WH in-town pool report #9/ Rose Garden Club Lunch

Pool was taken to the paved Rose Garden where there are around 25 tables with white tablecloths, silver cutlery, drinking glasses, metal bread baskets and yellow roses. Each table is under a white and yellow striped umbrella and has four lunch guests. Waiters are wearing black jackets and bow ties.

POTUS emerged from the Oval Office at 11.51am as Lee Greenwood’s ‘God Bless the USA’ boomed from loudspeakers among the roses. All the guests stood and applauded.

Standing at a lectern with the new bell to his right, POTUS began by praising Greenwood and asserting: “We won three elections with that song.” There was an amused murmur from a guest or two.

Remarks are ongoing.

David Smith

Washington bureau chief

Guardian News & Media