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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's 'truly bizarre' visit to Mt. Vernon
The 45th president no student of history marveled at the first presidents failure to name his historic compound after himself.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/10/donald-trump-mount-vernon-george-washington-1264073
President Donald Trump had some advice for George Washington. During a guided tour of Mount Vernon last April with French president Emmanuel Macron, Trump learned that Washington was one of the major real-estate speculators of his era. So, he couldnt understand why Americas first president didnt name his historic Virginia compound or any of the other property he acquired after himself.
If he was smart, he wouldve put his name on it, Trump said, according to three sources briefed on the exchange. Youve got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you. The VIPs tour guide for the evening, Mount Vernon president and CEO Doug Bradburn, told the president that Washington did, after all, succeed in getting the nations capital named after him. Good point, Trump said with a laugh.
The presidents disinterest in Washington made it tough for tour guide Bradburn to sustain Trumps interest during a deluxe 45-minute tour of the property which he later described to associates as "truly bizarre." The Macrons, Bradburn has told several people, were far more knowledgeable about the history of the property than the president.
A former history professor with a PhD, Bradburn was desperately trying to get [Trump] interested in" Washington's house, said a source familiar with the visit, so he spoke in terms Trump understands best telling the president that Washington was an 18th century real-estate titan who had acquired property throughout Virginia and what would come to be known as Washington, D.C.
Trump asked whether Washington was "really rich," according to a second person familiar with the visit. In fact, Washington was either the wealthiest or among the wealthiest Americans of his time, thanks largely to his mini real estate empire.
If he was smart, he wouldve put his name on it, Trump said, according to three sources briefed on the exchange. Youve got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you. The VIPs tour guide for the evening, Mount Vernon president and CEO Doug Bradburn, told the president that Washington did, after all, succeed in getting the nations capital named after him. Good point, Trump said with a laugh.
The presidents disinterest in Washington made it tough for tour guide Bradburn to sustain Trumps interest during a deluxe 45-minute tour of the property which he later described to associates as "truly bizarre." The Macrons, Bradburn has told several people, were far more knowledgeable about the history of the property than the president.
A former history professor with a PhD, Bradburn was desperately trying to get [Trump] interested in" Washington's house, said a source familiar with the visit, so he spoke in terms Trump understands best telling the president that Washington was an 18th century real-estate titan who had acquired property throughout Virginia and what would come to be known as Washington, D.C.
Trump asked whether Washington was "really rich," according to a second person familiar with the visit. In fact, Washington was either the wealthiest or among the wealthiest Americans of his time, thanks largely to his mini real estate empire.
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Trump's 'truly bizarre' visit to Mt. Vernon (Original Post)
hlthe2b
Apr 2019
OP
"Truly bizarre" is a description of just about everything Trump does.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2019
#4
There simply aren't sufficient negatives in the English language to describe this oaf.
Totally Tunsie
Apr 2019
#5
KPN
(15,642 posts)1. Tear my hair out!
Tear Trump's hair out. I'm sick and tired of looking at that combover-around-under-and-through!
safeinOhio
(32,669 posts)9. Be nice if someone there told him
Washington wore a wig too.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)3. I think he's proud of how incredibly stupid he is ...
and he seems to think he's clever and witty. He's nothing but a boring blowhard.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)4. "Truly bizarre" is a description of just about everything Trump does.
If Trump was impressed with Washingtons real estate instincts, he was less taken by Mount Vernon itself, which the first president personally expanded from a modest one-and-a-half story home into an 11,000 square foot mansion. The rooms, Trump said, were too small, the staircases too narrow, and he even spotted some unevenness in the floorboards, according to four sources briefed on his comments. He could have built the place better, he said, and for less money.
What a fucking moron.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)5. There simply aren't sufficient negatives in the English language to describe this oaf.
He embarrasses this nation with everything he says and does. Moron.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)6. Fuck me. nt
anarch
(6,535 posts)7. you might as well take a donkey on that tour
well, I dunno, the donkey might actually learn more than Король мудак there.
hlthe2b
(102,218 posts)8. Indeed. Donkeys are immensely "teachable"...
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,900 posts)10. Mount Vernon wasn't garish enough for Trump
whose apartment looks like something a pimp or a Russian oligarch would have.