This whole Ukraine thing has put Obama’s next vacation in jeopardy.
Vladimir Putin has put President Barack Obama’s vacation plans on hold.
Obama is headed to Coral Reef High School in the southern part of Miami, Fla., on Friday for an event about education and the economy that first lady Michelle Obama had been expected to attend as well. What hadn’t been known was that Obama’s daughters were planning to come with them, and that the four were going to extend the trip for a brief family getaway.
Now, the White House tells POLITICO that he’s reconsidering.
Readers with a long memory will recall that it was almost three full weeks ago that US taxpayers sent Michelle and the girls off to Vail for a three-day holiday ski excursion. Now, the First Family of Shared Sacrifice may lose its chance to show us yet again how to make do with a short little jaunt instead of a full five -week stint in Hawaii. “It’s almost like a staycation”, Michelle cooed to reporters, “except it’s got palm trees. And now Barry may not be able to join us, all because of that mean ol’ Vladimir. Sniff.”
UPDATE: White House Dossier reports that the vacation is on, and the family will be enjoying the (private membership) Mid Ocean Club Ocean Reef Club this weekend. If there was ever a First Couple who wallowed in the luxury of income inequality more than Barack and his princess, I don’t remember them.