Donald Trump is the first president not to have a pet dog in the White House in well over a century.
When the president held a rally in El Paso, Texas, on Monday night, he talked about why.
“I wouldn’t mind having one, honestly, but I don’t have any time,” Trump said.
“How would I look walking a dog on the White House lawn?” he added.
“Would that be right? It doesn’t.”
“It feels a little phony to me,” Trump told the crowd.
Was this a dig at Barack Obama?
Political Animals: Series 2 (Episode 1) Bo and Barack #comedy – President Obama's dog Bo suffers an identity crisis. https://t.co/bibOPireY0 pic.twitter.com/MNtjUTNzSY
— BBC Comedy iPlayer (@comediplayer) February 5, 2019
Trump continued, “A lot of people say, ‘Oh, you should get a dog.’ Why? ‘It’s good politically.’”
“Look, that’s not the relationship I have with my people,” Trump said.- READ MORE