VIPs in many countries are not casual and humorous in public. They always look very serious and do not smile. They don’t joke in public. But American VIPs are not like that. They are casual and joke in public. For example:
Today, Trump took over as President of USA. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office. There are 35 words in this oath.
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
This happened to one of the previous presidents that Chief Justice John Robert administered the oath of office. Justice Roberts started to memorize by rehearsing these words several times in his home during the prior two weeks. In the living room, in the bathroom, in the dining table, etc. etc. The poor family dog was the recipient of his administering the oath several times.
When reporters asked Mrs. Roberts about this, she said: My husband repeated these 35 words so many times, our dog thinks he is the President of the United States.
President Bush’s wife, Laura Bush once said: My husband, Mr. Excitement, is sound asleep at 9 pm every day. And, I am watching “Desperate Housewives” on TV.
When a reporter asked his biggest mistake he made in life, President Bush picked baseball and not politics. (He was the owner of Texas Rangers, a professional baseball team.) He said: My biggest mistake was trading Sammy Sosa for Harold Baines.
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I wrote on November 13, 2024 the following:
Department of Government Efficiency – This will jointly lead by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. They are going to remove wastage from the government and save 2 trillion dollars. But the question is does it need 2 people to head for an agency. Also, Musk and Ramaswamy both are very intelligent with huge ego. There are people complaining that Musk is behaving as if he is the co-President of USA. I think one of the 2 will be given another post very soon.
I said this dog don't hunt.
Just heard thru grapevine, Vivek Ramaswamy will be leaving soon. He is expected to run for the Governor of the State of Ohio.
Interesting read SG... I always get really good detailed information from your posts....
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Dee.
DeleteHere, people read the oath from a piece of paper. Fortunately they are not expected to memorize.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Rajesh.
DeleteIt was a fun ceremony today. I hated the first lady's attire though. Like she had come to a funeral.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Aish.
DeleteLaura 's sense of humour is good but I don't understand Bush 's joke. May be only Americans can understand the concept
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Gowri. Will reply separately.
DeleteThank you for the interesting tidbits That you usualy share in your posts
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Mr. KP.
DeleteHaha.. nice one Uncle
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Madhu.
DeleteThat's an interesting bit of information. Sadly, humour has mostly gone out of today's vicious politics. So, if not humour, it was so nice to see at least tradition being maintained as Trump and Biden exchanging pleasantries and then the new president and wife seeing off Biden and wife.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Pradeep.
DeleteThanks for your write up uncle. America has a huge history of politics. Its as exciting as watching your home team in Super Bowl
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