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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Ad by lawlorino on Thursday November 28, 2019 @02:46PM (#21659745)
Not trying to sound pernickity here but do you have a source on that? I find minor details like that really interesting and I couldn't think of good reasons why except PR, and if that was the only reason why would it be up to the secret service to decide? I tried Googling but couldn't find much.
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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Ad by ceejayoz on Thursday November 28, 2019 @02:57PM (#21659810)
There's no way the Secret Service could enforce that rule. Freedom of the press applies - the best they can do is avoid having the President eat in public.

Politicians looking goofy eating (eating pizza/hot dogs with a fork is a pretty common gaffe) has a long history. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/19/photo-p...

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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Ad by larnmar on Thursday November 28, 2019 @04:30PM (#21660317)
The funny part is that Obama smoked through most of his presidency and no photos ever emerged.
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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Ad by wutbrodo on Friday November 29, 2019 @01:27AM (#21662497)
The administration claimed a couple times that he quit for long stretches.
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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Ad by wardbradt on Thursday November 28, 2019 @10:35PM (#21661819)
How do you know this?
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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Ad by wutbrodo on Friday November 29, 2019 @01:26AM (#21662492)
I saw it quite a few times in reputable publications. I'm the last person to have a high opinion of the press's honesty, but multiple orgs lying about it would be a bizarre and easily-defeated conspiracy.
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Re:Mikhail Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Ad by knzhou on Thursday November 28, 2019 @03:22PM (#21659944)
There's a scandal every month about some politician eating wrong -- whether it's them being too messy, or not messy enough. It's especially bad in UK politics.
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