Beer-less Trump Breaking Another Norm





Back in October 2018 USA Today quoted President Trump saying that he has “never had a beer in my life.”  The POTUS was responding to questions asked him about Brett Kavanaugh.  Trump said, “I watched him.  I was surprised at how vocal he was about the fact that he likes beer.”

Kavanaugh on beer



Lots of politicians like beer.  I was able to find random photographs of Barack Obama, Bush 45 [non-alcoholic beer], Bill Clinton [and Hillary], Bush 41, and even Ronald Reagan.  Again, Trump is shoving aside presidential norms.  How is a voter to decide if this is a guy you can have a beer with if the guy has never even tasted a beer?  I think Brett Kavanaugh would disapprove.

U.S. Presidents have long championed beer and brewing.  Washington was a brewer, Jefferson once owned a beer-house, Madison once tried to create a national brewery.  Then there’s Jimmy Carter the brother of infamous Billy Carter and his Billy Beer.  But, craft beer lovers owe Carter. In 1979  he legalized home-brewing.  This gets us back to Obama who purchased a home-brewing kit and brewed beer in the White House.

With President Trump’s challenges with the truth, I’m not sure we can take to the bank his denial of never even tasting a beer.  More likely it’s a reaction to Obama.  Obama liked beer so Trump doesn’t.  That's the way of politics these days.






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