Manhattan, NY – Obama’s Credit Card Declined At Trendy NYC Restaurant

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    Manhattan, NY – The Secret Service is charged with watching the president’s back, but who’s watching his wallet?

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    When his credit card was declined last month while dining in New York, President Barack Obama wondered if he had become a victim of identity theft.

    “It turned out, I guess I don’t use it enough,” Obama said Friday at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

    “They thought there was some fraud going on,” he said, chatting while announcing a government plan to tighten security for debit cards that transfer federal benefits like Social Security to millions of Americans.

    “I was trying to explain to the waitress ‘No, I really think that I’ve been paying my bills.'”

    Fortunately first lady Michelle Obama was able to whip out a credit card they could use.

    Identity theft is a growing problem and an estimated 100 million people have been affected by security breaches in the past year at retailers like Target and Home Depot.

    “Even I’m affected by this,” he said.

    Employees at Estela, the New York restaurant where Obama dined on Sept. 24 while attending the U.N. General Assembly, said they couldn’t discuss the credit card issue.

    Photos of the president’s order had been posted on the restaurant’s Instagram page but have since been taken down. The food blog, Epicurius, captured the images and detailed the order in a Sept. 25 post, saying the first couple ate “two orders of endive salad and burrata with salsa verde, tomatoes, and salt cod croquettes.”


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    jack25
    jack25
    9 years ago

    Perhaps he didn’t pay his bill!

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    9 years ago

    An amusing story.

    9 years ago

    But what about the federal debt? It should send a “declined” notice to those folks in DC!

    mewhoze
    mewhoze
    9 years ago

    and this is newsworthy because why??

    Benny
    Benny
    9 years ago

    Maybe he used up his credit card to its limits like he did to our economy, and now can’t afford to pay his bills, like USA has no clue how to pay its dept anymore!

    9 years ago

    Rabosei, anyone going to Lakewood?
    This is a vey serious matter. I suggested to the president and he agreed to travel to Lakewood tonight and try to get there a permit that will help him easier to shnurr some money to help pay off his credit card account in default.
    Rabosei, time is running out, Checks Hussein Obama, tax deductible, we have a credit card machine, thank you for listening. . . . . Next Maariv in the Sukkah.

    9 years ago

    Obama should try next time he cant pay his credit card bill to come over for dinner to Masbia . We don’t discriminate and we wont ask him for his credit card or ID.