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The State Dinner

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6:55 PM EST: President Obama and the First Lady Welcome Prime Minister Trudeau and Mrs Sophie Grégoire Trudeau at the North Portico


125 Responses to “The State Dinner”


  1. 4 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:09 pm

  2. 6 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:10 pm

    Thanks Chips!

  3. 9 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:11 pm

    CBC says they’ll have a live stream here:

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/state-dinner-for-trudeau-caps-off-official-visit-at-white-house-1.3483695

  4. 10 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:12 pm

  5. 11 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:14 pm

  6. 12 globalcitizenlinda
    March 10, 2025 at 6:20 pm

    I had forgotten that Mr. Ian Cameron, the husband of the National Security Advisor Dr. Susan Rice, was born in Canada

  7. 18 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:24 pm

  8. 19 arapaho415
    March 10, 2025 at 6:25 pm

    GA/GE TODville.

    Behind as usual, so these may have already been posted, but what the heck, it’s a State Dinner with our nearest neighbor to Washington DC:

    • 20 arapaho415
      March 10, 2025 at 6:26 pm

      More…

    • 22 bridgeriverpass
      March 10, 2025 at 7:33 pm

      Saw this on C-Span - ridiculously amazing desserts in honor of the Rocky Mountain region.

  9. 23 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:26 pm

    Dagnabbit, doesn’t anyone have live stream of arrivals! Grrrr!

  10. 25 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:27 pm

  11. 28 bella2758
    March 10, 2025 at 6:29 pm

    Hay do anyone know what time is Nancy Reagen’s funeral?

    • 29 arapaho415
      March 10, 2025 at 7:34 pm

      GE annieb.

      I’m 5 miles south of Reagan Library, and local news has had lots of coverage.

      Radio says her funeral will be 11am PST tomorrow (2pm EST).

  12. 30 keltuc
    March 10, 2025 at 6:31 pm

    Many thanks to Chips and Dudette and everyone else for all of the photo and video links. I can’t begin to keep up with all of them. Also, I have very limited bandwidth with my internet service and all this live streaming is going to put me WAY over my limit this month! Oh well, how many times will we get to witness an event like this? :-D

  13. 32 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:33 pm

  14. 33 vcprezofan2
    March 10, 2025 at 6:35 pm

  15. 34 prettyfoot58
    March 10, 2025 at 6:35 pm

    i love these dinners

  16. 37 Roberta in MN
    March 10, 2025 at 6:35 pm

    the arrivals are on C-Span now.

  17. 39 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:36 pm

  18. 40 sherijr
    March 10, 2025 at 6:39 pm

    cspan has a little bit of live action here: http://www.c-span.org/video/?406367-1/state-dinner-canadian-prime-minister&live

  19. 41 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:40 pm

  20. 42 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:41 pm

  21. 43 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:44 pm

  22. March 10, 2025 at 6:45 pm

    OMG, I just read that Billy Joel sang at Trump’s (last) wedding - told ya he was Satan!1!1!

  23. 53 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:46 pm

    Arrivals also streaming here (if you don’t want to keep listening to the Ambassador on CSPAN)

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/state-dinner-for-trudeau-caps-off-official-visit-at-white-house-1.3483695

  24. 57 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:48 pm

    There’s Sandra Oh from Grey’s Anatomy! LOVE HER!!!!

  25. 58 globalcitizenlinda
    March 10, 2025 at 6:50 pm

    I followed the link to the CBC above. they are already live streaming the arriving guests.

    Ps. Paul Ryan is a punk of the highest degree. Couldn’t he really organize some formal meeting for the CAN PM.

    I saw that Speaker Pelosi welcomed him to the Capitol - definitely she is the best representative of we the people in that House

  26. 59 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:50 pm

  27. 60 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 6:54 pm

  28. 65 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 7:04 pm

    OMG! There they ARE!!!!

  29. 66 Roberta in MN
    March 10, 2025 at 7:05 pm

    What a gorgeous dress our First Lady has on.

  30. 68 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 7:05 pm

  31. March 10, 2025 at 7:05 pm

  32. 70 sherijr
    March 10, 2025 at 7:05 pm

    oh FLOTUS’ dress! Gorgeous! and her hair!

  33. 72 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 7:06 pm

  34. 75 MightyPamela
    March 10, 2025 at 7:07 pm

    Well. I caught 35 seconds of it. Gorgeous.

  35. March 10, 2025 at 7:08 pm

  36. 77 bella2758
    March 10, 2025 at 7:08 pm

    Thumbs up everyone look good.

  37. 78 prettyfoot58
    March 10, 2025 at 7:10 pm

    FLOTUSSSSSSSSS….she looks beautiful…i love her hair….soft and billowy around her face…and her dress floats around her….love it

  38. 79 carolyn
    March 10, 2025 at 7:13 pm

    Sophie Trudeau is championing Canadian designers, just like Flotus champions American designers. She is a charmer.

  39. 80 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 7:13 pm

    Yes, Mrs. G-T, I’m in awe of FLOTUS too! :-)

  40. 81 lovelyplains
    March 10, 2025 at 7:14 pm

    • 82 lovelyplains
      March 10, 2025 at 7:18 pm

      I guess they deleted the video :???: Here is something that will make you smile :)

      Careful what you wish for… #motherducker

      A photo posted by Pikelet Butterwiggle Stoll (@lifeofpikelet) on

  41. 84 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 7:18 pm

  42. 85 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 7:19 pm

  43. 86 meta
    March 10, 2025 at 7:20 pm

    Hang on, FLOTUS!!

  44. March 10, 2025 at 7:22 pm

    • 88 lovelyplains
      March 10, 2025 at 7:37 pm

      Chips, you can churn out those awesome videos quick! Is that a .gif or MP4 and is it less than 3MB….also are you using some Mac application too?

  45. 89 sherijr
    March 10, 2025 at 7:23 pm

    oh my goodness Mike Meyers- has white hair!

  46. March 10, 2025 at 7:25 pm

  47. 96 lovelyplains
    March 10, 2025 at 7:27 pm

  48. 97 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 7:28 pm

  49. 98 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 7:29 pm

  50. 99 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 7:30 pm

  51. 100 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 7:31 pm

  52. 101 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 7:32 pm

    • 102 Dudette
      March 10, 2025 at 7:33 pm

    • 103 Dudette
      March 10, 2025 at 7:33 pm

  53. March 10, 2025 at 7:32 pm

  54. 113 JER
    March 10, 2025 at 7:39 pm

    • 114 sherijr
      March 10, 2025 at 7:48 pm

      That video just makes me crazy. First the poor guy is sucker punched then tackled by cops - several effing cops. So sickening. I hope he sues every damn person in the room, cops, the puncher and most especially racist Trump.

  55. 115 sherijr
    March 10, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    So will there be more .. like the toast; etc?

  56. 116 globalcitizenlinda
    March 10, 2025 at 7:41 pm

    great-looking couples

  57. 118 prettyfoot58
    March 10, 2025 at 7:42 pm

    cspan is irritatting me…i am not interested in the opinion of politico

    • 119 Dudette
      March 10, 2025 at 7:47 pm

      Dump ’em. Go to the CBC News live stream here

      http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeaus-guests-arrive-for-white-house-state-dinner-1.3483695

      Although, right now I can’t tell if they’re looping guest arrivals or guests are just still arriving.

  58. 122 Dudette
    March 10, 2025 at 7:44 pm

  59. 124 arapaho415
    March 10, 2025 at 7:48 pm

    Speaking of 2005 (upthread, Billy Joel performing at Donald Trump’s wedding per Chips and HF2):

    http://obamaspeeches.com/019-Knox-College-Commencement-Obama-Speech.htm

    “In Washington, they call this the Ownership Society. But in our past there has been another term for it - Social Darwinism, every man and woman for him or herself. It’s a tempting idea, because it doesn’t require much thought or ingenuity. It allows us to say to those whose health care or tuition may rise faster than they can afford - tough luck. It allows us to say to the Maytag workers who have lost their job - life isn’t fair. It let’s us say to the child born into poverty - pull yourself up by your bootstraps. And it is especially tempting because each of us believes that we will always be the winner in life’s lottery, that we will be Donald Trump, or at least that we won’t be the chump that he tells: ‘You’re fired!'”

  60. 125 prettyfoot58
    March 10, 2025 at 7:49 pm

    i don’t know..there did not seem to be enough of the state dinner…cspan cheated us :(


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