As we told you Monday afternoon, President Trump hosted the Clemson Tigers football team at the White House where he treated them to a buffet of Burger King, McDonalds, Wendy’s and pizza. Because Trump was the host, you just knew Resistance libs would find any and every reason to try and point out how awful it was. But few went as far as Vox’s David Roberts, who dissected the buffet with super-progressive precision in an eight-tweet thread:
1. US fast food emerges out of a vast network of animal suffering & ecological destruction & in turn has produced an epidemic of ill health. In large swathes of the country it is the cheapest & sometimes only option, thanks to a skein of implicit & explicit subsidies … https://t.co/DmXHMrCcH0
— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
2. … backed by ubiquitous, relentless corporate advertising. Yet somehow this unholy stew of capitalist exploitation & corporate welfare has taken on a vaguely populist air. Already I guarantee there are people responding to the first tweet calling me a tedious scold.
— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
3. Yes, in many places fast food is the cheapest option, so many poor & working class people depend on it. Yes, it tastes good, because it is literally designed in f'ing laboratories to stimulate our taste centers. So, yes, lots of ordinary people eat it & like it! But …
— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
4. … it is super-weird to then extend fast food some sort of populist credibility, as though to criticize it is to criticize the people who eat it. It seems to me that is exactly what McF'ingDonalds wants. It's what Chevrolet & WalMart want. They all want a protective sheen …
— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
5. … of virtue, patriotism, populism, down-home community, derived from the people who use their products. But that's just advertising. These are giant multinational corporations. Their primary objective is to deliver quarterly returns to shareholders. All else is subordinate.
— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
6. They lobby & bribe politicians to regulate them loosely, to subsidize their products, & above all to help them avoid financial responsibility for the social, health, & ecological damage they do. They plaster advertising on every available surface, object, or medium.
— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
7. The status quo is a corrupt deal between multinational corporations & politicians. It's a crap deal for ordinary people, as evidenced by the health outcomes. The fact that they've got ordinary people defending them, casting critics as elitist, is a brilliant f'ing con.
— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
8. It's corporatism & crony capitalism masquerading as populism — a bunch of confused & vaguely reactionary narratives distracting from the core goal of concentrating more wealth & power at the top. In short, it is Trump all over. </fin> pic.twitter.com/0ULyC3Hb3e
— David Roberts (@drvox) January 15, 2019
Well, that was… something.
Trump is going to win re-election, isn’t he. https://t.co/eJG0ZI8sXJ
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) January 15, 2019
Really, you can always count on scolds on the far left condemning anything and everything that gives human beings genuine enjoyment. These scolds are literally the modern-day Puritans. They dream about people being forced to eat bugs and forego cars, A/C, etc.
— Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) January 15, 2019
Bingo. And the Left’s selective outrage is truly a thing to behold:
The same people traumatized by Justice Kavanaugh drinking beer in college, are clutching their pearls because college football players are eating fast food.
When did Liberals get so weird? #Clemson
— Christie (@RepRepublic) January 15, 2019
It’s nothing short of amazing.
Dude, lighten up. He bought the kids Mickey D’s.
— Rob Hillermeier (@RobHillermeier) January 15, 2019
Oh sure, easy for YOU to say! *Eye roll*
And speaking of eye rolls:
Guy who had a massive orgasm over the Gillette ad has a problem with fast food. This is a person who genuinely hopes people in the future will be impoverished, so they'll consume fewer natural resources. https://t.co/VcBpuyMNS4
— Smatt (@mdrache) January 15, 2019
Sir, I'm sorry but if you want an additional dipping sauce, you've got to pay for it. Could you move up to the next window please? https://t.co/po9iljbQ5j
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) January 15, 2019
Your fingernails being ripped out or sitting next to the author of this thread on a 45 minute flight? #ToughCall https://t.co/vtjv2nD56z
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) January 15, 2019
Imagine being such a hack that you write eight tweets complaining about what other people eat. https://t.co/jufeeAKfs5
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) January 15, 2019
The wokest of the woke. May the woke be with you. https://t.co/EuLLuYbqzy
— realthoughts (@Whatustank) January 15, 2019
— DC Dude (@DCDude1776) January 15, 2019
Dude must be a real hit at parties. https://t.co/OvufNBhohL
— James Hasson (@JamesHasson20) January 15, 2019
You just knew there would be a thread #Trump2020 brought to you by the elitists who are too damn goood to eat fast food https://t.co/q7W1DSfVtk
— The Original Hillbilly (@LauraLMonroe33) January 15, 2019
We expected nothing less. Thank God for predictability!
Y’all are actually triggered by everything he does and it shows. https://t.co/VBQls4eket
— Frank Reich’s Beard (@Itooliketoparty) January 15, 2019
Is there anything Trump could have served that the Left wouldn’t have freaked out about? But if the president had really wanted to make Resistance heads explode, he’d have taken the buffet to the next level:
Now imagine his freak out if it was Chick-fil-A.
— Steve (@CarefreeSteveTX) January 15, 2019
Just imagine!
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