Op-Ed: The Obamas' official portraits are ready for White House unveiling. But Trump wants no part of the ceremony (via latimesopinion)
The news that Donald Trump will likely not preside over the traditional unveiling of his predecessors’ official White House portraits is disappointing, but not exactly surprising. After all, Trump and Barack Obama do not like or respect each other.
There may be merit to both viewpoints, but either way, it speaks very poorly of where we are as a country that a simple and time-honored ceremony has fallen victim to a poisonous political atmosphere. Occasionally, when time allowed, Reagan drafted his own speeches from scratch, which produced the best outcomes, since he was a gifted writer. But for most of his post-presidency speeches, Reagan would meet with his staff to explain what he wanted to say. It then fell to me to prepare a draft, which he would edit and make his own.
But he wanted input. He worried that he would appear narcissistic, and he was a bit uncomfortable about being back in the spotlight at the White House, because he didn’t want to upstage his hand-picked successor.The relationship between the two men was one of great mutual respect and friendship, but the Reagans felt honored to be asked to come back to the White House, and they wanted to be gracious guests. We eventually decided that I would draft some remarks, which he could edit.
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