Mackey's Truck Chains

Heavy-linked steel chains rattle in Josh's urgent phone query to Mackey—'Did you get the chains in the truck?'—shivers grip the group outside White House gates as snow threatens, Donna huddles close, Roberta listens on the line. Humorous aside slices political tension, evoking gritty winter prep with clinking metal promise of traction against icy roads, commandeered amid voter charm offensive.