Trumps inaugural cake was commissioned to look exactly like Obamas, baker says

[Stonepounder]

Source: Washington Post

Amid the glitz of President Trump’s inaugural festivities, one item stood out in particular late Friday night: a spectacular nine-tier cake that the new president and Vice President Pence cut into with a sword.

To pastry chef Duff Goldman, the cake seemed a little too familiar — because it looked almost exactly like one he had made years earlier for Barack Obama’s second inauguration as president.

Just after midnight, the Food Network personality posted a side-by-side comparison of two cakes on his Twitter account.

On the left, Goldman wrote in the caption, was the cake he had created for the “Commander-in-Chief” inaugural ball in 2013. The one on the right was the cake that had just appeared at Trump’s “Salute Our Armed Services” ball.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2017/01/21/trump-had-a-huge-luxurious-inauguration-cake-was-it-plagiarized/

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Trump had someone go to another bakery with a photo of Obama's cake and asked them to recreate it 'exactly'. He's not even low-class, he is a no-class plagurist, just like his wife and the others he surrounds himself with.

[George II]

1. I hope he gets paid for it.

[FarPoint]

21. Hahahaha

He definitely has a reputation of stiffing vendors

[bucolic_frolic]

2. I find this opulence so repulsive

in Fact all of Washington, there really is a swamp, too bad Orange Boy
is inbreeding the swamp

[underpants]

3. Stole Obama's inauguration pics and now this

They must think they live where people don't have memories

[cstanleytech]

11. That would explain his claim of "I never "mocked" a disabled reporter"

even though there is video of him doing exactly that.

[madville]

4. They do this stuff on purpose to generate publicity and keep the media distracted

They are probably sitting around gloating about the media taking every piece of bait that gets thrown to them. The media then can't spend much time on each "controversy" because a new one pops up daily. They probably have stuff developed and held in reserve, ready for release as needed.

[tanyev]

5. Sad!

[Big Blue Marble]

6. It is mostly made of styrofoam!

Obama's was all cake. What a fitting metaphor for this administration.

[Crash2Parties]

25. Not true: according to the baker, there was a 3-inch slice of real cake for the cameras.

and if that is not symbolic of this administration I don't know what is.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Weird. On one hand he's trying to erase all vestiges of the Obama administration

while at the same time copying its appearance.

[Leith]

8. It Gets Even Better

Quote from the article and the owner of the business that created it:

All but a three-inch slice at the bottom was inedible.

“It’s just a Styrofoam cake. It’s not for eating,” she said. “I wasn’t expecting it to be seen on TV.”

[Docreed2003]

26. Lmao!! That's hilarious!!

[Yo_Mama]

9. It would have been a party planner; people at Trump's level don't get involved in these matters.

I agree, a bit crass, but it's got nothing to do with Trump.

[TexasBushwhacker]

12. Makes me wonder if the planner is an Obama fan

Assuming it was a planner who chose the cake, it would be pretty funny. Obviously someone would recognize it. I can't imagine Trump would knowingly choose Obama's cake. His choice would have much more gold.

The fact that it's a fake cake is pretty appropriate. Obama is the real deal. Trump is a fancy prop.

[forgotmylogin]

14. Why pay for cake they aren't going to share?

I'm surprised the directive wasn't "same as this, but spray paint it gold."

[dalton99a]

10. But it's FAKE. "All but a three-inch slice at the bottom" was styrofoam.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. Follow the links. The profits are going to the Human Rights Campaign.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPiBprwF4JP/

[underthematrix]

15. We now know with absolute certainty

that white supremacy is a synonym for #MelaninEnvy

[uppityperson]

16. "it was meant to be a prop", rather like Twitler

[NWCorona]

17. Here's a comparison picture

[matt819]

18. The fucker has to plagiarize a fucking cake??!#$!? (nt)

[teezy]

19. I feel like he's probably overtly mocking the Obamas.

Either that, or he's taking things they did and re-doing them the "Trump" way to take attention away from the Obamas and put it on themselves. It's almost like the message he's sending is, "We can do it better". So just take everything that belonged to the Obamas and assume credit for it.

That's why Melania plagiarized Michelle's speech, why they stole their photos and why they had the exact same cake made. To me it seems like a cruel intention to re-write the last 8 years because they know half the country will believe it, no matter how easily it can be disproven. They've already started this campaign about the media lying and it's been hugely successful at turning people against their information sources.

It's horrifying.

[MissB]

20. He clearly wishes he was as popular as President Obama.

What a freak.

[Crunchy Frog]

22. He's obviously got "Obama envy". Sad.

[Ilsa]

24. Someone should tweet all of this, especially "Obama envy".

Make him crazy.

[Native]

23. This is absolutely bizarre.

[MFM008]

27. Its not envy

Its part of the plan to absorb the Obama legacy to blur the lines...
On Monday asshole will begin the executive orders to begin to TRY to dismantle as much as he can
that Obama got done.
Plus maggot knows it will piss off all the "bitches" that marched against him. I can see this so clear.
Look for him to roll back abortion rights . Whatever he can...........

[montana_hazeleyes]

28. This is really creepy,

and is really scary. Damn.

[Cha]

29. Why couldn't he get his own cake? What kind of stalker is he?