Major Biden allows us to return to our obsession with DC dogs
Having a dog around the Oval Office is a good way for a president to stay true to being a ‘man of the people’. Hail to the four-legged boost to our mental health and wellbeing, writes Lucy Anna Gray
It’s just over 50 days into his presidency and Joe Biden has already taken numerous steps to reverse actions from the Trump years, signing executive orders like they’re going out of fashion (more of which you can read about in The Independent’s recent Reddit AMA with our US team).
He’s rebuked Vladimir Putin, halted building of the border wall and rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement – a welcome return to order for some, and a hated reminder of the establishment for others. There’s one development which has united almost every American, though: dogs are back in the White House.
The Biden household has two German shepherds, Champ and Major, and they’re both rescue dogs. Since moving in to the most famous abode on Pennsylvania Avenue (and then swiftly back out again), the latter canine has been making headlines for causing a “minor injury” to a White House staff member.
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