Pics of Malia and Sasha's first visit to the White House.

[Tanuki]

Very sweet.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/01/adorable-photos-of-malia-and-sashas-first-white-house-visit.html

[underpants]

1. Wow

[RazBerryBeret]

2. Love these pics.

Odd that it would be too stressful for Baron Trump to be uprooted to live there....to leave his NY penthouse condo.... that says a lot about the family... IMO...

[progressoid]

3. I beginning to think the rumors about him may be true.

He may be on the autism spectrum. If so, he'd be better off in his gilded apartment than uprooted to the WH.

[RazBerryBeret]

4. good point

that's the only thing that would make sense.

it would also make the family seem a bit more human if they admitted that there were issues, IMO.
Instead, T vehemently denied it, which makes it worse if it is true.....

[kimbutgar]

9. Do you think thump wants to admit he has a disabled son?

No that ego thinks he is superior. Having an austistic son would show his genes were damaged to have such a son!

FYI I have an austistic son and I see some of the characteristics in Baron being on the spectrum.

[Ilsa]

23. Did you see the hand twirling and chin/throat touching/grabbing?

It was three seconds of him on video on stage with his father. He's twirling his left hand as if his wrist is sore. The he reaches up and starts pulling at the skin behind his chin (where double chins occur on older people.

Not much to go on, but it made me wonder. I haven't seen any other video of Barron. Please share any other behaviors you've seen.

I'm the parent of a severely autistic son as well. I think Barron might have been stimming, and the parents' ages may play a part in a congenital issue as well.

[kimbutgar]

24. The one thing I noticed is a lack of interest in other people around him socially

And I work with kids his age as a substitute teacher. Boys at 10 would not be caught holding mom's hand. And he has a faraway look in his eyes that reminds me of my own son.

[Ilsa]

25. Okay, those are two separate and telling

Situations that point towards our suspicions, and it looks like many people suspect it after seeing repetitive behaviors, little emotional interest in the dynamic activities around him, etc.

[Liberty Belle]

30. He's an anti-vaxxer, so he could blame the autism on the vaccine,

not his own weak genes.

[Doreen]

31. Is that why he always seems

detached from what is going on around him and I have never seen him talking to anyone?

[jmowreader]

5. Which would also explain his anti-vax stance

[hedda_foil]

15. Of course. Good catch jmow!

[progressoid]

21. Yep.

Same thing happened with Robert De Niro.

[crazycatlady]

29. makes me wonder if they reached out to Barron Trump

Especially Malia, as she was the same age as him when their fathers became PEOTUS.

But The Donald probably smacked them down.

[tenorly]

6. As awful as the Bush administration itself was, the Bushes were truly gracious people.

Can you imagine visiting the incoming Pee-resident and his escort? It must be like visiting the Addams family.

[tclambert]

8. Oh, man, you just made me imagine the transition four years from now

when the new Democratic President-elect has to deal with the outgoing Trump administration. Yeesh, that will set new records for pettiness.

[Tanuki]

10. In the pictures, the Bush twins look like they are being really nice and having

fun showing Sasha and Malia all the cool features of their new home. Poor little Barron won't have spent enough time there to know his way around the place, much less be able to show anyone else.

[tclambert]

13. Maybe one of the older children will give the tour.

"And this is the room we fire servants in. We call it the be-heading room. And here is the Oval Office. As you can see, our father spray-painted everything gold."

[hedda_foil]

16. I'm sure Malia and Sasha and maybe the Bush girls too have offered to show him around.

[Tanuki]

19. I'm sure the Obamas have offered to have the girls show Barron around.

They are gracious people. There is still a part of me that is in denial and wants to wake up tomorrow morning to realize the past couple of months have been the worst and craziest dream ever, and that we are all anticipating Hillary's first inaugural. It is hard to cope with something this catastrophic. I will miss President Obama (and his radiant, kind, intelligent family) so much!

[tenorly]

11. You know it!

And it wouldn't be the first time. You reminded me of a pretty scandalous - but since largely forgotten - incident involving Nancy Reagan.

When the Carters were leaving the White House, Nancy held the traditional First Ladies' farewell lunch in which the incoming First Lady would host the outgoing one as the guest of honor - only she "forgot" to invite Rosalynn Carter (!).

When the media learned of the slight, Nancy hastily prepared a note of apology to Rosalynn (who was still First Lady after all) blaming the "mistake" on her "busy schedule." The farewell lunch as such was never held, and the tradition fell into disuse.

[tclambert]

14. You think Melania will copy that?

[tenorly]

18. The way her husband has been carrying on, I doubt she'll even have the chance.

The man has been pissing off so many people, that as we speak smoke-filled rooms must be just filled with CIA brass and Republican big-wigs discussing Lee Harvey Oswald and John Hinckley scenarios.

I hope I'm wrong about that b/c I don't want to see anybody get hurt - and least of all if it brings about a medieval Mike Pence regime. But Trump is proving to be more of a loose cannon than they could have imagined when he was running, and they know that once he walks into the Oval Office it'll only go from bad to worse.

So my guess is that it'll be Karen Pence, rather than Melania Trump, who'll have to welcome the next president (God help us all).

[KittyWampus]

32. Ivanka is the "first lady" and she'd probably sell tickets to the event.

[TrishaJ]

20. Agreed.

I've come to really like Laura Bush and Jenna and Barbara.

[Fast Walker 52]

7. that first one is SO cute!

[obamanut2012]

12. Always liked the Bush girls, even more now

They are both quiet Dems, and I am convinced Laura is, too. Jenna is in the spotlight more, and she honestly just seems lovely.

[smirkymonkey]

17. So cute!

They are just adorable!

[Crunchy Frog]

22. I have to at least give the Bushes credit for being gracious.

Odd to think that we may soon be nostalgic for the dignity and decorum of the Bush II era.

[Ilsa]

26. Yes, and Laura was a school librarian and Jenna was a teacher, so

I would expect them both to be children-friendly. They appeared to have had a good visit.

[underthematrix]

28. The Bushes and the Obamas are friends.

Michelle Obama has done a lot to support Jenna, who's in the news business. I love the twins as much as I love the Obama sisters.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

27. Adorable!

[Cha]

33. So precious.. at least we had 8 years of beautiful Dems in the White House

Mahalo for this, Tanuki