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.

“I’m sure.
Every president has a first dog.
It goes with the presidency,” she toldThe Washington Postin 2016.

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).