeSantis simply doesn&#8217;t have the showmanship necessary to pull off that kind of move.
The writer also claimed that &#8220;Donald Trump is also a lifelong celebrity with a public persona” and somebody who &#8220;has the skills of a celebrity.&#8221;
&#8220;He’s funny, he has stage presence, and he has a kind of natural charisma,&#8221; Bouie opined. &#8220;He can be a bully in part because he can temper his cruelty and egoism with the performance of a clown or a showman. He can persuade an audience that he’s just kidding — that he doesn’t actually mean it.&#8221;
Did you get that? Trump is now a soft-edged, funny, and charismatic part of Americana who can command a stage.
A few years ago, he was provoking America&#8217;s worst passions, using awful, uncouth language, and stoking racial hatred — but now he&#8217;s an okay guy.
Bouie is not alone in his newfound respect for Trump and spite for DeSantis.
&#8220;Ron DeSantis is the governor of Florida, a front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, and quite possibly the most dangerous figure in American politics,&#8221; MSNBC columnist Michael A. Cohen <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/florida-gov-ron-desantis-far-more-dangerous-donald-trump-n1294862" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in April 2022.
Cohen added, &#8220;While it’s hard to imagine any politician wresting that title away from Donald Trump, DeSantis brings something to the table that Trump lacks — his ability to translate political vindictiveness, cruelty and demagoguery into policy results.&#8221;
For Cohen, DeSantis is worse than Trump because he is smarter and actually does what he promises to do on the campaign trail.
The lesson here, of course, isn&#8217;t that DeSantis is &#8220;worse&#8221; than Trump. Nor is it a statement that DeSantis would be a better nominee in 2024 than Trump.
The takeaway is that leftists and their media allies will always smear GOP politicians who threaten their power with unseemly allegations of racism, hatred, and wickedness. Their goal with such slander is not to defeat those societal maladies, but to intimidate voters into not supporting a certain politician.
It&#8217;s always bogus, and a pretty obvious one with their sudden about-face on Trump.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Ron DeSantis, George W. Trump

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2024 Election

Legacy Media

Ron DeSantis

Buckingham Palace shared the news Thursday that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/queen-elizabeth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Queen Elizabeth II</a> had died at the age of 96. In honor of her incredible life, we took a look back at her visits to America and with U.S. presidents during her lifetime.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/queen-elizabeth">Queen</a> recently celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, marking her 70 years on the throne and making her the longest reigning monarch in British history. During that time, she&#8217;s met almost every single president since <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/queen-elizabeth-history-us-presidents/">Harry S. Truman</a>, and so many of those moments have been captured in photos that will live forever.
In October 1951, Princess Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, arrived in Washington, D.C., and were welcomed by Truman. In the photo, Elizabeth is seen traveling in a motorcade, following a reception ceremony at Washington National Airport.
<div id="attachment_435016" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-435016" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-435016" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Queen-and-Truman-300x236.jpg" alt="(Original Caption) 10/31/1951-Washington, D.C.: President Harry S. Truman and Britain's Princess Elizabeth are shown as their motorcade got underway following the reception ceremony at Washington National Airport today. Getty Images" width="714" height="562" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Queen-and-Truman-300x236.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Queen-and-Truman-732x576.jpg 732w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Queen-and-Truman-768x604.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Queen-and-Truman-1536x1208.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Queen-and-Truman-2048x1611.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />(Original Caption) 10/31/1951-Washington, D.C.: President Harry S. Truman and Britain&#8217;s Princess Elizabeth. Getty Images</div>
In 1957, Queen Elizabeth travels to New York City as part of her Royal Tour. In the photo, we see her motorcade riding through the city.
<div id="attachment_435025" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-435025" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-435025" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Queen-in-NYC-300x212.jpg" alt="Queen Elizabeth during Royal Tour in New York City motorcade, October 5, 1957. (Photo by Ben Martin/Getty Images)" width="714" height="505" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-in-NYC-300x212.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-in-NYC-815x576.jpg 815w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-in-NYC-768x543.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-in-NYC-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-in-NYC-2048x1448.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />Photo by Ben Martin/Getty Images</div>
In 1961, Queen Elizabeth II welcomed President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jackie Kennedy in England.
<div id="attachment_435021" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-435021" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-435021" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Kenndy-and-Queen-203x300.jpg" alt="President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jackie Kennedy pay a visit to the royal family in England. (L-R): John F. Kennedy; Queen Elizabeth II; Jackie Kennedy, and Prince Philip. Getty Images" width="714" height="1056" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Kenndy-and-Queen-203x300.jpg 203w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Kenndy-and-Queen-390x576.jpg 390w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Kenndy-and-Queen-768x1136.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Kenndy-and-Queen-1039x1536.jpg 1039w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Kenndy-and-Queen-1385x2048.jpg 1385w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Kenndy-and-Queen-scaled.jpg 1731w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />(L-R): John F. Kennedy; Queen Elizabeth II; Jackie Kennedy, and Prince Philip. Getty Images</div>
In 1970, Queen Elizabeth II meets with U.S President Richard Nixon and his wife Patricia at Chequers, British Prime Minister Edward Heath&#8217;s official country home.
<div id="attachment_435030" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-435030" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-435030" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Queen-and-Nixon-300x213.jpg" alt="Queen Elizabeth II with British Prime Minister Edward Heath and U.S President Richard Nixon (1913 - 1994) and his wife Patricia at Chequers, Heath's official country residence, 1970. " width="714" height="508" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-and-Nixon-300x213.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-and-Nixon-810x576.jpg 810w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-and-Nixon-768x546.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-and-Nixon-1536x1092.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-and-Nixon-2048x1456.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images</div>
In 1976, Queen Elizabeth II dances with President Gerald Ford at the ball at the White House in Washington, D.C., during the 1976 Bicentennial Celebrations of the Declaration of Independence.
<div id="attachment_435034" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-435034" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-435034" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Ford-and-Queen-300x193.jpg" alt="Gerald Ford (1913-2006) 38th President of the United States 1974-1977, dancing with Queen Elizabeth II at the ball at the White House, Washington, during the 1976 Bicentennial Celebrations of the Declaration of Independence, 7th July 1976. " width="714" height="460" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Ford-and-Queen-300x193.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Ford-and-Queen-895x576.jpg 895w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Ford-and-Queen-768x494.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Ford-and-Queen-1536x989.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Ford-and-Queen-2048x1318.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images</div>
In 1982, the Queen meet with President Ronald Reagan, and the two are seen in the following photo enjoying a horseback ride at Windsor Castle in England.
<div id="attachment_435036" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-435036" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-435036" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Reagan-and-The-Queen-300x197.jpg" alt="President Reagan and Queen Elizabeth II horseback riding. " width="714" height="468" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Reagan-and-The-Queen-300x197.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Reagan-and-The-Queen-879x576.jpg 879w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Reagan-and-The-Queen-768x503.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Reagan-and-The-Queen-1536x1007.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Reagan-and-The-Queen-2048x1342.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />Photo by: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images</div>
In 1983, Queen Elizabeth II reviews the guard of honor at Broadway Pier, in San Diego, California, after she arrived in the USA on board HMY Britannia during her royal tour.
<div id="attachment_435039" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-435039" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-435039" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Queen-in-San-Diego-300x204.jpg" alt="Queen Elizabeth II reviewing the guard of honour on February 26, 1983 at Broadway Pier, in San Diego, California, USA on arriving in the USA on board HMY Britannia. Walking behind her, is her Equerry, Squadron Leader Adam Wise. Queen Elizabeth II was on a Royal Tour of the USA." width="714" height="485" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-in-San-Diego-300x204.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-in-San-Diego-848x576.jpg 848w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-in-San-Diego-768x522.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-in-San-Diego-1536x1043.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-in-San-Diego-2048x1391.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images</div>
That same year, Queen Elizabeth II delivered a speech during a state dinner with President Reagan at the De Young Museum in San Francisco. In the photo, Reagan can be seen cracking up at the monarch&#8217;s joke about the lousy weather in California.
<div id="attachment_435042" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-435042" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-435042" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Queen-and-Reagan-300x200.jpg" alt="President Reagan laughs following a joke by Queen Elizabeth II, who commented on the lousy California weather she has experienced since her arrival to the States. The British Queen is delivering a brief address during a state dinner held at the De Young Museum in San Francisco." width="714" height="476" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Queen-and-Reagan-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Queen-and-Reagan-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Queen-and-Reagan-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Queen-and-Reagan-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Queen-and-Reagan-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Queen-and-Reagan-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Queen-and-Reagan-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images</div>
In 1991, Queen Elizabeth II meets Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Orioles players. She can also be seen in the next photo with President George Bush during her visit to the U.S.
<div id="attachment_435048" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-435048" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-435048" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Queen-and-Orioles-300x231.jpg" alt="Queen Elizabeth ll meets players as she attends her first major league baseball game accompanied by First Lady Barbara Bush on May 15, 1991 in Baltimore, USA. " width="714" height="549" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-and-Orioles-300x231.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-and-Orioles-749x576.jpg 749w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-and-Orioles-768x591.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-and-Orioles-1536x1181.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/The-Queen-and-Orioles-2048x1575.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />Photo by Anwar Hussein/Getty Images</div>
<div id="attachment_435049" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-435049" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-435049" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Bush-and-The-Queen-300x200.jpg" alt="Pres. Bush (C) greeting Queen Elizabeth II , w. Prince Philip in tow, during WH arrival fete for British royal couple, passing Union Jack-poised soldier. " width="714" height="476" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Bush-and-The-Queen-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Bush-and-The-Queen-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Bush-and-The-Queen-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Bush-and-The-Queen-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Bush-and-The-Queen-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Bush-and-The-Queen-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Bush-and-The-Queen-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />Photo by Diana Walker/Getty Images</div>
In 2006, the Queen met with President George W. Bush as the two wave from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House during her visit to Washington, D.C.
<div id="attachment_435051" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-435051" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-435051" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GWBush-and-Queen-300x211.jpg" alt="Washington, UNITED STATES: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II(C) with her husband Prince Philip(L)and US President George W. Bush wave to guests from The Blue Room Balcony of the White House during an official welcome ceremony, 07 May 2006 at the White House in Washington, DC. The queen last visited the United States in 1991 when Bush's father was president. " width="714" height="502" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/GWBush-and-Queen-300x211.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/GWBush-and-Queen-819x576.jpg 819w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/GWBush-and-Queen-768x540.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/GWBush-and-Queen-1536x1080.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/GWBush-and-Queen-2048x1440.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />Photo credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images</div>
In 2011, Queen Elizabeth II welcomes President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in London, England.
<div id="attachment_435055" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-435055" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-435055" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Obama-and-the-Queen-270x300.jpg" alt="U.S. President Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth II and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at Winfield House, the residence of the Ambassador of the United States of America, in Regent's Park, on May 25, 2011 in London, England. The 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and First Lady Michelle are in the UK for a two day State Visit at the invitation of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Last night they attended a state banquet at Buckingham Palace and today's events include talks at Downing Street and the President will address both houses of Parliament at Westminster Hall. " width="714" height="793" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Obama-and-the-Queen-270x300.jpg 270w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Obama-and-the-Queen-518x576.jpg 518w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Obama-and-the-Queen-768x853.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Obama-and-the-Queen-1382x1536.jpg 1382w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Obama-and-the-Queen-1843x2048.jpg 1843w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />Photo by Yui Mok &#8211; WPA Pool/Getty Images</div>
In 2019, the Queen joins President Donald Trump raising a toast at a State Banquet in the ballroom at Buckingham Palace in London.
<div id="attachment_435058" style="width: 724px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-435058" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-435058" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Trump-and-Queen--300x196.jpg" alt="Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R) raises a glass in a tast with US President Donald Trump during a State Banquet in the ballroom at Buckingham Palace in central London on June 3, 2019, on the first day of the US president and First Lady's three-day State Visit to the UK. - Britain rolled out the red carpet for US President Donald Trump on June 3 as he arrived in Britain for a state visit already overshadowed by his outspoken remarks on Brexit. " width="714" height="467" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Trump-and-Queen--300x196.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Trump-and-Queen--881x576.jpg 881w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Trump-and-Queen--768x502.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Trump-and-Queen--1536x1004.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Trump-and-Queen--2048x1338.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px" />Photo by DOMINIC LIPINSKI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images</div>

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