Trump served due to shutdown fast food

Pizza, hamburgers and French fries instead of fine canapés: Due to the budget freeze has hosted U.S. President Donald Trump is a high school Football Team in the White house with fast food. "We have ordered American fast food and I paid for it," said Trump on Monday before he received the Clemson Tigers in his official residence in Washington. "Is it because of the shutdown, as you know."

"We have pizzas, we have 300 hamburgers, many, many French fries, all of our favorite food," said Trump, who has a pronounced weakness for fast food. "I think they (the Football players) to be better than anything we can offer to you." He does not assume that many of the leftovers would remain, joked the President, before he received the winners of the last high school Football championship.

On the silver trays, among other things, hamburgers were served to the fast food restaurant chains McDonald's and Wendy's. Asked by journalists whether he, personally, McDonald's or Wendy's, the President said: "I like everything. If it's American, I like it."

for more than three weeks of household employees of the White house, lock the affected longest member of staff in U.S. history – approximately 800'000 Federal, including. The staff have to work without pay, if their work is considered to be indispensable, or were sent to forced vacation. (chk/AFP)

Created: 15.01.2019, 04:33 PM