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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

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51 points

Mh, I wonder who was behind the government shutdown…

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6 points

Congress, same as always.

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37 points

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/

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Unfair characterization to not point out it was a republican dominated congress in both houses at the time that did that intentionally.

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34 points

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.

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11 points

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

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2 points

Rich, maybe. Kind, definitely not.

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22 points

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.

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7 points

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.

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2 points

And don’t forget the racism.

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

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3 points

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

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1 point

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.

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

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37 points

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

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Would have booked a fucking landscaping company by accident.

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15 points

It’s shitty.

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

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7 points

The best meal. The biggest meal.

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88 points

That was so shitty of him. You win the ultimate athletic achievement in your sport, you get invited to the White House expecting a lavish state dinner, and the asshole in charge says, “here’s your cold Big Macs. Enjoy. Oh, you don’t like Big Macs? Don’t worry, we also have Burger King!”

And his “defense” of that was that he bought it all himself. The guy who claims to be so rich that he’s richer than the richest rich who ever riched bragged about paying a few hundred bucks for fast food when he hosted Superbowl winners. And it was cold.

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the photo is a perfect example of expectation vs. reality of his whole ‘presidency’-- decent food vs mountains of garbage that might have been edible when it was prepared 4-8 hours ago, but whose flavor now can’t even be covered up by the 2400mg of salt in each bite. and of course he’s standing back there with his stupid shit-eating grin as if he’s done a huge favor for someone, which no one who ever lived could have done better

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the photo is a perfect example of expectation vs. reality of his whole ‘presidency’

Everyone with a brain knew his presidency would be shit. He is the worst president that has ever existed in my entire life, by several orders of magnitude. He’s officially the 4th worst president in the history of the United States.

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i just meant “expectation” referring to the standards of the office of the president, not what anyone actually expected from trump

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2 points

Who are the other 3?

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16 points

I enjoy how thrilled he looks about the selection. He’s like an 8-year-old throwing a birthday party. “You guys! Look what my mom got us for lunch!!!”

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I’m only surprised it wasn’t all Happy Meals.

“I have a very good brain. My Uncle went to MIT. Good genes, very smart. So when I say Happy Meals are the best food you can get, you know it is! Trust me, folks. You get a little toy inside. A little plastic toy. Sometimes it’s a car, folks, but sometimes, if you’re a girl, it’s a little dolly. A little dolly, folks. I always get the car unless it’s a Disney toy. We love Lilo and Stitch, don’t we, folks?”

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For some reason, I read this being spoken in an Adam Sandler’s waterboy voice “I have a very good brain…”

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7 points

And his “defense” of that was that he bought it all himself.

Which is just another of his lies. He was probably paid by McDonald’s for this advertising.

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I don’t like McDonald’s but this was probably the least offensive and most quintessentially American thing he ever did (other than getting shot at lol). If he was just a no taste bumpkin with a good heart it would be fine, but he ain’t got no heart.

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14 points

He only did it because he forced the government into a lockdown over his wall, and legally couldn’t pay any of the staff’s chefs

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8 points

Wow even this one seemingly innocuous event is tainted

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8 points

He didn’t get shot. He got hit with debris from a ricochet.

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5 points

But that isn’t as cool to his base.

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4 points

An important distinction. I’ll edit my comment

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1 point

So what evidence convinced you that was the case?

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Aside from the multiple news sources reporting that he was hit by glass fragments from the teleprompter, the wound is pretty obviously not from a bullet. An intact bullet would have caused much more damage, which would have taken much longer to heal.

Edit: I’m not linking to any articles because I have no idea what news sources you’re going to claim are “fake news”. The information is out there if you want to find it, and plenty of information claiming “he took a bullet for his country” if you don’t.

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-8 points

Idk, if someone shoots at you and misses, you still get shot.

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12 points

That’s being shot at, not shot.

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6 points

Lol what??? No you’re only getting shot if the bullet hits you.

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3 points

If you use the urinal next to me, you’re still peeing on me?

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2 points

I interviewed for a job and got turned down. I can’t wait for that first paycheck.

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33 points

If I never see that stupid jazz hands pose of his another day of my life it’ll be too soon.

My grandmother was a wonderful lady. Super accepting, cool as the other side of the pillow. She was basically the oldest hippie in Hippie Village. During her last year of life, she had severe dementia. Rather often, you’d find her in a state of panic because she didn’t understand where she was, who the people in the room were, why she was there…nothing. She’d become a fountain of tears, just bawling, “I…don’t…understand…”.

I wish this for DJT. More importantly, I want him to understand today that this is what is in store for him…that no doctors or fanatics or despots or gold-plated toilets can save him. I want him questioning his sanity at every turn over the next year…the people closest to him leaving him by the wayside, allowing vultures to hover around him hoping to take financial advantage of him by getting him to sign documents, all while he slips quickly into a state of mental decline, losing control of his bowels and his sense of self, little by little, day by day.

I don’t wish this upon anyone else, but if anyone deserves it, it is this motherfucking twunt right here.

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Jesus McDonalds is only edible if you eat it right after its cooked. Seeing as there isn’t a drive through window in the white house I’m sure all this shit was already cold and shitty.

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I mean, most hot food from anywhere is best eaten hot. This is why I can’t understand takeout delivery services: you pay a ridiculously high fee to have food that is at best a bit warm brought to you a long time after you ordered it.

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2 points

Idk, i like noodle dishes or a good pizza cold the day after. But McDonald’s is barely edible when fresh, and absolutely repulsive when cold.

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3 points

McDonald’s was the easiest place to access on the way to my last job. I’m always running at the exact time I need to be running with 10 minutes to spare for the unforeseen, which honestly isn’t enough, I know. McDonald’s is the fastest of the fast food by a lot.

I hate, hate, hate, gagging down cold McDonald’s. There is nothing on that menu which requires cooking that I can even remotely stand cold. Of course, you can’t go without food so I’d force it down anyway. I wouldn’t even say I tolerated it. I literally cussed it the whole way down.

Hardee’s makes some good food, but Jesus Christ their portions are insane. I never finish a whole sandwich from there and I hate to waste food. I can’t imagine eating a combo from there. I wish they had a skinny man version of all their food.

Of course, I’m not working at that job anymore so I haven’t had McDonald’s in over a month. I haven’t missed it either.

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