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26. This is a statement from 2020
Sun May 25, 2025, 12:12 PM
May 25
https://consequence.net/2020/10/bruce-springsteen-anti-trump-poem/

There’s no art in this White House. There’s no literature, no poetry, no music. There are no pets in this White House. No loyal man’s best friend, no Socks the family cat, no kids’ science fairs. No time when the president takes off his blue suit, red tie uniform and becomes human. Except when he puts on his white shirt and khaki pants uniform, and hides from the American people to play golf. There are no images of the first family enjoying themselves together in a moment of relaxation. No Obamas on the beach in Hawaii moments or Bushes fishing in Kennebunkport. No Reagans on horseback. No Kennedys playing touch football on the Cape. Where’d that country go? Where did all the fun, the joy, and the expression of love and happiness go? We used to be the country that did the ice bucket challenge and raised millions for charity. We used to have a president who calmed and soothed the nation instead of dividing it. And a first lady who planted a garden instead of ripping one out. We are rudderless and joyless. We have lost the cultural aspects of society that make America great. We have lost our mojo, our fun, our happiness, our cheering on of others, the shared experience of humanity that makes it all worth it. The challenges and the triumphs that we shared and celebrated, the unique can-do spirit that America has always been known for. We are lost. We’ve lost so much in so short a time. On November 3rd, vote them out.

This instagram poster apparently omitted the last sentence to make it appear the statement was more recent. Great statement, but not part of the current "conversation"

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Lovely malaise May 25 #1
Made me samplegirl May 25 #2
Then watch this and laugh😀 malaise May 25 #3
The reason those things don't happen is because they're incapable of it. Boomerproud May 25 #4
Spreading pain samplegirl May 25 #5
"The Gray House", by Elayne Griffin Baker. sl8 May 25 #6
Ms. Baker's piece, "No joy in the White House": sl8 May 25 #22
Yes!!! lark May 25 #7
One apparently must be signed on to instagram. niyad May 25 #8
No flying rabbit May 25 #10
Had already tried that, and it did not work for me. niyad May 25 #11
Try this: sl8 May 25 #13
Thank you for that. True when he made it in 2020, still true now. niyad May 25 #16
That's from October 2020. Is that what's in the OP? I can usually get Instagram links to open, but highplainsdem May 25 #17
Yes. sl8 May 25 #18
Thanks! And I apologize for skimming past your earlier post so fast you had to repeat it. Mea culpa. highplainsdem May 25 #19
De nada & absolutely no worries. nt sl8 May 25 #20
Ty samplegirl May 25 #23
You're quite welcome. sl8 May 25 #25
The only culture we see from this White House is Trump's collection of gold gimcracks and gewgaws in the Oval Office. sop May 25 #9
I disagree JT99 May 25 #12
Thanks, Mr. Springsteen BoRaGard May 25 #14
Outstanding, uplifting, brutally accurate. Paladin May 25 #15
I am glad there are no cats or dogs anywhere near the trump family. SamKnause May 25 #21
I'll say samplegirl May 25 #24
This is a statement from 2020 unblock May 25 #26
I don't think that article is correct. sl8 May 25 #27
Thank you. So baker wrote it in 2020, the boss read it later that year, unblock May 25 #28
It is a recent Instagram post, but the poster did credit the actual author (no date). sl8 May 25 #29
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