As Barbra Streisand wondered to theLos Angeles Timesin 2018, “How does the president not have a dog?

He’s the first president in 120 years that doesn’t have a dog in the White House.

Trump passed on an offer of a Goldendoodle

It’s not that there weren’t opportunities.

Donald Trump

“I’m sure.

Every president has a first dog.

It goes with the presidency,” she toldThe Washington Postin 2016.

George W Bush with Barney and Spot

Fast forward to today and we know for a fact that Patton never made it past the gates.

I wouldn’t mind having one, honestly, but I don’t have any time.

How would I look walking a dog on the White House lawn?”

“Feels a little phony to me” (viaThe Washington Post).