You guys have morning social media routines, right? I tend to check Instagram first, and when I come across a post by former White House photographer Pete Souza, I usually groan and think, “Ugh, what did Trump do now?” Apparently I’m not the only one.
Pete snapped President Obama back when he was a first-year Senator, and was by his side for the entirety of his presidency. His photos were acclaimed and became popular thanks to his ability of capturing moments big and small. But just because Barry left office, doesn’t mean Pete stopped posting photos of him online. In fact, he’s used it as a shady tool to comment on DT’s “governing” skills. And look, I don’t think Pete’s a bad guy for hitting back at 45 with cutting captions/photos of 44. I just think he’s “retaliating” in such a classy way that it’s worth giving attention to.
I don’t expect his posts to stop any time soon, so here are just some of my favorite shady comebacks by Pete over the past year, and DT’s jerk move of the day which prompted the post.
January 21st – Inauguration
January 27th – DT Signs Executive Order for Travel Ban
January 31st – Neil Gorsuch Nominated For Supreme Court
February 1st – DT Has ‘Worst Phone Call Ever’ With Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
February 6 – DT’s Cabinet and Administration Not Diverse
February 7th – Betsy DeVos confirmed as secretary of education
February 11th – Awkward Handshake Number One With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
February 13th – Awkward Handshake Number Two with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
February 15th – Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence
February 20th – “The Sweden Incident”
March 17th – Third Awkward Handshake With German Chancellor Angela Merkel
March 29th – DT Signs Executive Order at EPA Curbing Government’s Enforcement of Climate Regulations
April 4th – DT Orders Missile Strike In Syria
April 10th – DT Skips White House Passover Seder
May 4th – House Passes ACA Repeal
May 7th – WH Tells Press DT Is In Meetings At His Golf Course, Spotted Playing Golf Instead
May 23rd – DT Visits Israel’s Holocaust Memorial, Leaves Note Thanking Amazing Friends
Bonus: Melania Swats DT’s Hand Away (and one of my fave ever pix of the Obamas)
May 25th – DT Pushes Aside President of Montenegro at NATO
June 1st – DT Announces U.S. Will Pull Out of Paris Agreement (This is part of a larger photo series)
June 10th – James Comey Reveals He Secretly Met With Trump in the WH Green Room
June 29th – DT Mocks Mika Brzezinski; Says She Was ‘Bleeding Badly From a Face-Lift’
July 20th – DT Says He and Putin Spoke About “Adoptions” at G20
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWxLkUQlN7d/?hl=en&taken-by=petesouza
July 24th – DT Talks Winning (and other things) to Boy Scouts
July 25th – DT Calls Out “Beleaguered” Jeff Sessions on Twitter.
July 27th – DT Announces Ban Against Transgendered Soldiers in Military
July 28th – Senate Rejects ACA Repeal
August 8th – “Fire and Fury” Against North Korea
August 12 – Charlottesville
August 19th – DT and Melania to Skip This Year’s Kennedy Center Honors
August 22 – DT To Extend Military Presence in Afghanistan
August 30th – Hurricane Harvey Hits Houston
Cookies + Sangria 