Trump in a truck becomes an Internet sensation

The nation’s trucking industry visited the White House. Then this happened.

By Greg Rasa
WASHINGTON, DC - President Donald Trump jumps up in the cab of an 18 wheeler truck while meeting with truckers and CEOs regarding healthcare on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC Thursday March 23, 2017. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - President Donald Trump jumps up in the cab of an 18 wheeler truck while meeting with truckers and CEOs regarding healthcare on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC Thursday March 23, 2017. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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As House Republicans struggled yesterday and into the night to find common ground on an Obamacare replacement bill, President Trump welcomed truckers to the White House. The president’s enthusiasm for the big Mack he sat in was captured by AFP photographer Jim Watson among others, and an Internet sensation was born. …

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