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kpete

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Sun Mar 5, 2017, 11:34 AM Mar 2017

The sign on Trumps desk says: "The Buck Doesn't Even Slow Down Here."



On more than one occasion President Truman referred to the desk sign in public statements. For example, in an address at the National War College on December 19, 1952 Mr. Truman said, "You know, it's easy for the Monday morning quarterback to say what the coach should have done, after the game is over. But when the decision is up before you -- and on my desk I have a motto which says ‘The Buck Stops Here' -- the decision has to be made." In his farewell address to the American people given in January 1953, President Truman referred to this concept very specifically in asserting that, "The President—whoever he is--has to decide. He can't pass the buck to anybody. No one else can do the deciding for him. That's his job.”


https://www.trumanlibrary.org/buckstop.htm
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The sign on Trumps desk says: "The Buck Doesn't Even Slow Down Here." (Original Post) kpete Mar 2017 OP
Should say The Real Bucks stop here." Issues somewhere else. kairos12 Mar 2017 #1
Unless they are actual bucks lame54 Mar 2017 #2
What buck? Cha Mar 2017 #3
I thought it read: skip fox Mar 2017 #4
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