Librarian leaves job after declining Melania Trump’s demand for a sword.
Today in headlines I never thought anyone would I’d write, the head of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library has resigned after a spat with Melania Trump over an original Eisenhower sword she really, really, really wanted to give to King Charles III when she and Donald visited the UK last month.
First Lady Melania Trump personally decided which gifts to give King Charles and Queen Camilla, and wanted to bestow an Eisenhower sword to reiterate the significance of the US-UK relationship since World War II, one of the sources said.
Officials at the State Department who compiled an array of gift options for the first lady sought an original sword, sources said. But Todd Arrington argued against giving away an artifact that had been accepted as a donation and had become the property of the American people.
Kudos to Mr. Arrington for standing up to this absolutely embarrassing family of pick-me try-hards masquerading as tough-guy power-players. We’ve gone well beyond Idiocracy territory here.
