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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 6 Oct 2017

    Truman at poker table in retirement, 1956: #TrumanLibrarypic.twitter.com/oHFc3hInMY

    12:28 PM - 6 Oct 2017
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      2.  🇫🇷Calumet Dundee 🇩🇪‏ @Chet_Kincaid 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @dick_nixon

         🇫🇷Calumet Dundee 🇩🇪 Retweeted Michael Beschloss

        This is fake! Where are all the other Presidents from Washington to Reagan that he always plays poker with!?https://twitter.com/beschlossdc/status/916384674997522432 …

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        Michael BeschlossVerified account @BeschlossDC
        Truman at poker table in retirement, 1956: #TrumanLibrary pic.twitter.com/oHFc3hInMY
        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3.  🇫🇷Calumet Dundee 🇩🇪‏ @Chet_Kincaid 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Chet_Kincaid @BeschlossDC @dick_nixon

        How it really happened:pic.twitter.com/8AcjFRaOEg

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      2. Michael Gormley‏ @GormleyAlbany 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @bobhardt

        ... and James Madore covered this, too.

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      3. Michael Gormley‏ @GormleyAlbany 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @GormleyAlbany @BeschlossDC @bobhardt

        ..Harry Truman learns the bucks stop at JTpic.twitter.com/F3ze3E8swm

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      2. Peter Wolf‏ @peterawolf 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @dick_nixon

        Ever get a chance to play a hand with Give ‘Em Hell Harry, Mr. President?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Richard M. Nixon‏ @dick_nixon 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @peterawolf @BeschlossDC

        I feel like he would have given us a run for it.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Peter Wolf‏ @peterawolf 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @dick_nixon @BeschlossDC

        Probably couldn’t have bluffed him with a pair of twos like that sorry Lt. Commander.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. John Russell‏Verified account @JohnRussell99 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Whose paneled basement?

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      1. Paul McMann‏ @MannAtlanta 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Isn't that Ruth Bader Ginsburg standing behind Truman and others?

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      1. QuincyQuarry‏ @QuincyQuarry 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @dick_nixon

        Sir, just how often did you did clean out Harry's chips?

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      1. KEVIN 🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈‏ @kgwrotethis 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Vice President Truman was playing poker on April 12, 1945...the day he was summoned to the White House to become POTUS.

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      1. Angus McRockford‏ @AngusRockford 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @dick_nixon

        The days when men put on ties to play poker. Amazing.

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      1. Ray Trifari‏ @RayTrifari 7 Oct 2017
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        pic.twitter.com/Sxr5akNv5q

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      1. Parker Hodges‏ @m_parker_hodges 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Gotta love that this is in a basement of Anywhere USA.

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      2. Thomas Edsall‏ @Edsall 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @bobhardt

        Who are other players

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      3. Bob Hardt‏Verified account @bobhardt 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Edsall @BeschlossDC

        It looks like Norman Mailer -- but it's not

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      1. Bill Ridge  🇺🇸‏ @BillRidge 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Very cool pic. My grandfather was at that party. Thanks for sharing!

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      1. rob grant‏ @rrhgrant 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        "Your bucks stop here"

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