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So is this a TRUMP lie of the day? I remember seeing pictures and thought there was NO wall but that was when they signed the lease before he left office. Maybe he bought the house. Maybe the SS required a wall but the last pics I saw 6 months ago didn't have a wall.
I even remember thinking, I know that street, there is NO PLACE for a wall unless they ripped the street up. Apparently I remembered well. You know folks, the Kalamora section of DC is NEAR the WH. FOX News is blocks away. WAPO is a mile and half or so away. NBC has an office above FOX News in the same building. How long did the fucking idiot think it would take to send someone out to TAKE A PICTURE?
LIES, MORE LIES AND MORE LIES. Most propagated and answered in real time. AND YET right HERE AT JPP WE HAVE A THREAD WITH THE LIE!!
Trump claims there’s a 10-foot wall around the Obamas’ D.C. home. He is wrong.
The Obamas' home on Belmont Street in the Kalorama neighborhood of Northwest D.C. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)
By Michael Brice-Saddler
December 31 at 3:28 PM
In one of his most recent arguments for a southern border wall, President Trump on Sunday falsely claimed that the Washington home of former president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama is surrounded by a 10-foot wall. It comes in the midst of a partial government shutdown, which was spurred Dec. 22 by Trump’s demand for $5 billion in funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. He alleged that the “wall” around the Obamas' mansion was necessary for the former first couple’s “safety and security,” adding that the United States needs a “slightly larger version!”
Trump’s assertion came as a surprise to two of the Obamas' neighbors Monday, who told The Washington Post that there is no such wall. The 8,200-square-foot structure, despite several security features, is completely visible from the street.
A neighbor, a longtime resident of the area who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preserve their privacy, said Trump “has a very active imagination.”
“There’s a fence that goes along the front of the house, but it’s the same as the other neighbors have,” the neighbor said. “It’s tastefully done.”
Movers, under the supervision of White House ushers, move the Obama family's belongings into a house in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington on Jan. 17, 2017. (Cliff Owen/AP)
The former president and first lady purchased the nine-bedroom mansion for $8.1 million in 2017, The Post previously reported. It’s located in the affluent D.C. neighborhood of Kalorama, which is also home to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Amazon founder Jeffrey P. Bezos, who owns The Post, bought the former Textile Museum in the neighborhood for $23 million; it is being converted into a single-family home. Previous residents of the neighborhood have included former presidents Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/31/trump-claims-theres-foot-wall-around-obamas-dc-home-neighbors-say-theres-not/?utm_term=.238c6cc503c1
I even remember thinking, I know that street, there is NO PLACE for a wall unless they ripped the street up. Apparently I remembered well. You know folks, the Kalamora section of DC is NEAR the WH. FOX News is blocks away. WAPO is a mile and half or so away. NBC has an office above FOX News in the same building. How long did the fucking idiot think it would take to send someone out to TAKE A PICTURE?
LIES, MORE LIES AND MORE LIES. Most propagated and answered in real time. AND YET right HERE AT JPP WE HAVE A THREAD WITH THE LIE!!
Trump claims there’s a 10-foot wall around the Obamas’ D.C. home. He is wrong.
The Obamas' home on Belmont Street in the Kalorama neighborhood of Northwest D.C. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)
By Michael Brice-Saddler
December 31 at 3:28 PM
In one of his most recent arguments for a southern border wall, President Trump on Sunday falsely claimed that the Washington home of former president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama is surrounded by a 10-foot wall. It comes in the midst of a partial government shutdown, which was spurred Dec. 22 by Trump’s demand for $5 billion in funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. He alleged that the “wall” around the Obamas' mansion was necessary for the former first couple’s “safety and security,” adding that the United States needs a “slightly larger version!”
Trump’s assertion came as a surprise to two of the Obamas' neighbors Monday, who told The Washington Post that there is no such wall. The 8,200-square-foot structure, despite several security features, is completely visible from the street.
A neighbor, a longtime resident of the area who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preserve their privacy, said Trump “has a very active imagination.”
“There’s a fence that goes along the front of the house, but it’s the same as the other neighbors have,” the neighbor said. “It’s tastefully done.”
Movers, under the supervision of White House ushers, move the Obama family's belongings into a house in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington on Jan. 17, 2017. (Cliff Owen/AP)
The former president and first lady purchased the nine-bedroom mansion for $8.1 million in 2017, The Post previously reported. It’s located in the affluent D.C. neighborhood of Kalorama, which is also home to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Amazon founder Jeffrey P. Bezos, who owns The Post, bought the former Textile Museum in the neighborhood for $23 million; it is being converted into a single-family home. Previous residents of the neighborhood have included former presidents Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/31/trump-claims-theres-foot-wall-around-obamas-dc-home-neighbors-say-theres-not/?utm_term=.238c6cc503c1
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