Happy St. Patricks Day! 🍀🍀🍀🌈🌈🌈🏆 4 years ago the Taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland visited President Trump. There’s a funny story to that tie President Trump is wearing in this photo, from #TheBriefing: As I got ready to leave that night, I called the president at the residence. “Sir, just a reminder about the St. Patrick’s Day event tomorrow—do you have a green tie?” “Yeah! Of course I have a green tie,” President Trump said.
“For tomorrow?”
A long pause.
“Well, I have one in New York, but I don’t have one here.”
“I’ve got an extra green tie. Would you like me to bring it in?” “Thanks, sure, but let me see what I can do. It’d be great to have a backup in case I can’t find one. Let’s touch base in the morning.”
I’m thinking to myself, It’s 8:00 p.m., and you are the president. Unless you’re going to dispatch the military to get your green tie, it is not going to get to the White House by tomorrow. The next morning, I put on a green tie with my suit and packed a second gr...