In interesting article from the Daily Mail suggests President Trump may not be at the Oval Office as he claims:
The White House slapped back at suggestions on Monday that the president was not in the Oval Office working when he said that he was in a morning tweet.
The Marine sentry who stands guard outside the West Wing whenever the president is in it was not as his post, suggesting the president was elsewhere.
Deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said in an afternoon tweet that Trump was, in fact, in the Oval Office, even though a Marine was not standing guard outside.
‘I just looked into the Oval Office myself, and @POTUS was in fact sitting behind the Resolute Desk working,’ he said.
Sources inside and outside the White House have been unable to explain to DailyMail.com where the Marine, who is on a four-man rotation, has been over the past week.
On several occasions over the holidays when Trump claimed to within, the Marine was not standing outside, including on Monday morning when Trump tweeted to say he was ‘in the Oval Office’ waiting for Democrats to approve the funding for his border wall.
A 10:37 am tweet said: ‘I’m in the Oval Office. Democrats, come back from vacation now and give us the votes necessary for Border Security, including the Wall. You voted yes in 2006 and 2013. One more yes, but with me in office, I’ll get it built, and Fast!’
White House reporters posted photos of the West Wing entrance and noted that the Marine was missing.
Marine sentries guarding the West Wing normally rotate through their shifts every half hour when Trump is his office and have done so for the last decade. No one could explain to DailyMail.com on Monday why they have not been seen at their posts for more than a week.
Both the White House and the Pentagon are referring to each other over the missing Marine.
Perhaps Trump is on a covert mission to Mar-a-lago for New Year’s eve?
Hmmmmmmm….
UPDATE: Maybe he is there?
Important: A Marine is usually, but *not always* outside the West Wing when the president is in the Oval. https://t.co/hb3ABsytHg
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) December 31, 2018
Often nighttime, weekends and public holidays. The 100% indicator is whether a USSS agent is posted in the colonnade
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) December 31, 2018