Posted on 01/16/2019 5:16:52 PM PST by Rummyfan
It wasn’t quite the Cena Trimalchionis, but the robust, non-sissy feast that the President of the United States laid on for the Clemson Tigers — the college football team that just won the national championship — would in its own way have been the envy of Petronius’s diners. No larks’ tongues, but plenty of Big Macs, Whoppers, French fries, and pizza, all served up on gleaming White House china with the condiment proffered from silver bowls.
Donald Trump paid for the repast himself — 1,000 hamburgers he said at one point, though fact checkers at the publicity arm of the Democratic National Committee said that there were probably no more than 300. Since FBI agents were in attendance, the matter was being referred to Special Counsel Robert Mueller for investigation.
The unusual catering arrangements were sparked by the make-believe government ‘shutdown.’ The usual staff were unavailable to perform their duty; the Democrats among them were presumably on a fact-finding mission to inspect lanky blondes in bikinis in Puerto Rico and other sunny climes.
The president joked that he had thought about having the First and Second Ladies prepare salad, but he knew that the Clemson athletes did not use Gillette products (in about a month no man who is not an interior decorator will) and that they would prefer burgers to tofu and spouts. Note that he was admirably ecumenical in his choice of victuals. Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Burger King; ‘If it’s American’, Trump said, ‘I like it.’ Looking over the the beefcakes for whom he ordered the beef, the President observed that ‘We have some very large people that like eating, so I think we’re going to have a little fun.’
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This article is painfully sophomoric....at least the excerpt you posted...
I don’t remember the last burger I had, this is making me hungry
I hope they at least saved a Whopper to shove up Michael Strahan’s #@#.
I love that they were served on silver platters with napkins with the White House emblem on them.
Well, FR ain't The Atlantic is it?
I’m Sorry that In-n-Out burger’s
were not Represented.
Go read the article, it’s very enjoyable
I agree, In-N-Out burgers and White Castle sliders, man what a feast.
Yeah me too. But they are strictly West Coast.
No Larks tongues in aspic? bats nipples? weasel spleens?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy3UiXb2uDQ
I love this guy. The only thing that would have been better would have been big thick T-bones being grilled out on the front lawn. With lots of beer, too. For those who are of age of course/
I'm sure he said when you come back, you guys can make up the menu.
The President is a realist and a people person.
‘If it’s American’, Trump said, ‘I like it.’
Burger King has changed hands so many times in recent years its hard to tell if its British, American, or Brazilian.
Lunch of a lifetime! Let’s not mince words.
I don’t think In-N-Out has made it further west than Texas.
OTOH, Five Guys is on the east coast...
If they would have had $50 steaks for them everyone would be incensed that Trump ate his well done with ketchup. Again.
Freegards
Trump said 1000 burgers etc. meaning items. It could have been 1000 items. It was certainly more than 300 items.
Sorry, not familiar with Cena Trimalchionis as 99.9% here are not. Otherwise, OK.
We want Mueller served up on a silver platter. Fake food and Bob Barr is what we get.
I find the entire gimmick repulsive and so far beneath traditional American sensibilities it’s not even funny. WTHIICAH?
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