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MineralMan

(150,685 posts) Wed Jan 14, 2026, 10:35 AM Wednesday

What President Has NOT Given Someone the Finger in Public? [View all]

I mean, isn't that a common thing for a POTUS to do? Surely we can find photos of other Presidents saying "Fuck You!" and flipping someone off. Right?

...later:

I couldn't find any other examples than Donald J. Trump. Odd, isn't it? You'd think that it would happen all the time. How about that?

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What President Has NOT Given Someone the Finger in Public? [View all] MineralMan Wednesday OP

Bush, Clinton, Biden: You mean I could have... leftstreet Wednesday #1

or fucked a porn star or was convicted of rape and 34 felonies dalton99a Wednesday #2

Yeah, exactly. MineralMan Wednesday #3

I do recall something similar EarlG Wednesday #4

Well, then... MineralMan Wednesday #5

It's not limited to only presidents. cloudbase Wednesday #6

I had forgotten that one, although now that you remind me, MineralMan Wednesday #8

What president has not shmoozed a Nobel Hey Joe Wednesday #7

Trump's still madly jealous of Obama. MineralMan Wednesday #9

Just 2 years ago his frontal cortex would have stopped that action Maru Kitteh Wednesday #10