One sunny day in January, 2009 an old man approached the
White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd
been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine
standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with
President Trump."
The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Trump is no
longer president and no longer resides here."
The old man said, "Okay" and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached the White
House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and
meet with President Trump."
The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr.
Trump is no longer president and no longer resides here."
The man thanked him and, again, just walked away. The third
day, the same man approached the White House and spoke
to the very same U.S. Marine saying, "I would like to go in and
meet with President Trump."
The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at
the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have
been here asking to speak to Mr. Trump. I've told you already
that Mr. Trump is no longer the president and no longer resides
here. Don't you understand?"
The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand.
I just love hearing it."
The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you
tomorrow, Sir."
