Democracy Dies in Darkness

Trump, the first president in a century with no dog, explains why: ‘I don’t have any time.'

February 12, 2019 at 5:53 a.m. EST
While admiring a German shepherd’s abilities to sniff out drugs, President Trump said he couldn’t see himself with a dog during a Feb. 11 rally in El Paso. (Video: The Washington Post)

When Barbra Streisand sat down with a reporter in November to promote her new album, the singer couldn’t help going off-topic and ruminating on a question that has plagued many Americans.

“How does the president not have a dog?” she asked the Los Angeles Times. “He’s the first president in 120 years that doesn’t have a dog in the White House.”