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President Donald Trump briefly turned the White House East Room into a burger joint, serving on silver plates an assortment of McDonald\u2019s, Wendy\u2019s and Burger King fare to the victorious Clemson Tigers football team.<\/p>\n
Trump splashed his own cash on the treat for the footballers, who won their second national championship just a week ago, and he blamed the government shutdown for the lack of in-house cooks. The smorgasbord was served at the White House East Room, with piles of hamburgers and French fries resting on silver plates beneath a golden candelabra.<\/p>\n
Before letting the players feast, Trump touted the treat, telling reporters that it was his favorite food.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:\u00a0Trump declines to host Ramadan dinner, breaking 20-yr White House tradition<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI Like it all. It\u2019s all good stuff. Great American food,\u201d<\/em> Trump said. Trump has always been noted for his love for junk food, especially for McDonald\u2019s and Diet Coke. Rumor, spread by Michael Wolff\u2019s book \u2018Fire and Fury,\u2019 has it that Trump has developed a thing for fast food because he is afraid of being poisoned. Whether it\u2019s true or an urban legend, Trump, as he hosted the Tigers on Monday, again professed his love for unhealthy snacks.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have pizzas, we have 300 hamburgers, many, many French fries, all of our favorite foods. I want to see what\u2019s here when we leave, because I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be much,\u201d<\/em> he said, as the celebrations were about to kick off.<\/p>\n While some raised eyebrows over the choice of cuisine, Trump said he saw no other option than to send for takeaway food, because of the record-breaking shutdown and because salads apparently aren\u2019t legitimate food, by Trump standards.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I had a choice. Do we have no food for you? Because we have a shutdown. Or do we give you some little, quick salads that the first lady will make?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI said, you guys aren’t into salads,\u201d<\/em> Trump joked, to cheers from the crowd.<\/p>\n In a particularly bizarre observation on the White House lawn, he remarked that \u201cthey’d like it better than anything we could give,\u201d<\/em> adding that \u201cwe have some very large people that like to eat.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed that Trump fed the Tigers out of his own pocket.<\/p>\n \u201cThe President is personally paying for the event to be catered, with some of everyone\u2019s favorite fast foods,\u201d<\/em> she said in a statement.<\/p>\n While the President seemed to be in high spirits and quite pleased with the way he got out of the conundrum, many on Twitter were not impressed.<\/p>\n Some called the royal cheeseburger treatment Trump had given to the college football champions a disrespect and him \u201ccheep as f**k.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Why does @realDonaldTrump<\/a> think the Clemson champions, when they come to the White House, want to eat the fast food every college student eats every other night?<\/p>\n \u2014 Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) January 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Others described the stunt as a \u201ctacky\u201d<\/em> and a \u201cpure embarrassment\u201d<\/em> on behalf of the commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n Bragging that Trump personally paid for fast food when his own hotel catering is just blocks away doesn\u2019t make him look good Sarah. <\/p>\n It\u2019s flat out tacky and embarrassing. #inners<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/l07bg48ivr<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mo Latno Bill Phelan (@MoBill) January 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n A commenter pointed out that Trump might have simply opted for the \u201ccheapest food available\u201d<\/em> for the occasion, while another noted that the team that has an \u201cexecutive performance chief dietary coach\u201d<\/em> among its staff was likely left unimpressed.<\/p>\n Trump patting himself on the back for paying for the cheapest food available for the Clemson Football team after he shutdown the Government down is about as Trump as you can get<\/p>\n \u2014 Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) January 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Due to the government shutdown, Pres. Trump had to order out to feed the national champion Clemson football team. \u2014 Brandon Pope TV (@BpopeTV) January 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Clemson football has an “executive performance chef” dietary coach, whose specific job is to ensure the players do not eat the very food Donald Trump is serving them in the White House tonight https:\/\/t.co\/oKCj202lhf<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n There were also those who agreed with Trump. \u201cFind me a football player who wouldn\u2019t love to be served a tray full of Big Macs. I guarantee you can\u2019t,\u201d<\/em> a commenter wrote.<\/p>\n People are really finding a reason to complain that Trump had some football players over and served them a fast food feast. Find me a football player who wouldn’t love to be served a tray full of Big Macs. I guarantee you can’t .<\/p>\n \u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) January 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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So… he chose McDonalds, Wendy\u2019s and Burger King. The same food the team could have got at a rest stop 😂 pic.twitter.com\/UaAv4wvsjq<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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