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He’s greeted by giggling women who hand him a drink and put flower leis around his neck before the president meets him and gives him a brief tour of Mar-a-Lago.

A white lei hung around her neck as she attempted to balance her champion’s plaque awkwardly in one hand.

“I’m sure I’m going to have 50 leis by the time I go home,” he said.

He added a bookshelf, filling it with items, such as Daniel’s boyhood rock collection and a lei from their trip to Maui.

I still remember our trip well, that crispy ahi with pineapple salsa, the rainbows in Kauai and the sweet smell of the orchids and plumeria of the leis.