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Trump Served Fast Food at the White House and Some People Are Freaking Out About It
Townhall.com ^ | January 15, 2019 | Katie Pavlich

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: again; clemson; clemsontigers; faggycritics; food; football; shutdown; tds; trump; whitehouse
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To: TheDandyMan

“...Can’t imagine a less discerning bunch of palates than a group of college football players.”

Newsflash: discerning palettes can enjoy fast food. It’s yummy.


81 posted on 01/15/2019 2:43:33 PM PST by enumerated
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To: Kaslin

“The media is also fact checking how many burgers were actually at the event.”
Nothing gets past the fake news press!


82 posted on 01/15/2019 2:46:08 PM PST by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: Kaslin

Imagine if he had served Chik-fil-A


83 posted on 01/15/2019 2:49:08 PM PST by spintreebob
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To: Kaslin

Exactly.

The only response these idiots deserve from the President and the players is the upraised middle finger.


84 posted on 01/15/2019 2:49:51 PM PST by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all anti-semites.)
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To: Huskrrrr
 
 
Yup - it's all about the calories - practice, practice, practice, burn, burn, burn.
 
 

85 posted on 01/15/2019 3:42:14 PM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: dead

What would these faggy critics have served? Caviar and escargot on Danish rye crackers?


86 posted on 01/15/2019 3:50:41 PM PST by miserare ( Indict Hillary!)
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To: Kaslin

Tell you what, it makes me want to make a Mikey D’s run.

NOW!!!!


87 posted on 01/15/2019 3:52:44 PM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 from 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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To: Busko

Moochie filling her fat face with lobster DRENCHED in butter, washed down by a pint of Stoly!


88 posted on 01/15/2019 3:55:18 PM PST by miserare ( Indict Hillary!)
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To: dead

You’re right!

It looks as though all the comments came from one person.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA...……..

WOW, WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.....BUT WHAT?????


89 posted on 01/15/2019 4:30:37 PM PST by Maris Crane
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To: Kaslin

WOW! Mr President.Great job and I bet the team loved it.Their grand kids will never believe it.


90 posted on 01/15/2019 4:40:28 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Kaslin

Too bad all of those people aren’t smart enough to write well about something that matters...


91 posted on 01/15/2019 4:55:38 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Kaslin

What did the critics expect? Vegan middle linebackers? There is no crying in baseball and no vegans on the football.


92 posted on 01/15/2019 5:34:50 PM PST by chuckee (extended beyond the timens e)
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To: Jim Robinson

Obama spent 65K of taxpayers money and had hot dogs and pizza flown into white house for Chicago hot day at WH back on 2012. But see, that was ok.


93 posted on 01/15/2019 5:58:51 PM PST by Engedi
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To: Kaslin

There is a slogan from the South St. Burger chain that applies....:a burger a day keeps the kale away


94 posted on 01/15/2019 6:20:38 PM PST by xp38
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To: MayflowerMadam
You mean Katie Pavlich?

Not only is she very pretty, she's also very smart and she can shoot with a gun

95 posted on 01/15/2019 6:31:57 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

David Roberts has sand in his vagina


96 posted on 01/15/2019 7:53:25 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Kaslin

97 posted on 01/15/2019 7:56:38 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: Jim Robinson

I’m thinking the next time Trump does something like this, he should also supply some of the school lunches Moochelle made inedible and give them a choice - that’ll really make the libs spew bile....better them than the poor dinner guests....


98 posted on 01/16/2019 3:20:54 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: trebb

Only thing missing from PDJT’s spread was some cultural appropriation.

What if he had ordered 100% Mexican fast food? Jorge Ramos’ head would explode.

Recall how Trump was excoriated for eating a taco tortilla bowl at his desk during the campaign?


99 posted on 01/16/2019 3:32:27 AM PST by elcid1970 (My gun safe is saying, "Room for one more, honey!")
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To: Flick Lives

If each of the 300 hamburgers was 2 inches,they would have piled up to a 50 foot stack. That is a lot of hamburgers. And, they also had salads, fries and pizza.

How many people were there?


100 posted on 01/16/2019 4:39:03 AM PST by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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