Trump’s burger banquet, with ‘Old Hickory’ sauce

Published January 18, 2019 5:00am ET



It was the fast food feast heard ’round the world.

On Jan. 14, President Trump welcomed the Clemson University Tigers football team to the White House, treating the Nick Saban-slaying national champions to a meal in the State Dining Room composed entirely of selections from national fast-food chains. The estimated 300-burger, $3,000 spread of McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, and Domino’s was chosen, and paid for, by the president himself.

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