Bush kept him away, but our red meat has brought him back.
Days after telling Charlie Rose that his displeasure with Bush administration is “why I did not visit the United States since the year 2004,” Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was back in America Sunday. But despite his animosity toward Bush, it seems Mubarak’s first meal on American soil was decidedly Texan — a steak dinner.
Mubarak and five men were spotted Sunday night at Morton’s Steakhouse in Georgetown shortly after arriving in town for his meeting today President Barack Obama today. The men all enjoyed a juicy steak, but they had to wait to take their first bite until after sunset for religious reasons. He had waited five years before stepping foot in the U.S., so we bet some extra minutes were no big deal.
After dinner, the president bypassed the multiple secure rides that awaited him outside — some of which belonged to a foreign dignitary at the next-door Café Milano — and walked with his dining companions (trailed by security) to his room at the nearby Four Seasons Hotel.
