Whilst not formally acknowledging any refractive error, Donald Trump today left The White House in a last minute trip to make the most of his Presidential optical allowance, just in case things don’t go his way next week.
The Presidential optical allowance enables the sitting President to choose two pairs from a selected range of non-branded frames and includes single vision hard coated lenses or one pair of executive bifocals, all generously funded by the taxes of optometrists.
Donate to support CRONEA
For the price of one nose pad per month, you can join Team CRONEA and keep the lights on while we work tirelessly to bring humor to the otherwise sad flaccid lives of the eye care industry.
Click To Join Team CRONEA on Patreon
Trump made the surprise visit to the optometrist at 4:50pm, with no appointment and without any documents related to the allowance.
Fortunately for Trump, Washington D.C optometrist Dr Seymour Feldmann has seen this all before.
“Every 4 years it’s the same thing, a frantic president wanting to use their optical allowance before it’s too late. it’s sad really.”
Dr Seymour Feldmann, owner of Washington Optical House
When asked whether performing an eye test on Mr Trump differed from that of a typical patient, Dr Feldmann replied “Well, he talked over me constantly, refused to wear a mask and thought he knew more than me, so no, it was just like every other day at the office.”
