Un Official Gifts

'Well, if you say so, Mr. President, but...er...this bull you call Miss Rice...um...is she really a nice, quiet, docile, well-mannered, friendly bull?'

Ban Ki-Moon.

Global Thermostat

"You're fired."

The Anti-Agent

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

"Nation-building never works."

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

Mario Draghi

Pretty Flowers

"We seem to be spending more on defence than on things to defend"

US Immigration and Naturalization Service: If you're yearning to breath free...Get Out.

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

'To most people, 1984 is just a novel; around here it's our instruction manual.'

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

"National security adviser"

"Excellent, excellent. A fine blend of truths, half-truths, and blatant falsehoods."

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

"What was I thinking?!"

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

Political convention

CIA report

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

'And this one's framed in beautiful Brazilian hardwood.'

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

'He's downgrading the credit agencies.'

"... And to our friends in the Liberal Democratic party I award thirty pieces of silver."

"Right, before we look at the covid figures for today, do we need another sheet of paper?"

Crony Capitalism (Always Follow the Money Trail)

"You're a fine one to talk about my spending!"