Is There A 10-Foot Wall Outside Obama’s House? We Went There To Find Out

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Benny Johnson - The Daily Caller


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President Trump has often criticized former President Barack Obama for having a “10-foot wall” around his house in Washington, D.C. Trump tweeted recently “President and Mrs. Obama built/has a ten foot Wall around their D.C. mansion/compound. I agree, totally necessary for their safety and security.”
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Is this true?

Here’s what we know: Obama purchased a mansion in the D.C. neighborhood of Kalorama for $8.1 million in 2017. Beefed up security features have certainly been added to the home, including a tall pilloried wall around the front of the home and a high-tech guard tower for Secret Service to control entry to the home. However, no definitive accounts of the security features have been reported.

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The Daily Caller traveled to Obama’s D.C. neighborhood to find out if the “10-foot wall” existed. What did we find? Obama does not have one wall. He has many. He has barricades. He has armed guards entirely blocking the suburban road where he lives. Multiple cement and iron barricades block the road leading up to the Obama mansion. A Secret Service car and agent keep people from entering the stretch of road on both ends approximately 1,000 feet in both directions.

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The Daily Caller asked the Secret Service agent if we could walk to the Obama house on the sidewalk. The officer told us he would be forced to stop us if we tried.

So does Obama have a 10-foot wall around his house? We tried to find out. We even brought a tape measure. But we were stopped by all of Obama’s other walls from even finding out.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

:shocker:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Doesn't need 10 foot walls around the house, you can't even get close to it.

[Hal-9000]

Umm...there's a few embassies in the hood as well. Think maybe some of that security helps the other high profile locations two blocks over?

And most ex presidents move to a sheltered enclave after serving, it's nothing unusual.

[lost in melb.]

Looks like a nice area to live in :wank:

[Hal-9000]

Looks like a nice area to live in :wank:

He dropped 8.1 million on that shack. Not bad for someone without a job.

[DemonGeminiX]

And most ex presidents move to a sheltered enclave after serving, it's nothing unusual.

Personally, I think it's wrong. Any elected official, upon leaving office, shouldn't be a drain on taxpayer's funds any longer. No secret service bodyguards, no taxpayer funded living abodes. Fuck them, if they want to live in an $8.1 million mansion, then they can pay for it from their own money.

[lost in melb.]

8.1 million

:shock:

:coat:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Personally, I think it's wrong. Any elected official, upon leaving office, shouldn't be a drain on taxpayer's funds any longer. No secret service bodyguards, no taxpayer funded living abodes. Fuck them, if they want to live in an $8.1 million mansion, then they can pay for it from their own money.:qft:

[Hal-9000]

Personally, I think it's wrong. Any elected official, upon leaving office, shouldn't be a drain on taxpayer's funds any longer. No secret service bodyguards, no taxpayer funded living abodes. Fuck them, if they want to live in an $8.1 million mansion, then they can pay for it from their own money.

Yeah me too and that opinion applies to all ex-politicians. Not sure what they're trying to peg onto Obama here. He's merely following in the footsteps of many before him.

[Godfather]

Personally, I think it's wrong. Any elected official, upon leaving office, shouldn't be a drain on taxpayer's funds any longer. No secret service bodyguards, no taxpayer funded living abodes. Fuck them, if they want to live in an $8.1 million mansion, then they can pay for it from their own money.

I'd agree for most politicians, ones in Canada for sure... but the status of the US Presidents these days just seems so absolutely enormous that I'd think they really do need the protection. Just a hunch, I dono.

[Hal-9000]

I'd agree for most politicians, ones in Canada for sure... but the status of the US Presidents these days just seems so absolutely enormous that I'd think they really do need the protection. Just a hunch, I dono.

It seems to be a job where you're set for life. I read the actual salary of the President was something like 150k per year and that made me laugh :lol: Maybe on paper in the visible column of the accounting ledger.

[Hal-9000]

Just read where The Donald makes 400k per year.

Looked at salaries throughout history and it said 1969-2001 the salary was 200k per year.

I'm sure the article that said 150k wasn't that long ago :-k

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Just read where The Donald makes 400k per year.


And he donates all of it