# White House squatter wears lifts **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 27, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104 "2019-04-27T00:55:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/1 "2019-04-27T00:55:01Z")
He’s a heightener, no surprise… faux wherever he goes. > ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/2 "2019-04-27T01:00:07Z")
OMG! Look at the President’s shoes. You know this is similar to people concerned about Obama’s “tan suit”? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/3 "2019-04-27T01:06:48Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > OMG! Look at the President’s shoes. > > You know this is similar to people concerned about Obama’s “tan suit”? Maybe, but the Tan Suit thing had no ties to lies that flattered Obama about his weight (or other characteristics). Trump’s been caught lying about his height in other contexts (not just ‘weight perfect for height, which varies’ ones). So this has a bit of resonance. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/4 "2019-04-27T01:14:07Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > OMG! Look at the President’s shoes. > > You know this is similar to people concerned about Obama’s “tan suit”? We’re mocking the Howling Yam. The idiots with an (R) next to their names were treating Obama’s tan suit like it was an actual crisis. Much like Umbrellagate and The Scandal Of The Saluting Coffee Cup. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/5 "2019-04-27T01:17:12Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > We’re mocking the Howling Yam. The idiots with an (R) next to their names were treating Obama’s tan suit like it was an actual crisis. Much like Umbrellagate and The Scandal Of The Saluting Coffee Cup. Much like “The Scandal of the Shoe Lifts” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/6 "2019-04-27T01:20:25Z")
> [@pythonzzz](#): > > He’s a heightener, no surprise… faux wherever he goes. > > [https://twitter.com/netherskye/status/1121824761716322311/photo/1](https://twitter.com/netherskye/status/1121824761716322311/photo/1) Whoa! In that picture, he looks like Jimmy Cagney as George M. Cohan in _Yankee Doodle Dandy._ [That odd, tipped-forward strut](http://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5h7kmMVah1qe1c77o1_250.gif). (Don’t know if the real Cohan danced that way.) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/7 "2019-04-27T01:21:38Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Much like “The Scandal of the Shoe Lifts” :rolleyes: What part of “mocking the Howling Yam” do you not understand? Just for context: [A Republican Congressman Is Actually Upset About Obama’s Tan Suit](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/beige) > [@](#): > > “ **There’s no way any of us can excuse what the president did yesterday** ,” King said of President Obama on NewsMaxTV. “When you have the world watching… a week, two weeks of anticipation of what the United States is gonna do. For him to walk out —\*\* I’m not trying to be trivial here\*\* — in a light suit, light tan suit, saying that first he wants to talk about what most Americans care about the revision of second quarter numbers on the economy. This is a week after Jim Foley was beheaded and he’s trying to act like real Americans care about the economy, not about ISIS and not about terrorism. And then he goes on to say he has no strategy.” > > King said Obama’s comments and actions showed “foreign policy was not a major issue” for President Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/8 "2019-04-27T01:33:28Z")
Yeah, I get it. You rightly chastise people for being angry about Obama’s “Tan Suit” but yet casually accept mocking of Trump for his shoe lifts. You can mock the President all you want, but shoes? Really? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/9 "2019-04-27T02:23:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Whoa! In that picture, he looks like Jimmy Cagney as George M. Cohan in _Yankee Doodle Dandy._ [That odd, tipped-forward strut](http://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5h7kmMVah1qe1c77o1_250.gif). (Don’t know if the real Cohan danced that way.) Yes. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CeDDqYrfvt8/hqdefault.jpg "PBS Broadway George M Cohan All The Gang at 42nd Street") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeDDqYrfvt8) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/10 "2019-04-27T02:26:55Z")
He lies about the height of his buildings, so why not his own? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/11 "2019-04-27T02:27:39Z")
Those are the ugliest fucking shoes I have ever seen in my life. The “President” of the United States wears those shoes? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/12 "2019-04-27T02:55:38Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Yeah, I get it. You rightly chastise people for being angry about Obama’s “Tan Suit” but yet casually accept mocking of Trump for his shoe lifts. > > You can mock the President all you want, but shoes? Really? If wearing a tan suit were evidence that one is pathetically insecure, like wearing elevator shoes is, then your analogy might make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/13 "2019-04-27T06:22:11Z")
I don’t know enough about footwear to be sure those are lifts, but the picture with Trudeau makes Trump’s feet look tiny, like a lotus-bound 19th-century Chinese woman. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/14 "2019-04-27T11:39:07Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Those are the ugliest fucking shoes I have ever seen in my life. The “President” of the United States wears those shoes? I’m curious about who ties them. He sure as hell doesn’t, and I’m equally positive that Melanoma doesn’t either. So, who? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/15 "2019-04-27T12:09:00Z")
Those are absolutely the wrong kind of shoes for Trump. He should be wearing clown shoes. Everybody knows that. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/16 "2019-04-27T14:01:17Z")
Spray tan, silly hairdo, lifts…it’s amazing that someone with the face of a dog’s anus is so vain. I bet he begins each day by strapping himself into a girdle. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/17 "2019-04-27T14:20:14Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > If wearing a tan suit were evidence that one is pathetically insecure, like wearing elevator shoes is, then your analogy might make sense. It’s not about insecurity, it’s about LYING. Every word out of thump’s mouth is a lie, and now apparently, even his shoes are a lie. He is incapable of being truthful about anything, from the biggest policy matters to the tiniest wardrobe details. If there’s one thing Obama wasn’t/isn’t, it’s insecure. The man radiates self-confidence and pure class. Frankly, I’m pretty sure that’s one of the reasons thump hates him. My God, thump probably wept and chewed nails when he saw those videos of Obama wind-surfing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/18 "2019-04-27T14:47:20Z")
Trum pretends to write a book, pretends to have a high IQ, pretends to be a successful businessman, lies about his agenda, and pretends to have long fingers. It should come as no surprise that he pretends to be tall. It does make me feel better about him on one account. When he grabbed on to Chancellor Merkel to avoid tripping on a gentle ramp, I was afraid he was a dotard that needed medical help. Now we learn that, after all these years, he just still has trouble walking in high-heeled shoes. > [@Slash1972](#): > > Yeah, I get it. You rightly chastise people for being angry about Obama’s “Tan Suit” but yet casually accept mocking of Trump for his shoe lifts. > > You can mock the President all you want, but shoes? Really? 😕 Let me see if I got this right. Trump wears high-heel shoes to pretend he’s tall. Your _Tu-quoque_ is Obama wearing a tan suit … to pretend he’s not black? How many do you think he fooled? ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/19 "2019-04-27T15:30:54Z")
“White House Squatter.” Love. Stealing ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104/20 "2019-04-27T15:57:16Z")
They do not particularly look like stature-enhancing shoes to me. Look like ordinary shoes. I mean, where is the goldfish? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-squatter-wears-lifts/833104.md?page=2)