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We've been on the Trump Org beat for 4 years now. But it hasn't all been filling in spreadsheets and fighting over FOIAs.
Sometimes, it was even a little funny.
While we're all waiting for news today, I thought you might like a rundown of the more humorous moments:
Sometimes, it was even a little funny.
While we're all waiting for news today, I thought you might like a rundown of the more humorous moments:
6. I'm at the Trump Hotel in D.C., for a story on the MAGA/RNC party scene. There's *1* couch where I can sit w/out having to buy anything. This couch is my island. I sit for an hour, then get up to stroll the lobby.
Come back.
2 people are passionately making out on my island
Come back.
2 people are passionately making out on my island
I waited for them to stop. They did not acknowledge me.
Lesson for young journalists: if you find a good couch, and you have to get up, take the couch with you.
Here's the story we wrote: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/its-our-little-trump-safe-space-in-troubled-times-the-presidents-d-c-hotel-is-a-refuge-for-his-fans/2017/12/13/8d739560-df86-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html
Lesson for young journalists: if you find a good couch, and you have to get up, take the couch with you.
Here's the story we wrote: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/its-our-little-trump-safe-space-in-troubled-times-the-presidents-d-c-hotel-is-a-refuge-for-his-fans/2017/12/13/8d739560-df86-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html
5.) When Trump Org lost its SoHo hotel, I wanted a photo of the sign coming down. But I was afraid they'd do it in the middle of the nite.
My plan: Set alarm to wake up every hour. Appear hourly in lobby, like a bedraggled cuckoo clock, to wordlessly inspect front facade.
My plan: Set alarm to wake up every hour. Appear hourly in lobby, like a bedraggled cuckoo clock, to wordlessly inspect front facade.
It didn't work. In the morning, I felt horrible and the Trump Soho sign was still up. It came down the next night, after I was gone.
I did get a good quote from a bellman, about the end of the Trump era: "That's the [new] name. The Nobody Knows Hotel." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-quiet-final-night-for-trump-soho-caps-a-tumultuous-year-for-the-presidents-company/2017/12/20/5976fd32-e1df-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html
I did get a good quote from a bellman, about the end of the Trump era: "That's the [new] name. The Nobody Knows Hotel." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-quiet-final-night-for-trump-soho-caps-a-tumultuous-year-for-the-presidents-company/2017/12/20/5976fd32-e1df-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html
4.) One of the fun things about covering Trump Turnberry (in Scotland) has been quoting Scottish people.
The hard part comes afterward: checking the quotes. Had the person used a delightful Scottish idiom? Or had we misheard them b/c of the accent, & written down utter nonsense?
The hard part comes afterward: checking the quotes. Had the person used a delightful Scottish idiom? Or had we misheard them b/c of the accent, & written down utter nonsense?
For instance: which of these is a correct quote with a real Scottish idiom?
1. "I don't actually have a Scooby."
2. "They require the taxpayer dollar, and at the end of it, they keep the staff in the tweak."
1. "I don't actually have a Scooby."
2. "They require the taxpayer dollar, and at the end of it, they keep the staff in the tweak."
Number one. It means "I don't have a clue." Because Scooby Doo...you get it.
Without our intrepid Scottish stringer @nashriggins, I wouldn't have been sure about that one.
Here's the story with the Scot and the Scooby: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-time-magazine-with-trump-on-the-cover-hangs-in-his-golf-clubs-its-fake/2017/06/27/0adf96de-5850-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html
Without our intrepid Scottish stringer @nashriggins, I wouldn't have been sure about that one.
Here's the story with the Scot and the Scooby: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-time-magazine-with-trump-on-the-cover-hangs-in-his-golf-clubs-its-fake/2017/06/27/0adf96de-5850-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html
3.) The salad at Mar-a-Lago.
I've only eaten 1 meal at @realdonaldtrump's Palm Beach club, covering a group of very welcoming Trump super-fans called "Trumpettes USA."
The club was very luxe. The salad was mystifying.
I've only eaten 1 meal at @realdonaldtrump's Palm Beach club, covering a group of very welcoming Trump super-fans called "Trumpettes USA."
The club was very luxe. The salad was mystifying.
First layer: one-inch-thick disk of lettuce, sliced vertically and impenetrable. This was used like a green plate, to display other ingredients.
Second layer: Whole strawberries, goat cheese, walnuts.
It looked like the first salad ever, when we had the parts but not the plan.
Second layer: Whole strawberries, goat cheese, walnuts.
It looked like the first salad ever, when we had the parts but not the plan.
2.) The majority owner of the Trump-branded hotel in Panama was trying to push Trump Org out. It got nasty: there was a fistfight between staffers. Police were called.
Then it got surreal: the majority owner celebrated his gains by playing "Fur Elise" on the lobby piano.
Then it got surreal: the majority owner celebrated his gains by playing "Fur Elise" on the lobby piano.
Here's that story, witnessed and videotaped by the great @partlowj. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/panamanian-police-arrest-a-guard-at-the-trump-hotel-as-standoff-escalates/2018/02/27/800151ce-1bd1-11e8-98f5-ceecfa8741b6_story.html
1.) The Trumpettes at Mar-a-Lago. A mashup of political rally & talent show.
A speaker praised Trump's work for African Americans. Then, the spotlight swung to a Trumpette, leaning on a piano.
"She gets too hungry, for dinner at 8."
She was going to sing The Lady is a Tramp.
A speaker praised Trump's work for African Americans. Then, the spotlight swung to a Trumpette, leaning on a piano.
"She gets too hungry, for dinner at 8."
She was going to sing The Lady is a Tramp.
