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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Oct 1, 2019, 01:26 PM Oct 2019

Barack Obama Is Still Dressing More Presidential Than The Current President

Heads were scratched when George W. Bush rode to a second term in 2004. Despite Iraq, and despite having the linguistic capability of a GCSE creative writing class, the 43rd president clung onto another four years. That's because, allegedly, he was the man most voters would prefer to have a beer with: 57 percent of them according to a Zogby/Williams poll in the autumn of that year. And though his time in the White House is up, Barack Obama is still dressing the part of post-office beer buddy, too.

At Munich's Bits & Pretzels Founders Festival, number 44 opened proceedings in a suit that wouldn't look out of place on the campaign trail. Comfortable yet slimline suit, a quietly classic watch and, of course, no tie. Nobody can enjoy an exchange with their CEO in the boardroom. But at the pub, sans neckwear, he's just like you and I! Who'd have thought it?!

Or at least that's the intention. When Obama (and indeed, the small army of 2020 candidates) gets stuck in with the normal folk, it's sleeves up, tie off, smiles on. Normality is a much-valued commodity. When in such situations, the former president dresses like a natural in Normal Mode.

It serves as a stark contrast to Donald Trump. Whether in the White House, or headlining a rally in Wyoming, the current president rarely loses the billowing power suit. Trump never relaxes the code for one-on-one mode; the CEO is never dressed for Friday beers. Instead, 45 is usually stood aloft a crowd, businessman garb in full gear, the Eighties management hierarchy firmly in place.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/barack-obama-still-dressing-more-095000345.html

Well at least Trump has never worn a tan suit.

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Barack Obama Is Still Dressing More Presidential Than The Current President (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2019 OP
Hey, Trump knows how to dress for an occasion! Here's what he wears to church: dawg day Oct 2019 #1
Trump dresses like the CEO of a small Bulgarian business. OregonBlue Oct 2019 #2

dawg day

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1. Hey, Trump knows how to dress for an occasion! Here's what he wears to church:
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 01:31 PM
Oct 2019


President Donald Trump made a rare church visit on Franklin Graham’s “Pray for Donald Trump Day” Sunday

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