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A Brief History of Hot Dog Diplomacy

So, what is hot dog diplomacy? And how did the hot dog come to be a White House diplomatic symbol? The story goes like this:  In 1939 — when the war drums were sounding across Europe — the British royalty visited the American president Franklin D. Roosevelt. And this journey included a visit to FDR’s ...

Nathan Machoka

Man holding an American hot dog.