WH releases photo of two people experiencing severe STAMINA issues during Australia phone call

[BeyondGeography]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-hung-australian-prime-minister-blasted-refugee-deal-article-1.2962091

[neverforget]

1. Tremendous low energy

[starshine00]

39. or the finest china white available

[wordpix]

2. looks like a pile of newspapers on desk---does he read?

[A HERETIC I AM]

13. "Presidentin' for Dummies"......

a 6 part series

[Progressive dog]

20. That's a prop nt

[brer cat]

21. He looks at the pictures. nt

[MGKrebs]

49. Blueprints and contracts

for Trump development projects.

[snort]

52. He scans them for his name

and then looks to see if its proper praise. If it isn't, well then they just better watch out because they have a thing or two coming, starting with a tweet.

[BSdetect]

3. Use the speaker phone and save that energy, dufus

[Sanity Claws]

8. My guess is that it is considered rude

to put a foreign leader on speaker phone. (not that rudeness is a consideration for him)
I know I would never put a client on speaker phone; the echo in the background is annoying.

He should be using a headset.

[BigBearJohn]

35. speaker phones are too complicated.

[bigtree]

4. Sad.

[madokie]

5. What a fraud

look at that desk
Kinda like goodhairs smart glasses, all for show. No substance there

[RKP5637]

28. And he hid his crayons in the drawer! n/t

[madokie]

36. LOL

I missed that

We've got him pegged

[SnowCritter]

46. His bucket of sidewalk chalk is hidden on the other side of the desk

It's got to be close by for those times when Bannon lets him go outside for recess.

[RKP5637]

59. ...

[Separation]

60. As a Marine

I resemble that remark!

[KittyWampus]

6. Trump must be physically ill if he can't take an hour phone call. He MUST be ill. Lyme disease?

[wordpix]

43. no he's way overweight & all that comes with it

could be diabetes, heart disease, clogged arteries, anything related to obesity

Donald, in this woman's eyes you're a 0/10

[Sanity Claws]

7. Why isn't he using a headset?

If one has long telephone calls, one plans for it by using a headset. It is more difficult to take notes if you have to hold the phone up to your ear.

My guess is that he is not used to long calls. He is used to dictatorially yelling orders and hanging up.

[n2doc]

9. My guess is that he doesn't think it looks 'executive and preofessonal'

I would suspect he equates headsets with peons working at call centers, or maybe secretaries. "Real" bosses use a corded phone! That way he can slam it down at the end!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Bannon looks like he's in the doctor's office waiting to be seen

[babylonsister]

11. Specifically a proctologist. nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. HAHAHAHa Definitely something involving the digestion and excretion systems

[homegirl]

45. No,

an infectious diseases specialist. Maybe he has one of the social disease Donnie avoided during his "personal" Viet Nam period.

[smirkymonkey]

53. Bannon looks like he's half in the bag.

He looks like the kind of guy who starts drinking at noon.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. BTW. I am no hairdresser - but surely someone somewhere could do something with

his hair? I know, subject, talked about way too much But, seriously, forget the top - what are those weird swoops on the sides and patches of overlay.

[SticksnStones]

15. Have a Coke and a frown...

He's got a sugar crash going on....and Bannon? Well, that I can't explain...

[csziggy]

16. Does Trump even have a coaster under his glass?

That is an historic piece of furniture and should be treated with respect - more respect than any human in that photo. My guests use coasters when I've got the plastic topped folding tables for meetings, not only when we're getting together in smaller groups in the living room!

The Resolute desk has been in this country longer than Trump's family. It should last far longer than he does!

Secretary of State John Hay signs a peace treaty with Spain at the Resolute desk
in President McKinley's office, circa 1899 (Library of Congress - Frances Benjamin Johnston)

[Dr Hobbitstein]

18. It's probably finished, in such a way, that glasses don't leave rings.

I did my coffee table that way. Not all finishes are super porous.

[csziggy]

40. That would be counter to preservation of a historic piece of furniture

I have a secretary that dates from the 1830s -I would never apply a plasticized finish to it. When I had it restored I went to a museum qualified furniture restorer who was careful to not damage the original finish. The piece has been in my family for 60 years and before that belonged to the family of a friend of my grandmother's since it was custom built as a wedding present.

Back when I was younger I did have some furniture that were melamine finish and impervious to water damage. Some of the pieces in my house that I built are finished with water based polyurethane and are equally impervious. But a historic piece of furniture would NOT have that kind of finish.

Most likely it is finished with shellac or lacquer both of which are susceptible to water damage.Even if the glass is sitting on the leather, the water can wick through and damage the underlying wood.

The Resolute desk does have a leather inset but that is still no reason to treat it callously. Those leather insets can be replaced but it takes away from the originality every time they are.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

41. My coffee table is finished in nitrocellulose lacquer.

Never used a coaster. No rings. It's all in how you finish it (and pollish it).

Shellac, however, is notorious for leaving rings. I can't stand using the stuff.

Regardless, you are correct. Trump should show respect for a historical piece of furniture. I treat my dresser and night stand set from the 1800s far different than I do my coffee table that I built in 2002.

[Squinch]

17. What's that in President Bannon's hand? Is that Mao's red book? I think it is!

[JTFrog]

23. Probably the Donald Trump version.

https://www.amazon.com/Quotations-Chairman-Trump-Carol-Pogash-ebook/dp/B0197418ZK/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1

Sample quotes:

I’m, like, a really smart person.

It has not been easy for me; and you know I started off in Brooklyn; my father gave me a small loan of a million dollars.

The Bible means a lot to me, but I don’t want to get into specifics.

I will absolutely apologize sometime, hopefully in the distant future -- if I’m ever wrong.

Everybody that’s hit me so far has gone down.

The wall will go up and Mexico will start behaving.

I get along with everybody. I'll be the great unifier of all.

While in politics it is often smart to send out false messages…

The President’s words are preserved here―both as a public service and as a keepsake. Unfiltered. Unabridged. Unauthorized. Unbelievable.

[Squinch]

25. Oh, JTFrog, we're in such trouble!

[JTFrog]

26. Indeed. nt

[Sanity Claws]

37. He started off in Queens

We in Brooklyn refuse any connection with the jerk.

[smirkymonkey]

56. OMG, I clicked on the link. Those are actually REAL!

I knew he was stupid and narcissistic, but I have never heard most of these gems before.

[JTFrog]

57. Who Said It: Presidential Hopeful Donald Trump or Idiocracy President Camacho?

http://flavorwire.com/537887/who-said-it-presidential-hopeful-donald-trump-or-idiocracy-president-camacho

1. “Remember, new ‘environment friendly’ light bulbs can cause cancer.”

2. “I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created, I tell you that.”

3. “I will build a great wall — and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me.”

4. “I beat China all the time. All the time.”

5. “If there is one word to describe Atlantic City, it’s Big Business. Or two words — Big Business.”

6. “Listen, you motherfuckers, we’re going to tax you 25 percent!”

7. “This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bullshit has got to stop.”

8. “Sorry losers and haters, but my IQ is one of the highest — and you all know it!”

9. “So you’re smart, huh? I thought your head would be bigger. Looks like a peanut!”

[smirkymonkey]

58. God help us.

[2naSalit]

34. Looks like a large flask for his alcohol.

[JTFrog]

19. The Three Fucking Stooges.

What a disgrace to the White House.

[Progressive dog]

22. Is it just me or could

Trump and Bannon be brothers or maybe clones? Stamina probably has some genetic component.

[jeanmarc]

24. Bannon drunk already

Maybe Trump thinks of him like that brother he lost to alcoholism.

[Turbineguy]

27. Let's throw some

papers on the desk so it looks like I'm doing something.

[riversedge]

29. Looks like Bannon is not required to wear a suit and tie.

[Doremus]

62. His attire is a perfect visual representation of his lack of respect for the office.

Khakis and a golf shirt.

What a POS.

[elehhhhna]

30. If you see a copy of the uncropped photo

Trump is in his socks with his pant leg rolled up. Wtf? Maybe trying to keep the bullshit off his shoes?

[IndianaDave]

31. Caption --

"No, that's one large with pepperoni and sausage, and a small one with just cheese." (Thinking, "This guy must be Mexican. Can't understand and can't do anything right." )

[chelsea0011]

32. His head isooooo big that any picture of him looks like he is holding a child's toy phone.

[MoonRiver]

33. Low energy. So SAD!

[thinkingagain]

38. Hey Trump

Clean up your Mess!!!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

42. Call to world leader: no State Dept there, but Flynn & Bannon are. . . nt

[Chakaconcarne]

44. It was a 25 min call!

[matt819]

47. Wow.

Just makes me so proud.

[mercuryblues]

48. Of course

he was tired out. It was his 4th phone call that day. His tiny hands were getting all tingly and falling asleep from having to hold the phone so much. Where are his paid clappers, couldn't they hold the phone for him?

[CottonBear]

50. What's with the pile of crap on the desk?

That whole image is most unpresidential.

Bannon looks like total shit and a complete slob.

WTF? Diet Coke and piles of crap on the Oval Office desk?

[JTFrog]

54. Props. nt

[PJMcK]

51. The newspapers are perfectly folded

They haven't been opened and read. But at least the president has a Diet Coke at the ready.

[Vinca]

55. Flynn looks like he's asleep and Bannon looks like he's trying to sober up.

[Achilleaze]

61. could diet soda be a factor in Comrade Casino's derangement?

He sucks that crap up all the time. Ya got to wonder.