1. Let's start V.W.I.R. on last Sat, 2/27. With pool barred, @bennyjohnson's scoop, incl. shot of Trump as mensch, slipping $100 to waiter. pic.twitter.com/Ft6A29zQMf
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
1a. My mind veered to the '80's Golden Nugget TV ad where Sinatra tips Steve Wynn to ensure he has enough towels. https://t.co/in9dzPxAO8
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
2. Can't say enuf re @bennyjohnson's work, joining the new canon of visually-aided reporting. & bacon looks yummy! https://t.co/h2e2mA4qEF pic.twitter.com/DhsQFKt8ib
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
2a. Presidents pumping restaurants' fortunes has a long history. Here's a David Segal/NYT piece from 2010. https://t.co/OH8KJJ8iTI pic.twitter.com/uvA6zgEJjr
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
3. On 2/26, the 1st "Statish" Dinner: Black tie in State Dining Room for the nation's governors. Not designed for press: intimate lighting. pic.twitter.com/NUZbTC2DJG
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
4. Note also 1st appearance of "the Eagle Toast" lectern, only used for formal occasions. It's safe, for now, from ghastly new POTUS mic. pic.twitter.com/jrfJyf38VC
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
5. It may be Trump's closest eagle encounter since "Uncle Sam" visited his office in 2015 for a @TIME cover shoot. https://t.co/EDnxOUJiDi pic.twitter.com/PRGBlNQOlC
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
6. Tight fit: Oval photo op with HBCU leaders was awkward from many angles. Morehouse prez called it "troubling"… https://t.co/l4Q43N1P2P pic.twitter.com/4kdbxD3MfH
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
7. …it led to @KellyannePolls starring in "The Squat Seen 'Round The World," a needless dust-up making Conway critics look worse than her. pic.twitter.com/kRfuZa3ygA
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
8. Singin' in the rain: POTUS unaware he's being peeped on by TV pool 2/28 on the way to Cap Hill, a rare live S. Lawn shot for big nights. pic.twitter.com/s0XXPy2r0y
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
9. There's a hundred things to say about a Joint Session speech. Here Jim Lo Scalzo gets a coveted angle from center aisle on House floor. pic.twitter.com/oXgGXKAb8a
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
10. A classic cutaway: @WinMc, perched on balcony, stage-right, stacks up POTUS with a bank of tie-clad GOP lawmakers. pic.twitter.com/3DJqYXIMHq
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
11. All together now: MoCs turn to salute Carryn Owens, widow of Navy SEAL Ryan Owens, in the night's most moving moment. pic.twitter.com/N0sgqoVTvt
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
12. The tradition of sticking a visual curiosity in First Lady's box dates back to 1982, when Lenny Skutnick showed up for Reagan's SOTU. pic.twitter.com/0uVxWXmqoE
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
13. Skutnick, a CBO employee, dove into icy Potomac to save lives fr Air Florida crash, a move Reagan lionized. It made Skutnick sheepish. pic.twitter.com/3zpwo9C2yo
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
14, Still, awesome power of Joint Session is how local media exalts the president's basic ability to read. Here's the Detroit News… pic.twitter.com/fGEoiXahlK
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
15 …and the Miami Herald… (this, by the way is how opinion ratings change in a day, when every hometown front page goes hagiographic) pic.twitter.com/tyu0Y6IOKN
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
16. …as far away as Honolulu Star, the whole country carried essentially same message… (I looked at about 50 top of fold front pages) pic.twitter.com/HMvrsPnTMk
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
17. Up in the @HouseDailyPress, @WinMc spies @Stcrow of NYT getting a unique angle on the action as Trump walks down the center aisle. pic.twitter.com/i8O3U7CcB1
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
18. @Stcrow's unique angle saw both Dem women in white & also how they evacuated seats along aisle so as to snub POTUS handshake oppty. https://t.co/yXHAIhNyx5
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
18a. A long way from days when "aisle hogs" Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee & Eliot Engel wrestled to get their mugs on TV https://t.co/WrHeKe6dX8 pic.twitter.com/8aIuSYvDiz
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
19. By Friday night, the WH had turned Turmp's hour on Capitol Hill into a two-minute movie trailer, complete with soaring soundtrack. https://t.co/ojrUYiNapr
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
20. It could have been worse. Much worse. The president's suit coat could have remained unbuttoned, per usual. pic.twitter.com/AsByUno6Db
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
21. Now let's move to 3/2 CINC visit to CVN-78 There's no greater gig for an advance guy than to plan a POTUS trip to a US aircraft carrier. pic.twitter.com/mrq4J2ny1A
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
22. I watched my first POTUS carrier visit following Reagan visit to USS Constellation (CV-64) 8/20/81. https://t.co/K0A4sh39PF: pic.twitter.com/jgkmxCUAJ2
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
23. In Clinton's day, our first visit was USS Teddy Roosevelt, followed by the Geo Washington, Carl Vinson, Independence, & others. pic.twitter.com/lwXBzkziOb
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
24. Here's our wide/tight shot of Clinton's visit to the USS Independence, 8/17/96, berthed in Yokosuka, Japan. It looked f-ing awesome. pic.twitter.com/E0SWGAyAjW
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
25. Trips to carriers don't always go as planned, ask @ThirdWayMattB or @JamieLindsay. There was once "Towel-gate" https://t.co/jL5gJHXPS0 pic.twitter.com/HTXh1FLfFb
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
26. Biggest carrier SNAFU came on 5/1/03, Bush 43 visit to CVN-72. You could write a book about it. I have. Pages 201-207 of @OffScriptBook. pic.twitter.com/lZ4tEv0uJp
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
27. Trump's visit to Gerald R. Ford went ok. What could go wrong? Ship was tied up in port. Nice cut. Used shipworkers instead of sailors. pic.twitter.com/2OvuNJBzqf
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
28. Fun to tour the ship, but getting pics means close quarters w/ pool, & they'll ask whatever the hell they want. https://t.co/AaLhQmd3xS pic.twitter.com/Zhjr3MTJVj
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
29. So, to get his message out ungarbled re Sessions, the pool Q&A forced Trump back into Twitter mode on Thurs night. There goes the pivot. pic.twitter.com/BlE4d1OLt3
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
30. Still, he got a cool hat & jacket out of the deal & I thought the backdrop sailors looked sharp in their NWU Type 1s (digital blues). pic.twitter.com/BbNwSeXyL3
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
31. You'd think the new pride 'o the fleet would be equipped with IMAG in 16×9 aspect ratio instead of 90's-style 4×3. Get on it, @GGigicos! pic.twitter.com/NvTKESV4H1
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
32. Ending week 6, with 202 to go in Trump's 1st term, it's the grandkids, Arabella & Joseph, on the way to Fla. Note Joseph's HMX-1 prop… pic.twitter.com/xlyDN2DS45
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
33. Short fingers, along with shorter ones holding a model of Marine One, off to Palm Beach. Enjoy rest of weekend, @AdvanceGuyNotes folks! pic.twitter.com/Rbu9pJgnmI
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 4, 2017
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