evidence: Harry Truman to Donald Trump: "If You Want a Friend in Washington, Get a Dog!" In terms of character, conduct, temperament, and malignantly narcissistic tendencies and tone, Donald Trump is like noother American president — and he differs from his more dignified predecessors in another simple but significant way: he is the only chief executive since Harry Truman who doesn’t have a family pet in the White House. [...] As dark clouds of controversy and suspicions of Russian collusion — and even treason — swirl around the White House, our increasingly embattled and isolated "president" might be well-advised to adopt a family pet to help deflect criticism from enemies who are calling for his removal or impeachment. Or, as Harry Truman would wisely advise, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog!"