With the government shutdown, I guess they’ve had to furlough some of the White House kitchen staff. So when the Clemson football team stopped by today, Trump served McDonalds, Burger King and Wendy’s.
Here’s the story:
I have to admit, if I went to a special event and they were serving Whoppers and Quarter Pounders, I’d be pretty pleasantly surprised. Then again, though, I’m a fast food junkie.
Jim Wright / Stonekettle nailed it - “Alabama was the real winner tonight.”.
I bet if there wasn’t a shutdown they could afford Carl’s Jr/Hardees.
I would have loved seeing the BK, Wendy’s, and McDonald’s employees faces when 200 burgers were ordered to go. 
I guess the WH staff split up and went to several franchises to get enough burgers quickly.
One BK, Wendy’s, and McDonald’s could never cook them fast enough to fill a WH order.
Fuck. I mean, yes, these are college students, but this is the shit they eat all the time on their own. At least go up a notch to something like Shake Shack or Five Guys.
Again, it’s all about him. “Everything that I like.”
The only possible response from me is: ROLL, MIGHTY CRIMSON TIDE!
If he arranged this himself, it’s pretty much the most competent thing he’s ever done. It’s more of a wacky sitcom episode (the buffoonish president has to arrange his own dinner with no staff!) than anything else.
But I don’t believe for a second that he paid for the food.
There’s a Steamed Hams joke in there somewhere.
First Families usually do have to pay for food themselves, a fact which is a sore point for many since it costs a lot.
So he’ll get billed for it, but he can easily afford it.
An average fast food meal in DC is 7 USD. $1400.
Someone got billed for it, but I’m waiting for a suspicious entry to show up on the financial records of his campaign or some other entity full of other people’s money. If he hadn’t had his charity taken away, I’d assume that paid for the food.
Have you ever picked up food at McDonalds, and then brought it home to eat? If so, then you know how awful that stuff is when it has time to rest. Pizzas would have been a better choice. (If those were the only choices. He could have had the damn thing catered like a wedding party.)
do you know how much all this free advertising this worth? All those hamburgers were probably delivered for free by the companies themselves. In hot trucks.
And then set out on tables on White House silver trays with no heat lamps. Even if the team swooped in immediately to eat after the picture with Trump and the food was taken, it would have all been tepid at best.
And there’s no reason to assume the food was free absent anyone saying so, nor that “hot trucks” were involved (do fast food restaurants typically have such things on hand?).
Of all the stupidity to come out of this administration, this may be the most ridiculous. Look at the grin on Trump’s face; he seems to think he’s actually accomplished something.
Are there any state dinners coming up; will we be treated to official White House photos of Xi Jinping eating Chinese takeout right out of the box?
Oddly, the Clemson players seemed to like the fast food, and didn’t show great disappointment at the lack of foie gras and canapes.
My first thought was “What, you couldn’t at least get a caterer with some foil trays of chicken, pasta and beef?” As Lord Feldon said, it sounds more like a sitcom episode.
Of course, on the list of complaints it falls around eleventy-bajillion.
There’s probably an excluded middle between lukewarm Quarter Pounders and foie gras.
Well-done steaks with ketchup.
Oddly, the young men from Clemson were told to smile and be pleasant by their coaches and escorts and oddly enough they were able to keep their thoughts to themselves, something our president is unable to do.
This was either another 7-dimension chess thingie by Trump, or an unbelievably tacky and classless act. Your call.
Though not depicted in that picture, as i watched video clips from the reception, I’m pretty sure that I saw Dominos boxes, as well.