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Fgotus: the latest presidential acronym you need to get your head around | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Name: Fgotus. | |
Age: 77. | Age: 77. |
Appearance: Discreet. | Appearance: Discreet. |
Status: Power behind the throne. | Status: Power behind the throne. |
OK, but what does Fgotus stand for? First grandmother of the United States, a variant of Potus (president of the United States) and Flotus (first lady of the United States). | |
Any other presidential acronyms we should know about? Bo, the Obamas’ dog, is Fpotus. | |
First Pet? Indeed. | First Pet? Indeed. |
Does the Fgotus have a name? She does: Marian Robinson. She lives with the Obamas in the White House and is in the UK on a trip with daughter Michelle and the Fdotus. | |
Fdotus? The first daughters of the United States, Malia and Sasha. Do try to keep up. | |
Where’s the Potus? I don’t know, probably playing golf somewhere. | |
And the first pet? In the first kennel. | And the first pet? In the first kennel. |
Why is Michelle here? Promoting girls’ education, meeting Prince Harry, the usual Flotus stuff. | |
Is Prince Harry interested in girls’ education? He thinks of little else. | |
Well, here’s to you, Mrs Robinson. Thanks for getting that in. It’s very much her daughter’s view. She calls Fgotus her “rock”. | |
What does the Potus call her? Not sure, but he did once joke about her fondness for going to Las Vegas. | |
How does Mrs R see her role? “My job is the easiest one of all,” she said in 2012. “I just get to be grandma.” | |
Making jam, baking cakes, knitting sweaters? Don’t be grandma-ist. She dispenses advice to the Obamas and keeps a matronly eye on the Fdotus, who have had to grow up in the full glare of the media spotlight. | |
What else do we know about her? Marian and her boilerman husband Fraser lived in a far from affluent part of Chicago, but got both their children to Princeton. She was a housewife when her children were young, but worked in a bank later and took up competitive running in her 50s. Fraser died in 1991. | |
Does she like living in the White House? She didn’t at first. “The White House reminds me of a museum,” she complained, “and how do you sleep in a museum?” | Does she like living in the White House? She didn’t at first. “The White House reminds me of a museum,” she complained, “and how do you sleep in a museum?” |
Also known as: The grandmother-in-chief. | Also known as: The grandmother-in-chief. |
Most likely to say: “Barack!!!!!” | Most likely to say: “Barack!!!!!” |
Least likely to say: “We are a grandmother.” | Least likely to say: “We are a grandmother.” |
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