Posted on 01/15/2019 11:51:16 AM PST by Kaslin
Monday night the Clemson Football National Champions made a visit to the White House where President Trump hosted them for dinner in the State Dining Room. The President personally paid for a lavish spread of fast food from a variety of establishments.
“The President wanted to host a fun event to celebrate the College Football National Champion Clemson Tigers. Because the Democrats refuse to negotiate on border security, much of the residence staff at the White House is furloughed – so the President is personally paying for the event to be catered with some of everyone’s favorite fast foods,” Press Secretary Sarah Sanders released in a statement.
Here’s a video I shot of President Trump showing off his 300 hamburgers. pic.twitter.com/P06S6I5w07— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) January 14, 2019
Earlier this evening, President @realDonaldTrump treated the Clemson Tigers football team to dinner in the State Dining Room! #ALLIN pic.twitter.com/P5JAo6yzfR— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 15, 2019
"I think we're going to serve McDonald's, Wendy's, & Burger King, with some pizza. I would think that's their favorite food." — Trump, on Clemson football team visit pic.twitter.com/QPQ5SFSZhQ— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 14, 2019
While the Clemson Tigers seemed to be enjoying themselves, a number of President Trump's critics lost their minds over the presentation.
1. US fast food emerges out of a vast network of animal suffering & ecological destruction & in turn has produced an epidemic of ill health. In large swathes of the country it is the cheapest & sometimes only option, thanks to a skein of implicit & explicit subsidies ... https://t.co/DmXHMrCcH0— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
2. ... backed by ubiquitous, relentless corporate advertising. Yet somehow this unholy stew of capitalist exploitation & corporate welfare has taken on a vaguely populist air. Already I guarantee there are people responding to the first tweet calling me a tedious scold.— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
3. Yes, in many places fast food is the cheapest option, so many poor & working class people depend on it. Yes, it tastes good, because it is literally designed in f'ing laboratories to stimulate our taste centers. So, yes, lots of ordinary people eat it & like it! But ...— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
4. ... it is super-weird to then extend fast food some sort of populist credibility, as though to criticize it is to criticize the people who eat it. It seems to me that is exactly what McF'ingDonalds wants. It's what Chevrolet & WalMart want. They all want a protective sheen ...— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
5. ... of virtue, patriotism, populism, down-home community, derived from the people who use their products. But that's just advertising. These are giant multinational corporations. Their primary objective is to deliver quarterly returns to shareholders. All else is subordinate.— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
6. They lobby & bribe politicians to regulate them loosely, to subsidize their products, & above all to help them avoid financial responsibility for the social, health, & ecological damage they do. They plaster advertising on every available surface, object, or medium.— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
7. The status quo is a corrupt deal between multinational corporations & politicians. It's a crap deal for ordinary people, as evidenced by the health outcomes. The fact that they've got ordinary people defending them, casting critics as elitist, is a brilliant f'ing con.— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
8. It's corporatism & crony capitalism masquerading as populism -- a bunch of confused & vaguely reactionary narratives distracting from the core goal of concentrating more wealth & power at the top. In short, it is Trump all over. </fin> pic.twitter.com/0ULyC3Hb3e— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
The media is also fact checking how many burgers were actually at the event.
Impeach Trump now for serving low class food in the White House!
A bunch of 18-23 year old men, many from the inner city, and they are really going to have a problem with McDonald’s? Please...
Sneering Erin can go make me a sammwich!
I remember how the Left took comedians ripping on Bill Clinton for jogging to a burger joint.
My, aren’t their memories convenient?
I don’t recall the left freaking out over bammy eating fast food.
Snowflakes gotta have something to freak out over.
I remember how the Left took comedians ripping on Bill Clinton for jogging to a burger joint.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYt0khR_ej0
“Jim, let me tell you something. There’s gonna be a whole buncha things we don’t tell Mrs Clinton...fast food is the least of our worries!”
You should head on over to Twitter. The left is freaking out over this.
Trump tweeted 1000 burgers etc. - there were burgers, pizza, fries, salads, could have easily been 1000 items there.
On the other hand, I think he knows his target audience. Can’t imagine a less discerning bunch of palates than a group of college football players.
More winning! Trump hatred is right up the wazoo.
Burger joints: Huge sales for that day. Win
Players: 21-22 year old HUNGRY males. Junk Food. Win
President Trump got to feed these boys: Win
Media outraged: Win
I’d say it was a good day all around.
Prolly had massive wedgies inflicted on his skinny ass throughtout his school years .. and maybe still .. LOL !
I wish that I could still eat fast food.
Fast food galore. So it’s not the usual five star White House menu. So what?
Give me a break.
If I were going to the White House to meet the President, I wouldn’t be concerned about what I’m going to eat.
But how many scoops of ice cream did everyone get?
Roger that .. I'd rather just walk around the place and talk with the Prez and Melania for an hour or two !
They didn’t complain about Obama eating cheeseburgers and fries or his wife eating french fires!!! Typical Hypocrites!!!
The nitwits at WaPo have logged another “lie” by Trump by claiming there was a mile-high stack of hamburgers. WaPo expended detailed research of the photos to dispute this. Really. The WaPo is sick and obsessed.
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