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US men’s hockey team visit White House as some players with Minnesota ties stay away
(www.theguardian.com)
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Those clowns got to eat cold fast food after being used as a prop while the women's team got a multi day rager with Flavor Flav in Vegas. It doesn't take a genius to figure out who came out on top.
This. Trump is serving cold hamburgers and fries because it never occurs to him to serve anything else. The White House has some of the best chefs in the world and he could have served the team the best damn burgers they've ever had. But he didn't.
Because these moments are always all about Trump and he figures these guys work for HIM. Glomming onto other people's achievements is standard operating procedure for Trump. Everyone else in his life is a prop. It's about getting that bong-hit of attention and getting his dumb, grinning mug in the news.
the men that went there seems conservative to me, at least hockey players are known to lean right.
This has now been deemed true in my head cannon.
IDK being in Vegas sounds kinda sucky to me, but then again I'd probably kill myself before going to the Whitehouse regardless of president.
Okay maybe I'd go for Theodore Roosevelt, FDR, Johnson, and Jimmy Carter.
I'd definitely have a beer with George W. He's a horrible politician but he seems like a fun guy to hang with.