1. So we begin the week 8 V.W.I.R. of Trump's 1st term, with only 200 weeks to go! Trump Natl. G.C. in Potomac Falls, VA, is our 1st scene. pic.twitter.com/Dx9UhzRB5e
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
2. Gotta monetize a golf course in winter & Trump found a way on 3/11. @petemarovich drew pool duty for cabinet "working lunch" w/ spouses. pic.twitter.com/N0SAoaXML8
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
3. Even when not at Mar-a-Lago or his downtown hotel, Trump ran up the meter at his place. @pbump took note. https://t.co/YMKBVn6C5o
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
4. Cabinets have "off-sites." Clinton took his team to Camp David for a "bonding session" early in his first term. https://t.co/5a2UiQzqlt
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
5. Bush famously met with members of his cabinet at Camp David in the frenetic aftermath of 9/11 — a secure location, if not undisclosed. pic.twitter.com/WxazGy1lJL
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
6. On 3/13, Trump was back in Roosevelt Room, showing off a mask likeness made by the child of one of his health car meeting attendees. pic.twitter.com/WumLtixOwZ
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
7. The image immediately came to mind: Bill & Hillary Clinton with masks of their own on our trip to Tlaxcala, Mexico, 5/7/97. pic.twitter.com/8mYYWdoccw
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
8. Trump's cabinet got together, for real, on 3/13, minus 4 unconfirmed sectys. Here's WH video of the pool spray. https://t.co/qF7buBuMPx pic.twitter.com/zqwzqj3fPg
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
9. In their protocol spots, State is to his right, Defense to left, with VP & Treasury across the table. Others flank in rank order. pic.twitter.com/xhmeAiqScN
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
10. There was a quasi-cabinet portrait, Trump-style, in the Oval Office that followed the meeting in the Cabinet Room. pic.twitter.com/ndj1HN8XBf
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
11. It was a marked difference in style & photographic composition from Reagan's Oval Office cabinet portrait. pic.twitter.com/2audGmimKa
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
12. Looking at this Clinton 1st formal cabinet photo is bittersweet. RIP Ron Brown, Janet Reno, Lloyd Bentsen, Warren Christopher, Les Aspin pic.twitter.com/M9gGTGXUZ2
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
13. Watching Trump dine on 3/14 with Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince recalled the dinner scene with Ruprecht in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. pic.twitter.com/k22ZZRHY7g
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
14. At American Ctr. for Mobility in Ypsilanti 0n 3/15, I liked this shot. Always best to show motion toward the lens rather than stasis. pic.twitter.com/gBHuDKLzok
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
15. Those walking shots are from a classic western movie motif in the manner of John Stugis & John Ford – this from The Magnificent Seven. pic.twitter.com/hvUnuvIGZQ
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
16. The GW Bush White House embraced this cinematographic trope. We saw this shot often from Crawford, Texas. pic.twitter.com/MteJg52gHC
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
17. My fave Clinton walking shot from @RichardsAFP. We were in Baumholder, Germany, with the 1st Armored Div before they deployed to Bosnia. pic.twitter.com/4zty3oNhcl
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
18. In wide shot by @evanvucci, we see the scenic elements: "meeting table" in open U, new autos on walkway, & giant US flag for backdrop. pic.twitter.com/eLlQzKHSAQ
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
19. A rally followed the meeting. Trump "walked out" on a raised walkway, like in 2016 – a security challenge. @Stcrow had his lens on it. pic.twitter.com/UEQcIROWyX
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
20. The tight shot, grabbed by @MelanieMaxwell for Ann Arbor News, shows a humdrum set-up with G.H.W. Bush-era white-on-blue signage. pic.twitter.com/ZkSL9Xv9JM
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
21. @j_avellan was in the press pen during the rally, offering a view of the event in a human scale – what you don't see on TV. pic.twitter.com/ID3mF9xZgb
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
22. Trump finished his day 3/15 in Nashville, beginning with a visit to the Hermitage, the home of Andrew Jackson, an interesting stop. pic.twitter.com/2phuGPEo4P
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
24. Main reason POTUS travels: local news coverage. The Tennessean posted a 115-image album of Trump's visit. https://t.co/PiURAgVlzf
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
25. @LarryMcCormack1 had a head-on shot for remarks at The Hermitage. Trump should have been farther out & that hanging flag wasn't needed. pic.twitter.com/26MbTky2O1
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
27. Visits to presidential homes by sitting presidents is uncommon. Here's Clinton & Yeltsin at Hyde Park, 1995. pic.twitter.com/7CDTM6vYeR
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
29. Here's Obama & Fr. President Hollande at Jefferson's Monticello, 2/10/14. pic.twitter.com/wYIxD9iD70
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
30. Prince Charles visited Mount Vernon in the company of Julie & Patricia Nixon, 1970. No record of Pres. Nixon making the pilgrimage. pic.twitter.com/JF4cYYgw4j
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
31. & of course, LBJ regularly greeted visits to his own ranch as if it was a shrine, as @BeschlossDC reminds us. https://t.co/937WBw3VgH
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
32. Trump tours inside the Hermitage, a Trump Tower of its day. 7th POTUS didn't have quite quite enough gold & chintz for 45th POTUS. pic.twitter.com/wh3osTU3rl
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
33. For final event of night. @GeorgeWalkerIV sets the pre-rally scene (press pen, raised walkway, etc) at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium. pic.twitter.com/BG8JOsKLR3
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
34. This is what it looks like when the crowd fills in. Not a huge site, with plenty of open cheap seats, but it looks full for the cameras. pic.twitter.com/DA6TcEpnEc
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
35. Back in DC on 3/16, an annual favorite: The Taoiseach gives the president of bowl of shamrocks before a bank of foreground smartphones. pic.twitter.com/CBkGhF7Uv9
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
36. It's a lovely tradition. I recall shamrock offerings from Albert Reynolds, John Bruton & Bertie Ahearn during different WH visits. pic.twitter.com/oeqzAp7qwl
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
37. Haven't seen worse optics in the Oval Office, with Trump shunning Merkel's hand, since Bibi N. lectured Obama. https://t.co/T2eRfb1ycs
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 18, 2017
38. It would seem the pool is cutting back $$$ for lighting the Cross Hall for POTUS pressers. Way dark! Paid by nets. Revenge of FAKE NEWS! pic.twitter.com/SaabiawRNN
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 19, 2017
39. As week ends, Melania & Barron are flown to DC to be seen walking from White House to Marine One for flight to FL. Pricey photo op. pic.twitter.com/ipgyjDjiNK
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 19, 2017
40. Trump flashes the "thumbs up" with Barron in tow. It's such a goofy gesture for civilians. pic.twitter.com/m2d5D4E2AS
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 19, 2017
41. I get it with astronauts, who need a visual gesture to signal they're O.K. if they don't have comms… pic.twitter.com/YO3gEzHfy0
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 19, 2017
42. Henry Winkler as Arthur Fonzarelli and Tom Cruise as Maverick Mitchell once popularized the thumbs-up. Both sorta jumped the shark. pic.twitter.com/XmgLDpqW5O
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 19, 2017
43. But for our president, it's the signature gesture, no matter how dorky he and his friends look in @ChrisRuddyNMX's tweet. https://t.co/G3Vsn36FAU
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 19, 2017
44. The concludes the Visual Week in Review (V.W.I.R) for Week 8. Keep your eyes on the visual, and we'll see you next week. pic.twitter.com/TUk0WvkT6m
— Josh King (@Polioptics) March 19, 2017
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