Trump offers hamburger banquet to athletes for the 'shutdown'
The president received the university football champions with a fast food feast given the lack of personnel in the White House due to the partial closure of the Administration.
It was a quote that combined a portrait of former President Abraham Lincoln with mountains of hamburgers and fries. This mix of American history and fast food was recorded in the White House State Dining Room with Donald Trump's reception of the college football champions Clemson Tigers.
The president ordered hamburgers from McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s for the champions, high-performance athletes. "Everything you and I like," said a proud Trump. At first, the president of the United States said that 1,000 sandwiches had been ordered, but he lowered the number to 300.
The reason behind this caloric menu is in the government shutdown, which is now entering its fourth week. From the White House they expressed that the majority of the staff is on leave for the 'shutdown' and Trump decided to pay for this particular firm out of his pocket, without him having transcended the figure. "I want to see how much is left when I leave, I really don't think it will be much," the president said of his Jan. 14 banquet.
There are 800,000 officials who have not been paid since the country entered the government shutdown, as a result of the disputes over the financing of the border wall with Mexico. Trump asks for 5,000 million dollars that have not gone ahead in Congress and that it seems that he would only get with a declaration of national emergency.
Trump's controversial relationship with elite sport
It is unusual to see the president of the United States meet with athletes in the White House. And it is that the tycoon has had strong battles with the professional basketball and American football leagues, two popular sports in the country.
The White House last year withdrew its invitation to the NBA champions Golden State Warriors after their star Stephen Curry claimed he would not visit President Trump. Instead, the Warriors turned to the Museum of African American History to "celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion."
Very different was the relationship between the Warriors and former President Barack Obama. Curry even participated in an accompaniment campaign for youth from the previous administration.
You don’t have to be @StephenCurry30 or @BarackObama to be a mentor!
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The Philadelphia Eagles, who won the NFL Football League last year, did not comply with the traditional visit to the presidential residence either. Trump withdrew the invitation after learning that he said they would only send a small delegation.
It was a cross of accusations between the club and the president that occurred in the framework of the knee protest, a demonstration against police abuses against African Americans that consists of sitting or kneeling while the national anthem sounds in the preambles of the matches .
