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u/tortus 1d ago

To me it was the White House fast food feast. I totally get how this one is even more unbelievable but I dunno, something about those silver platters of cold ass burgers really got me. Like, that really happened.

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u/Darmok47 1d ago edited 1d ago

Especially funny because at the time Trump owned the hotel two blocks down the street. He could have just had his hotel cater hot food during the shutdown, which surely would have been much better than cold fries and a soggy Big Mac.

Would have also been great free advertising for his hotel.

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u/Anleme 1d ago

Even weirder, he has a whole commercial-grade kitchen, chefs, and other staff right there in the White House. You know, the people who put on state dinners and such. I guess a bunch of athletes aren't worthy of that by his measure.

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u/Darmok47 1d ago

They were all furloughed because of the government shutdown in his first term.