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[–] [email protected] 94 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

Has to be noted that the White house chef and the rest of the government employees were furloughed due to Govt shutdown. Still shit.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-appearances/the-pure-american-banality-of-donald-trumps-white-house-fast-food-banquet

[–] [email protected] 51 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Mh, I wonder who was behind the government shutdown...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

GOP in Congress.

The one time the Dems shut down the government it was a legalism that was quickly repaired.

GOPs get elected and then mess up the government they are suppsoed to be running.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-history-congress/

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Too bad the president at the time wasn't a guy who always bragged about how rich he was, a guy who had a hotel just down the street with a bunch of high-paid chefs that weren't just reheating Whopper patties.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I would imagine his chefs are not paid well, to be honest

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Rich, maybe. Kind, definitely not.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago

This is a perfect example of being completely right to be critical but for the wrong reason and the real reason is way worse.

Trumps ineptitude led to the white house staff being out of work without pay which had much larger real world consequences than some ball players eating a shitty meal.

How many of those furloughed workers kids missed meals entirely because of trumps fuck up? But there was no photo op at those kitchen tables.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He still had a bajillion other options. He chose this because he has no class, no taste buds, and was probably paid by McDonald's.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And don’t forget the racism.

Most of thar basketball team was black, and he assumed they would like mcdonalds because of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are black people known for liking McDonald's? That's a new one for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

No but this is Trump we’re talking about. He’s not smart

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Definitely not as shitty as it appears, but the photo is classic.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nah, it's still as shitty as it appears. Dude could have at least hired a catering company.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Would have booked a fucking landscaping company by accident.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's shitty.

Trump had a hotel in Washington. He could have had a great meal prepared there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The best meal. The biggest meal.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

That's what people are saying...people are talking about this...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I feel like Kamala would whip up a full course meal herself before stooping to cold fast food. By all accounts she's a great cook, and she grows her own peppers.