Trump: We'll serve McDonald's, Burger King to visiting Clemson football team

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

President Trump said Monday that the White House will serve food from fast food chains McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King, as well as pizza, to the national champion Clemson University Tigers during the football team's visit later in the day.

"I really mean it," Trump told reporters outside the White House. "It will be interesting. And I would think that’s their favorite food."

The president is scheduled to participate in a public event with the team at 6:30 p.m. in the East Room of the White House. He said their visit is dependent on the weather after the Washington, D.C., area received up to a foot of snow over the weekend.

Monday will mark the second time the Clemson University football team will visit Trump at the White House. The team also made the trip following its national championship victory in 2017.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/425186-trump-well-serve-mcdonalds-burger-king-to-visiting-clemson-football

[The Truth Is Here]

1. Uh no, dork, that's your favorite food.

I'm sure the Tigers team have their own favorites that differs with you.

[highplainsdem]

3. I'm sure their coaches would like them eating healthier.

And it seems insulting to offer them cheap junk food at the White House.

[billpolonsky]

20. My thoughts exactly

Athletes don't get to be Champions on Junk food diets

[Downtown Hound]

2. Why doesn't Trump just install a McDonald's in the White House?

Kind of fitting when you think about it. Both sort of represent America.

[Gregory Peccary]

14. Or better yet

Install a White Castle in the White House

[marble falls]

61. The orange haired clown's already there, right?

[3catwoman3]

65. Excellent observation. The fast food chain has...

...Ronald McDonald, and we have Donald McDonald.

[matt819]

4. WTF. Just WTF?!

You know, when I go someplace special, whether on my own dime or on invitation, I kind of look forward to being treated special. When I go to a wedding, for example, I'm king of expecting a nice meal and some really good cake. If I splurge on a restaurant, I expect linens and fine food. If my goal is to impress a partner, same thing.

If I'm invited to the White House, I would expect to be treated to the best that it offers. A nice spread, maybe some wine. Maybe some great craft beer. At least top notch coffee.

If I wanted McDonald's, Burger King, and pizza, I can do that on my own, and still have change.

This is not news, but he's fucking crazy.

And if there's a racial component - I know Clemson is not an HBCU, but I don't know the racial makeup of the team - then this is just SMH fucked up. And if that's the case, why not go all the way, offering fried chicken, collard greens and watermelon?

[LisaM]

21. I don't think you offer college students - many of whom are underage - alcohol.

Other than that, I totally agree, they should be able to come up with a nice spread, and it should be themed to Clemson, a nod to South Carolina food, for example. Who doesn't do that in a case like this?

[matt819]

39. Whoops on the alcohol

The rest of it still applies.

Exactly. Who doesn't do that? Of course, that would require common courtesy and human decency, which this traitorous buffoon lacks.

[mr_lebowski]

22. It's a college football team ... I'd be shocked if there's a single major program that's not minimum

60% African-American, and I suspect for many it's notably higher.

Not proof, in and of itself, that this catering decision was racially-tinged (now, catering only from Church's Chicken ... as you suggest ... that'd be a bit obvious) ...

Truth is you tend to get pretty sick of fast food and pizza in college because you tend to eat at those kinda joints a lot ... cheap, easy, no cleanup, etc.

I DOUBT this is the meal they were hoping for, put it that way.

[2naSalit]

28. That's exactly what I was thinking.

All of it.

Perhaps they'll decline the offer and maybe show up but leave the crap on the table. I wouldn't touch it. Just the smell is bad enough.

[BarbD]

24. Was thinking the same thing --

[japple]

32. The White House kitchen has probably become dysfunctional since the tRUMPS moved in.

Cobwebs and mice droppings everywhere. Greasy buildup on the stove from tRUMP's fried steaks. They probably had no choice but to bring in takeout food.

(just to be on the safe side)

[Dave Starsky]

43. It's Trump's notorious poisoning paranoia.

It's ramping up to a fever pitch, now that the vice is really tightening on him.

Now he's making all White House guests eat the same prefabricated garbage he does.

[japple]

49. Would love to see his menu for a State Dinner! Chicken Wings

would be predominant!

Soup: Chili from Wendys
Entree: Choice of Big Mac or KFC Buckets o' Chicken
Salad: Nada
Sides: Fries from MickeyD or Wendys or baked beans from KFC

Dessert: Frosties from Wendys

[Dave Starsky]

50. He won't eat anything that's not produced at random from fast food.

That is how he protects himself from being poisoned by Russia.

[jmowreader]

33. Here's the team roster

Roster: https://clemsontigers.com/sports/football/roster/
Depth chart: https://clemsonsportstalk.com/clemson-football/depth-chart

The white guys are:
Justin Falcinetti: graduate student, plays center (first team)
Greg Huegel: senior, plays kicker (first team)
Mitch Hyatt: senior, plays offensive tackle (first team)
Trevor Lawrence: freshman, plays QB (first team)
Tanner Muse: junior, plays free safety (first team)
Sean Pollard: junior, plays right guard (first team)
Hunter Renfrow: senior, plays wide receiver (first team) and punt returner (second team)
Austin Spence: senior, plays long snapper (first team)
Will Spiers: sophomore, plays punter (first team) and holder (second team)
Will Swinney: sophomore, plays holder (first team) and wide receiver (third team)
Garrett Williams: junior, plays tight end (first team)

Matt Bockhorst: freshman, plays left guard (second team)
Chase Brice: freshman, plays QB (second team)
Gage Cervenka: junior, plays center (second team), right guard (second team)
J.C. Chalk: sophomore, plays tight end (second team)
Carson King: senior, plays punter (second team)
Patrick Phibbs: junior, plays long snapper (second team)
B.T. Potter: freshman, plays kicker (second team)
Chandler Reeves: sophomore, plays right tackle (second team)
Alex Spence: graduate student, plays kicker (second team)
Chad Smith: graduate student, plays middle linebacker (second team)
Cade Stewart: sophomore, plays right guard (second team)
Nolan Turner: sophomore, plays strong safety (second team)

Ben Batson: freshman, plays QB (third team)
Kyle Cote: graduate student, plays free safety (third team)
Noah DeHond: freshman, plays offensive tackle (third team)
Zach Giella: junior, plays center or right guard (third team)
Jack Maddox: freshman, plays long snapper (third team)
Hall Morton: sophomore, plays strong safety (third team)
James Skalski: junior, plays weakside linebacker (third team)
Cannon Smith: senior, plays tight end (third team)
Blake Vinson: freshman, plays right tackle (third team)

J.L. Banks: junior, plays tight end (not on depth chart)
Michael Becker: freshman, plays safety (not on depth chart)
Tyler Brown: sophomore, plays tight end (not on depth chart)
Will Brown: freshman, plays wide receiver (not on depth chart)
Peter Cote: freshman, plays safety (not on depth chart)
Carson Donnelly: freshman, plays safety (not on depth chart)
Jacob Edwards: freshman, plays defensive tackle (not on depth chart)
James Edwards: freshman, plays defensive tackle (not on depth chart)
Bobby Gettys: freshman, plays offensive lineman (not on depth chart)
Carter Groomes: sophomore, plays wide receiver (not on depth chart)
Landon Holden: sophomore, plays linebacker (not on depth chart)
Matthew King: senior, plays linebacker (not on depth chart)
Ryan Mac Lain: senior, plays running back (not on depth chart)
Max May: freshman, plays wide receiver (not on depth chart)
Jack McCall: freshman, plays cornerback (not on depth chart)
Patrick McClure: freshman, plays QB (not on depth chart)
Seth Penner: senior, plays offensive guard (not on depth chart)
Luke Price: freshman, plays linebacker (not on depth chart)
Cole Renfrow: sophomore, plays tight end (not on depth chart)
Nick Rowell: senior, plays defensive tackle (not on depth chart)
Logan Rudolph: freshman, plays defensive end (not on depth chart)
Steven Sawicki: junior, plays punter/placekicker (not on depth chart)
Baylon Spector: freshman, plays linebacker (not on depth chart)
Drew Swinney: freshman, plays wide receiver (not on depth chart)
Ty Thomason: senior, plays running back (not on depth chart)
Jake Venables: freshman, plays linebacker (not on depth chart)
Tristan Walliser: sophomore, plays linebacker (not on depth chart)

Most of the team is African-American...so yeah, there probably is a racial component to this. Trump's whole decision matrix revolves around how many people he can piss off.

[tblue37]

69. After he blathered a bit, he LEFT. He didn't even stick around to shake hands or chat

up the players. He just walked out on them.

That isn't how you host a group of people to honor their accomplishments.

[HoosierDebbie]

5. It is possible that most of the employees

in the food prep areas are furloughed from work.

[matt819]

40. Okay

Then he should pay for something special. Not Dominoes and Burger King.

Order from a local business. Though that won't work because no local business would sell to him.

Or, a local business should offer food for free - from the local business/businesses to the team. Make a production of it. Business to team, not to trump.

[d_r]

60. anybody with sense

would have had some bbq. Period.

[bdtrppr6]

6. Drumbf is like school in the summertime,

NO CLASS!

[riversedge]

7. This is news?? uga uga

[Solly Mack]

8. Sounds like a truck stop visit.

Don't get me wrong. I have stopped at some top quality truck/way stops in American and Europe.

But this visit ain't it.

Trump cheapens everything.

[Initech]

12. Maybe he's taking cues from Richmond Valentine on "Kingsman"?

[Solly Mack]

16. Nah. That's an act. Trump is bona fide dump bin.

[Mr.Bill]

9. What!!!

No KFC?

[aggiesal]

10. He's serving them his leftovers ...

probably because the WH Kitchen Staff was hit by the
government shutdown and are currently furloughed.

[Initech]

11. Are they visiting the White House or that Pilot Station off the interstate?

[The Truth Is Here]

13. Nah,the Flying J.

[jmowreader]

38. Trump is too declass to patronize Flying J

He's more of a "Shell station on the other side of the Interstate from the Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete, Louisiana" kind of guy.

[SunSeeker]

15. That'll teach them to accept Trump's White House invite.

[Paladin]

17. With questionable FDA inspection, thanks to trump's shutdown?

Maybe those teams need to skip that food. Hell, they ought to skip the visit to trump's lair, altogether.

[backtoblue]

18. Asshole. He should bring the maralogo chef and feed them a decent meal

Instead hes ordering the cheapest, unhealthiest fast foods.

[tblue37]

70. If all the greasy, crappy fast food pizzas, Domino's is the worst--worse even than Papa John's!

[SWBTATTReg]

19. I'm surprised that the team is even going to the WH. I view this visit (if they are truly...

going to the WH) as them supporting the racist bigot in office. I don't like this. I hope that they don't go. There are other ways to celebrate, not this.

[mastermind]

23. is that crap anyone's fave food, well. other than tRump

[murielm99]

25. I tried to think of any fast food

that I could actually crave. The only ones I like are Boston Market and Subway. But I haven't eaten in either place in about five years.

We do order pizza sometimes.

[Dave Starsky]

42. I LOVE Subway.

But I sure as HELL wouldn't choose it over a square sit-down meal prepared by a competent chef.

And McDonald's and Burger King? YGTBFKM.

[murielm99]

55. I haven't been to Subway in a long time

because we have a GREAT locally owned sub shop and ice cream parlor. It is called Polo Sub Stop.

I'll take locally owned over a chain any time!

p.s. I don't mean to sound like a commercial. I have no affiliation with this tiny business.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

26. Chick-fil-A was not available? NT

[mwooldri]

41. Maybe it was Sunday? n/t

[watoos]

27. The college football players I knew,

had steak for breakfast, at least the linemen did.

[2naSalit]

29. Just f'ing wow...

And I would think that’s their favorite food."

[Democrats_win]

30. Do Your Job Dumb Donald!

This football thing should not happen until this clown opens the government again. People should really be mad that this ass hat gets to do anything while people are suffering due to his idiot Trump shut down. Where do they get the money for McD's?

[Hekate]

31. Remember when the WH kitchens were staffed by real chefs who were proud of their work?

When the WH could host anyone of any rank and we could all feel good about the level of hospitality shown on our behalf as a country?

I have long felt that no one with any professional pride is left in that kitchen. How could they be, with the Clown in charge?

[GeorgeGist]

34. No KFC?

[DRoseDARs]

35. This is more reminiscent of Bush's blithering idiocy rather than Trump's signature petty awfulness.

These are male college football players, so he isn't that far off the mark with this. Calm down people. Coming fresh off his totally appropriate* and culturally sensitive* remark yesterday about Warren's video with her husband and dog, pizza and burgers for college jocks should not register on any properly functioning Asshole Meter. Cheap Bastard Meters should be pinging pretty hard, though.



*Do I really need to point out those are sarcastic? We live on one of the dark timelines, so yes.

[Blue_Tires]

36. Classy to the last...

remember this is the dude who went to a state dinner over at G-8 or wherever and he ordered a steak with ketchup(!)

[haele]

37. What a condenscending idiot. This isn't a f'n High School JV league championship winner.

"Hey, great game kids! Let's go out for Pizza, I'm buying..."

These "kids" have been training to be professional level athletes for the last few years. At this level, the Universities have been ensuring that these kids have been eating quality food, fresh and minimally processed, high in protein, balanced for their particular body requirements every f'n day.
The training facilities in pretty much all the BCS campuses have actual chefs to make proper food that young people who may have grown up on Micky-D's will eat.

One of my spouse's 2nd cousins goes to USC on an athletic scholarship; the "cheeseburgers" he regularly eats are freshly ground beef (or grilled fish or chicken fillets) on a thin whole-grain bun baked at the facility, a choice between goat cheese or thin sliced deli cheeses, any number of mix of greens and fresh or grilled veggies (tomatos, avocados, onions, house pickle, zucchini), and mushrooms sautéed in the house vinigerette that also acts as the dressing. Fries or Onion rings are made fresh in batches. Their "pizza" is a fresh and hand-thrown whole grain crust with lots of fresh quality meats, cheeses and veggies and minimal sauce made in house, in an appropriate sized single serving of each. They also get all sorts of protein smoothies and minimally processed snacks to fill the time.

When he gets home on break, cousin does not eat out at the cheap places with the family and he will not eat drive-through, because he always feels sick afterwards. He only eats home cooked, or sticks with a salad if they were eating out.

College Athletes don't eat like a staving General Studies student does, nor do they "suffer" on bland Cafeteria food. They eat like a mid-level executive on a Pro-Athlete's diet. Serving them McDonalds, Burger King, and Pizza Hut? F-you. That's going to screw with their guts, and most of them know it.

Haele

[Mosby]

64. what's wrong with pizza sauce?

Tomatoes are loaded with lycopene, the sauce is probably the healthiest part of pizza.

[jmowreader]

44. Dear President Trump...

We, the members of the 2018-19 National BCS Champion Clemson Tigers Football Team, send our regrets. We will not be attending any "public event" that you're involved with, in the White House or anywhere else on the planet, while the government is shut down.

We have decided you have no business doing meaningless photo opportunities while 800,000 government workers are at very real risk of losing their homes through no fault of their own.

And in case you're wondering, we don't eat what you're planning to serve.

Get back to work.
--The Clemson Tigers

[truthisfreedom]

45. Shit-for-brains strikes again.

[obamanut2012]

46. This is racist

Why don't people see this is racist???

[steve2470]

48. that's what struck me right away nt

[obamanut2012]

53. Glad there is someone else!

I'm as white as white can be, and I can hear the dog whistling loud and clear.

[steve2470]

62. somehow I think if the teams had been all-Caucasian, this would not have happened

He would have reserved some swanky restaurant in Washington (if they could not be served in the White House) and
taken them there.

[empedocles]

51. Like to see a few players, easiest for seniors, refuse to show or kowtow

[tanyev]

52. McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King understand they'll be expected to comp that food?

[irisblue]

54. Freakin knew it. WH residence staff is furloughed

MSNBC (@MSNBC) Tweeted:
White House says President Trump "is personally paying for” event with National Champions Clemson tonight "to be catered with some of everyone’s favorite fast foods,” because "much of the residence staff at the White House is furloughed” due to the ongoing government shutdown. https://t.co/abr5wFrc1I

Link to tweet

[irisblue]

56. Cold fast food....🤦

[irisblue]

57. He's bragging on it. I feel sorry for Clemson FB now.

Hunter Walker (@hunterw) Tweeted:
Here’s a video I shot of President Trump showing off his 300 hamburgers. https://t.co/P06S6I5w07

Link to tweet

🤦

[Gothmog]

58. arggh

Link to tweet

[dflprincess]

68. "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of weath and taste...."

"I shouted out who killed the Kennedys when after all it was y̶o̶u̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶m̶e̶ Ted Cruz' father".

[C_U_L8R]

59. Thanks to Trump's shutdown

Guess what's not being inspected... hamburger meat.

Have another Big Mac, Donald.

[GusBob]

63. What would they rather have?

Wings
Subs
Chik Fil A
Ribs or BBQ

hamburgers way down the line

[Shaddox]

66. What! No bouncy castle or ball pit! JFC, this racist MF literally can't do ANYTHING right.

[Retrograde]

67. You shouldn't post headlines from The Onion

This is from The Onion, right? Because no one but a classless slob would serve fast food to White House visitors.

BTW, have there been any Melania sightings recently? Like this year?

[Sapient Donkey]

71. Everyday. There is always something.

They can't do anything that isn't an embarrassment.

[TexasBushwhacker]

72. If only there was a Trump Hotel nearby, they could have catered

Oh, wait

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/10/683638056/shutdown-shutters-many-d-c-tourist-attractions-but-not-the-one-in-trumps-hotel

[dalton99a]

73. One fucked up asshole

[scarytomcat]

74. man he really knows how to threat top notch athletes

and totally gets kids