@cross @mattblaze
I don't understand the knives thing either. Weirdly, they locked the knives away but left the knife block empty on the counter (which is how we discerned they were missing, rather than non-existent).
Just asked spouse and sib to affirm my memory of this. They recall there was no silverware at all when we arrived. It was all wrapped in plastic and stashed in the boiler room.
Maybe he hosted an event at the end of his stay and it never got unpacked?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fork-it-over-secret-service-confiscates-utensils-at-obama-speech