According to legend, 11th-century monarch King Canute ordered his chair to be placed on the beach while
the tide was rising. “You are subject to me,” Canute told the sea. “I command you, therefore, not to rise on to my land, nor to presume to wet the clothing or limbs of your master.”
Of late, ex-President Barack Obama seems to be testing his Canute-like powers. This past week he was spotted maskless conferring with masked construction workers on the site of his new beachfront mansion. Located on the southeast edge of the island of Oahu in Hawaii, the property alone sold for $8.7 million.
This new mansion will help Obama fill out a real estate portfolio that already includes a 7,000-square foot, $12 million waterfront home on Martha’s Vineyard, a short bicycle ride from Chappaquiddick.
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