Don’t expect any “major announcements” from the president this weekend, we’re told, but that’s nothing to say for “minor announcements.”
President Obama is set to return briefly to the White House on Sunday from his vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, but officials won’t say why. A White House spokesman has insisted that the White House “is not anticipating a major announcement” while the president is in Washington for a few days before flying back to the getaway.
Jimmy Fallon, beltway scoop specialist and Washington, D.C. insider, has thankfully stepped in to fill the void. He’s revealed that while Obama will not make any major announcements during his trip home, the White House did say that Obama would be making some minor statements like:
Minor announcement. Just a few minor announcements. Like …
“Nobody likes the white crayon in the box. But as soon as you get some dark construction paper, BOOM, star of the show.”
You’ll have to watch for more, beginning at roughly the 2:00 mark:
Minor announcements need the presidential seal as much as major ones, we guess. (So long as Hillary Clinton’s hug didn’t squeeze the president too tightly and force him back to D.C.; now that would be a real disaster.)
And revealing what kind of breakfast cereal he likes is a huge step for the president, who normally keeps journalists out of the loop.
