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Originally Posted by _tunic_

OK Guys, you can all relax now. Turns out this has just been a bad dream for real. According to Pitchfork, Obama is still the President.



This was written on June 16 2017, so it confuses me that this news is not more wide spread already.

ha ha ha. i wish!

but no. here in 'merica, retired politicians are addressed by their "title" after they leave office

i put title in quotations because it's a bit like nobility-- but not really

but anyway. so it's also still president bush, president clinton, president bush, president carter, etc

there's also secretary clinton, btw.

why not senator clinton? (she was one) i think it goes by this somehow:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit..._of_precedence

that, or their last held title. i'm not sure

but yeah the title sticks for life

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ETA: apparently not! you got me curious and i started google and i found this:

http://emilypost.com/advice/addressi...united-states/

then again, notice the "informal" version.

the usa is a very informal country.

not for nothing we had president bill clinton. that's an informal name, but here nobody notices. see also: joe biden.