WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump isn’t hiding the fact that he isn’t a dog person.
He appeared impressed Monday night while describing the drug-detecting abilities of German shepherds that work for the U.S. Secret Service, but also made it abundantly clear that he can get by in his daily life without the slobbery canine companionship many of his predecessors welcomed.
“I wouldn’t mind having one, honestly, but I don’t have any time,” Trump said at a campaign rally in El Paso, Texas, after he described watching a shepherd sniff out drugs. The crowd cheered its approval after he asked, “How would I look walking a dog on the White House lawn?”
The president shook his head and said “I don’t know … I don’t feel good. Feels a little phony, phony to me” as he motioned disapproval with his hand.
Trump said “a lot of people” have encouraged him to get a dog, saying “it’s good politically.”