Western White House
Angela Merkel and George W. Bush in front of the main house of the Prairie Chapel Ranch , 2007
The term Western White House is used in the United States , based on the White House, for the additional, privately owned residences of the respective President of the United States , which, like Camp David, are occasionally used on state visits.
Numerous presidents had such a residence. B. Ronald Reagan with his Rancho del Cielo near Santa Barbara (California) , where he spent much of his presidency. Most recently the term was used frequently for the Prairie Chapel Ranch by George W. Bush in McLennan County , Texas .
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- The Royal Hawaiian Hotel , which was temporarily inhabited by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Second World War, was named Western White House during his stay , as he also went about his government business from there.
- The Western White House of Gerald Ford was his property The Lodge at Vail (Colorado) .
- Donald Trump called his " Mar-a-Lago " property in Florida his "Winter White House"
Individual evidence
- ↑ REAGAN DESIGNATES RANCH A 'WESTERN WHITE HOUSE' , New York Times
- ↑ Angela Merkel, George W. Bush, Prairie Chapel Ranch , Spiegel Online
- ↑ Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Roosevelt's Western White House ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ford's Western White House
Web links
Commons : Western White House - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- The Western White House , Young America's Foundation