#The White House

[sher-ee]

Just bringing this gem back.

The predator is still around and has done a lot of damage to our country since 2019.

Gloves off.

[chaoticace22]

this summer is definitely something...

[i-am-aprl]

Happening now! Hundreds of thousands march on the White House in solidarity with Palestine

[nando161mando]

The White House lately

[romanovthinkver]

am i falling in love with the one that could break my heart?

[mrskennedy]

Jackie Kennedy stands between John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson as they wait to greet Astronaut Alan B. Shepard and his family. May 8th, 1961.

[kennedycore]

John Jr. playing around the White House Rose Garden, 26 April 1963.

[progamerican]

Donald Trump is in Trouble: The Race So Far

With the momentum now shifting towards Vice-President Kamala Harris, Trump's bid for the White House becomes more difficult. #politics #news #Trump #Harris

With the momentum now shifting towards Vice-President Kamala Harris, Trump’s bid for the White House becomes more difficult Photo by Aaron Kittredge on Pexels.com The Trump campaign is not going well. What was once a race that seemed almost guaranteed Trump victory, with President Joe Biden struggling to counter Trump’s challenge effectively, has been altered entirely by the arrival of Kamala…

[classicwoodie]

[carolynbkennedy]

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr. at a White House state dinner on February 4th, 1998.

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Socks sitting at the Resolute desk in the Oval Office, 1994

Socks at the lectern in the White House Press Briefing Room

[sher-ee]

[mensuited]

[i-am-aprl]

The Annual White House Iftar was cancelled this year, after many Muslim Americans declined their invite.

Currently, the White House is trying to approve further military aid to Israel in the millions.

[hooked-on-elvis]

ELVIS GIVING ALL THE DOLLAR BILLS HE HAD ON HAND TO A SOLDIER.

The White House trip, late December 1970.

Elvis Presley (1) Army years, ca. 1958 and (2) December 1970.

PLANE TRIP FROM LOS ANGELES TO WASHINGTON D.C. ON DECEMBER 20, 1970. I had to snap into action to work out all the details for Elvis’s return trip to D.C.—lining up our airline tickets, making preboarding arrangements, booking our hotel rooms, and hiring limos to get us to and from the airports. There was no way to do this without spending some more of Elvis’s money — I charged most of it to his American Express card. A short while later, with Sir Gerald [Elvis' favorite Limo driver in L.A., according to Jerry] again at the wheel, we were driving back to LAX. It had occurred to me that we might need some cash during the course of the trip. I didn’t have any (not an unusual situation for me back then) and Elvis didn’t have any, either. All we had was his credit card and a checkbook that I’d found in his desk at Hillcrest. The ever-resourceful Sir Gerald spoke up and said that he knew someone at the Beverly Hilton Hotel who might honor a check for $500 on a Sunday night, so we made the stop there and succeeded in getting the money. Elvis handed it to me for safekeeping. We got to the airport and were the first to board our red-eye flight. As the rest of the passengers boarded we noticed that there were an unusual number of soldiers on the plane — guys coming home from Vietnam who had first stopped in L.A. and were now heading back east to their homes, just in time for Christmas. Many passengers recognized Elvis, and he was cordial with everyone who said hello. Before the plane took off, one of the soldiers came up the aisle to stand next to Elvis and talk with him. He told Elvis what a big fan he was, and Elvis took an interest in the young guy, asking him where he was coming from and where he was heading. I saw that the two were having a very friendly conversation, and my attention drifted after a while. It was refocused when Elvis put a gentle elbow in my ribs. “Where’s that money?” “What money?” I asked. But I’d seen enough of Elvis’s gestures of generosity to suspect what was coming next. “The $500.” “That’s all we’ve got, Elvis.” “You don’t understand—this guy’s just come home from the war. He’s going home to see his family. I want him to have the money.” The soldier got the $500, and I was suddenly in the strange situation of traveling across the country with Elvis Presley, [alone and] absolutely penniless. Excerpt "Me and a Guy Named Elvis: My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley" by Jerry Schilling (2006)

A little something extra to add to this story, something possibly easy to understand, but anyway. Think about today… it's becoming increasingly uncommon to pay for things with real money, we mostly use debit/credit cards - even our cell phones and watches can be used to pay for a purchase. Back in the days there were places that only accepted real currency as a form of payment - it was the 70s. Imagine being alone with Elvis Presley, a guy who wanted everything done as quickly and easily as it could be (TCB), wanting or needing to buy something and you, the only one responsible for him, not having the means to buy it and having to find a way to do it fast, out of nowhere! Jerry really wasn't in an easy position at that moment, but everything turned out just fine.

This is just for illustration purposes. Elvis' money clip.

[retropopcult]

“Smartly dressed couple seated on an 1886-model bicycle for two”, from the National Archives, photograph dated 1911.