What's the big deal? Every meeting has an agenda. It was just a vague list of points, unlike the extensive cue sheets the previous POTUS used which had to tell him exactly what to say. You couldn't make this shit up.

Chad Sexington wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 1:27 am

John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 1:21 am What's the big deal? Every meeting has an agenda. It was just a vague list of points, unlike the extensive cue sheets the previous POTUS used which had to tell him exactly what to say. You couldn't make this shit up.

I think the big difference is that Trump wrote his own lists of points, Biden’s has clearly been written by someone else. “YOU take YOUR seat” c’mon man.

Not really, Biden's is clearly printed while Trump's is hand written.

Chad Sexington wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 12:54 am Make of this what you will.
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Look at this another way, as mentioned. It’s bullet points for an agenda, when time is most likely very tight. He may well have written it himself with the emphasised YOU to bring himself back to the schedule, in case of any sidetracking, impromptu distractions. Otherwise, without it, some poor assistant is going to have to inconspicuously keep POTUS on point, on time, when there might be a gaggle of reporters and photojournos just waiting to take a photo of someone reminding him what his lines are.

Unwittingly? Or…. It’s not that important against a backdrop of say, yet another school shooting, regional war, territorial intrusion, or a myriad other issues that are.

I’d be very surprised if it weren’t common practice.

"I’d be very surprised if it weren’t common practice."

Me too. In fact I've been to an event where probably everyone who arrived (me definitely) had no idea of what specifically was going to happen other than some awards given and probably some speeches.

You walk into the room and have no idea what you're expected to do, where to sit etc and that's when you're greeted and someone takes you to your assigned seat which was just as well because I probably would have just looked for an empty chair otherwise. At each seat there's a pack containing, among other things, a schedule of what's going to happen, who will speak, etc.

Then you see a government official walk in looking like he'd just rushed from his last meeting to this event where he seems as much in the dark as the guests as to what he's supposed to do, and when. I have no doubt an assistant quickly briefed him and gave him an itinerary like ours but with something to highlight to him that after this guy speaks it's HIS turn to speak, then someone else will do something, then HE will present the awards, then something else, then HE poses for photos.

How does the saying go.....Proper planning and communication prevent embarrassing clusterfucks.