President Trump has announced that he will not be attending the White House Correspondence Dinner. Good. I don't like the idea of the executive branch being chummy with the media. Events of this sort created the Washington Establishment. Let's get rid of some of these pointless traditions around the executive. Trump shouldn't throw the first pitch when Baseball Season starts, a tradition that dates back to President Taft in 1910. Of course, Trump already threw out the first pitch in 2006 anyway. Pass on the Easter Egg Roll - which goes all the way back to 1878 or 1814 depending on source - or just relegate that to the First Lady. Don't pardon the Thanksgiving turkey, a practice begun by President Truman in 1947. The president is an elected official, not a monarch. Let's strip away the pomp and circumstance and deflate the Presidency to what it was intended.
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