Trump family breaks with presidential pet tradition

[janx]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/21/politics/donald-trump-presidential-pet/index.html

Washington (CNN)He campaigned and won vowing to shake up Washington. Now, President Donald Trump is again breaking with tradition on a more personal matter: keeping a pet at the White House.

The illustrious tradition of keeping pets in the White House dates back to Thomas Jefferson, who kept a mockingbird and a couple of bear cubs during his presidency. Throughout the years, presidential pets became celebrities of sorts.

Trump lived with a poodle, Chappy, with his first wife, Ivana, who wrote in her memoir, "Raising Trump," that "Donald was not a dog fan."
"When I told him I was bringing Chappy with me to New York, he said, 'No,' " she wrote. "'It's me and Chappy or no one!' I insisted, and that was that."
Chappy, she later said, "had an equal dislike of Donald."

I love these presidential pet stories. My favorite is Ike's dog, Heidi--a Weimaraner.



It is not surprising that Donald is not a dog fan.

[LisaL]

1. I am really happy for all the pets out there.

[MFM008]

2. no animals want to be around them

who wants repeated bites by your own dog???

[janx]

3. I guess a dog wouldn't fit their lifestyle.

[Bradical79]

4. Glad to hear

Donald shouldn't be around innocent animals.

Link to tweet

?s=09

[janx]

6. That one is famous.

Whose idea was it to take a bald eagle to Trump's desk?

[Bradical79]

11. It was Time Magazine

It was the idea of some famous portrait photographer/Time contributer for a cover story they were doing in '05 after he established himself as a real contender for the nomination.

The Eagle's name is Uncle Sam, an obviously intellegent and patriotic bird.

[janx]

14. What a horrible thing

to do to the bird!

[hunter]

5. Trump *IS* the presidential pet.

He belongs to the billionaires who bought him.

He's not a good pet. He bites, he poops everywhere, and he struts around like he owns the place.

We mustn't forget it's OUR house.

Trump and his owners are very bad tenants. We need to get them out of there.

[struggle4progress]

7. "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog"

But not everyone wants friends

[janx]

8. I had forgotten that quote.

You know though, he might get one after reading the CNN article.

[appleannie1943]

9. I completely trust a dog's instincts. Every time one of my dogs has shown dislike for a person,

at some point I have found out that person had a major flaw in their character that they masked. The first instance was when I was young and was babysitting for an infant. Jinx, my dog, got between the baby and our insurance man and growled and would not let the man near the baby. It was so unlike Jinx. A couple months later the insurance man was arrested and charged with child molestation. And so it has been with other dogs during my life. It does not surprise me at all that the poodle did not like Donald.

[janx]

21. Yes.

Often they sense things that we can't.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

10. How many small animals do you believe have suffered at the hands of these sick bastards?

More than a few is my guess!

[janx]

17. Or large ones.

FIENDS.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

18. Sadly true! 😡

[thegoose]

28. Those ugly bastards...

How dare they. And it's like, "Look what I killed with a high-powered rifle from the safety of my Jeep?"

[janx]

44. Ugly doesn't even begin to describe it.

It's revolting.

[joeybee12]

12. One less animal that has to suffer an horrific life. Nt

[janx]

13. . . .

[Tripper11]

15. Trump Family Pet

ready to squeeze the life out of all Americans!

[left-of-center2012]

16. "When I told him I was bringing Chappy with me to New York, he said, 'No,'

Donald knew the dog would be #1

[Blue_Adept]

38. That's cause he's a steaming pile of #2

[GoCubsGo]

19. Poor Baron.

That poor kid will probably never know the joys of having a pet. I wish his mother would get him out of that environment. I'd hate to see him turning into an asshole like his half-sister and half-brothers.

[janx]

23. I hadn't even considered that!

[NastyRiffraff]

20. No surprise that Chappy didn't like Donald

I wouldn't be surprised if he kicked the dog behind Ivana's back. And invited his creepy sons to join him.

[janx]

22. So funny!

Watch journalists go crazy when they meet Sunny.


Sunny Obama Meets the Press

[milestogo]

24. Donald doesn't want anyone smarter than him in the family, so dogs and cats are out.

[malaise]

25. I;ve never seen sewer rats with pets n/t

[thegoose]

26. Animal lovers are compassionate human beings

The current occupants of the White House don't meet the requirements.

[Hortensis]

41. Nice thought, but actually, I've know a couple of animal lovers

who hoped the human race would be nuked out of existence (so noble animals could live free of them). And I believed they were sincere, but I never worried about the pets living with those people who were devoid of compassion for other people.

We once had neighbors who loved their horses but neglected her elderly mother shockingly, too busy grooming, mowing, etc., to drop by and visit and make sure she was doing okay. Ultimately we were too disgusted to maintain the relationship and broke it.

Dog lovers have been known to order their beloved pets to attack people (all too often), and serial killers have been known to weep over injured kittens.

We're not that simple. Except for Trump. How to imagine he's capable of caring enough about anything but himself to put up with shedding. Including Ivanka if she didn't keep herself tidy.

[pansypoo53219]

27. isn't melania his pet?

[MoonRiver]

29. Please keep animals and innocent children away from that psycho!

[pwb]

30. It is true dogs can sense evil. They would not like trump.

[Thor_MN]

31. He does have Jared, allthough it's not known what breed Jared is.

[SummerSnow]

32. they don't like him lol....

[janx]

36. Oh my goodness, thank you!

[CanonRay]

33. It's not surprising that dogs don't like him.

He's not human, and they can tell.

[Vinca]

34. They're not worthy of the love of animals.

[janx]

37. Agreed.

Pence has pets though. I don't think that will be a problem when he is president--which will likely be relatively soon.

[Doreen]

35. He should not be allowed to have ANY animal.

He would abuse it if not kill it.

[janx]

39. George H.W. Bush loves puppies. That much is clear from the second half

of this video.

I did not vote for him, but it's quite the contrast in that Republican president and this one. He's practically melting over the pups, much more so than Barbara. He insists on close up shots of the puppies from journalists, etc. and sticks his face on one puppy's head at the end. Watch!

[Raine]

40. I also think W really loved Barney

and their other less well known dogs, he was a dog lover.

[janx]

43. That probably came from his parents,

grandparents, etc.

You have to be an outstandingly awful person to have an aversion to other animals.

[nolabear]

42. Oh he has lots of lap dogs.

All neutered.All yappy.

[ileus]

45. Everyone should have a GSD.

Assuming they have 2 or 3 hours a day to dedicate to playing, along with plenty of outdoor space for them to run in while the family is away.

[bdamomma]

46. he abuses us

enough, no pets for him.