1. Okay, pic-fans and @advanceguynotes folks, it's time for the VIsual Week in Review Week 5 of the Trump 1st term. 203 to go. pic.twitter.com/0Dnuyeltlv
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 25, 2017
2. Let's start on 2/19 with two pool reports from @peterbakernyt. Also review my '01 story on why the pool is there. https://t.co/JO2xoaQAdG pic.twitter.com/cHz8fi3s7u
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 25, 2017
3. At a sprawling golf course unexpected things happen. But the pool is "held" for hours without POTUS sightings. https://t.co/5S8TCDxI6I
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 25, 2017
4. Turns out the pool was scooped by @NoLayingUp. While WH told pool nothing, the blog showed him with @McIlroyRory https://t.co/6zf8oP7fBv
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 25, 2017
5. By week's end, @McIlroyRory had to defend his decision, like the dustup @underarmour's Kevin Plank had to defuse. https://t.co/Ywlli73Ox8
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 25, 2017
6. On eve of 2/19, POTUS announced new NSA Lt. Gen. McMaster. First "sofa announcement" of an NSA in history. pic.twitter.com/7xRgwcL6nP
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 25, 2017
7. My first association of historic sofa shots was @HillaryClinton's 2007 campaign announcement – the "in it to win it" joint. pic.twitter.com/jsKaLX2KW3
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 25, 2017
8. Might also compare it to FDR, Chuchill & Stalin @Yalta, but FDR's polio kept him sofa-bound. Tired Trump seemed eager to take a load off. pic.twitter.com/r0T95eZMTy
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 25, 2017
9. Didn't see POTUS on 2/20, but 2/21 he showed up @NMAAHC. Should have done this & @HolocaustMuseum early on to disarm critics. pic.twitter.com/8G215odI09
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 25, 2017
10. I sent Trump dog whistles on museum optics back on 1/30. He doesn't hear them, but then again neither does my Rhodesian Ridgeback. https://t.co/T4n0K1Srgi
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 25, 2017
11. The WH "toast lectern" with Trump colonoscope mic appeared @NMAAHC, along with @AlvedaCKing & @RealBenCarson. A mic as security blanket. pic.twitter.com/CvFhHOIhso
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 25, 2017
12. On 2/22 in confines of Roosevelt Room, there's the president, OMB director Mulvaney, Gary Cohn, SecTreas Mnuchin &…@OMAROSA! pic.twitter.com/luAqW0WmaD
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 25, 2017
This @GlennThrush @grynbaum takedown of Trump sourcing hypocrisy has a @dougmillsnyt Oval high wide-angle, natch. https://t.co/hLgIifHj8e
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 25, 2017
13. On 2/23, POTUS returned to State Dining Room for a mtg with manufacturing CEOs, Jared to his right, Merck CEO Kenneth Frasier to left. pic.twitter.com/nygtqgXadF
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
14. From @WinMc's shot, I count 38 people around table. Pool report shows 47 people manifested for the meeting, guest mostly in heavy mfg. pic.twitter.com/re43XMtxBw
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
15. I pointed out on 2/4 that Frazier was seated next to POTUS at a 1/31 meeting with pharma CEOs in the Roosevelt Room. https://t.co/ijY41TO0WA
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
16. And on 2/15 in mtg. with retail CEOs, J.C. Penney's Marvin Ellison was seated next to president, only person of color around the table. https://t.co/1xuUdbzfho
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
17. Merck mfgs little pills. As you study a tighter shot of the mfg mtg by @WinMc, see how WH uses seating to send an unsaid visual message. pic.twitter.com/85CmjInEWL
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
18. Later on 2/23, POTUS was back in Roosevelt Room for mtg. on human trafficking. Draw your attention to the president's glassware… pic.twitter.com/0uWS6Xw184
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
19. …this shot is from a different Roosevelt Room mtg, but I'm digging the highballs with the Presidential Seal. Gotta get me a set. pic.twitter.com/WAIj1JMrgH
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
20. On 2/24, the @CPAC people do it right at Natl Harbor, MD. Wide shot shows ceiling signage designed for upward pool images from buffer… pic.twitter.com/YaE2iM6hA8
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
21. Here's how that buffer shot looks through the lens of @AFPphoto's Nicholas Kamm. pic.twitter.com/PJmPpJjpSA
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
22. The medium shot shows the well-lit @CPAC custom-designed backdrop in background and teleprompter in foreground. pic.twitter.com/gspDDUSKRS
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
23. The @CPAC tight shot uses diagonalized "Constitution parchment motif" to enlarge POTUS presence, along w. Trump's colonoscope microphone pic.twitter.com/zN1XM5aOev
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
24. It's an old trick. We used an earlier technique in '95 to re-boot Bill Clinton's comeback after midterms at a speech in Galesburg, IL. pic.twitter.com/Lqg0nYjwlm
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
25. Back from CPAC and back in Oval, POTUS signs EO on Reg Reform. @b_smialowski captures the pool action in the room from Stage Left. pic.twitter.com/p9x7wQAZAZ
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
26. At reg reform EO signing, @b_smialowski pivots his lens behind pool to nab a shot of aide @StephenMillerAL, alone with @POTUS3. pic.twitter.com/hyCfvDxaof
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
27. On 2/25, no events on POTUS sked, but motorcade left WH for Trump Int. Hotel for dinner, caught by bystander. https://t.co/f94b2gi6Md
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
27a. @peterbakernyt lamented the lack of disclosure by the WH as Trump draws attention to a family-owned property for the 3rd week in a row. https://t.co/jn2zeJMAzE
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
28. @thehill's @Jordanfabian was pooler, who didn't see POTUS @ hotel, but noted that @bennyjohnson caught a glimpse https://t.co/VZUhCKvZkr
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
29. @bennyjohnson became a de-facto pooler, offering up details that the White House wouldn't supply, incl. color of SecState on date nite. https://t.co/QkQgyBNOUh
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
30. @bennyjohnson even got a question in, about Trump's decision to skip the 2017 @whca dinner. https://t.co/duTu5S3kga
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
31. As Saturday night ended POTUS week 5, @maggieNYT reminded followers that Trump is following Nixon's precedent in skipping the event. https://t.co/5VuMbGUKjr
— Josh King (@Polioptics) February 26, 2017
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