The Clemson Tigers visited the White House on Monday to celebrate their National Championship win over Alabama earlier this month.
Instead of an elegant food spread, as one might expect when visiting the White House, Clemson had a much different spread waiting for them.
Donald Trump announced on Monday that, because of the government shutdown, he was paying for the “event to be catered with some of everyone’s favorite fast foods.”
Yes, really.
McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King and pizza were brought in and placed on silver platters.
POTUS with “great American food” for Clemson Tigers visiting WH. pic.twitter.com/VgmQeXNhk6
— Roberta Rampton (@robertarampton) January 14, 2019
Naturally, Twitter had all of the jokes after seeing pictures of Trump with the food all set up.
A modern day renaissance painting pic.twitter.com/sEo5Zgt4Ns
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) January 15, 2019
THIS IS ACTUALLY REAL https://t.co/6wOfktPn17
— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) January 14, 2019
Son of a…. pic.twitter.com/VPPhZrmYM4
— Kyle Madson (@KyleAMadson) January 15, 2019
Nick Saban didn't die for this https://t.co/pL7d4Gefkn
— BUM CHILLUPS (@edsbs) January 14, 2019
I’ll take strange moments in U.S. history for $800, Alex. https://t.co/XIKBAKUsVV
— Mitch Sherman (@mitchsherman) January 15, 2019
white house says trump is ‘personally’ paying for all of this food, and in about an hour everyone else will be personally paying for it too pic.twitter.com/xIh7AaiArY
— Alexis Novak (@AlexisGirlNovak) January 14, 2019
Now we know that Trump is single handedly keeping the Filet-O-Fish on the McDonald’s menu https://t.co/r5y6zIR5Ur
— Danny Woods (@dcwoods89) January 15, 2019
Alabama losing by 28 points makes a lot more sense when you realize that this would have been their reward. https://t.co/aIFyhUCqNj
— Brett Morey (@Brettmorey1) January 15, 2019
I'm pretty sure at some point in my life, I've said I wanted McDonalds for my wedding reception….Now that I have a visual of what it would look like…I regret it, deeply. pic.twitter.com/htK0icku4Y
— Andrew Hammond (@ahammTNT) January 14, 2019
They're really lighting candles for them dudes to eat Filet-o-fish. Jr.
Whoppers by candlelight.
Arby's with ambiance.
Call the funeral home I'm deceased. https://t.co/N8f6dhx4Me— Racial Dolezal (@SirCoach) January 15, 2019
Me, a kid: I want to be president and have a monster pile of burgers every meal
My parents: You're insane
Me, now: YOU KILLED MY DREAMS, MOM AND DAD https://t.co/ZkwBcI5BsP
— Jay Busbee (@jaybusbee) January 14, 2019
Perhaps the best comparison out there, though, was when people realized how similar the scene at the White House was to the dinner scene from Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
— Kevin Holmes (@kholmesKSHB) January 14, 2019
It's the family meal scene in Talladega Nights. https://t.co/SylCxZkPk3
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) January 14, 2019
this is like ricky bobby’s dinner that his wife “ slaved over for hours” https://t.co/m5kn1lOSEr
— abs (@abby_rose219) January 15, 2019
To quote 2006's Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: "Dear Lord Baby Jesus…we thank you so much for this bountiful harvest of Domino's, KFC and the always delicious Taco Bell." https://t.co/cTfFni5iew
— Ian Thibodeau (@Ian_Thibodeau) January 14, 2019
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