Mongrel wrote:I would caution people from getting too pumped up on this.
There's a rather large number of people who have to live on that stuff and who seem to think this is an overreaction. Too far and it's just bait for "liberal elitists" (I mean, don't get me wrong, it's fucking stupid and the claims that Trump did this as some kind of masterstroke is giving him entirely too much credit... but there's definitely some instinctive intent behind it). Nate Silver actually tweeted that he thought he'd have loved it if he was a college kid still.
Also, it actually turned out to be a hit. College kids love junk as a general rule, but these ones have a nutritionist - so they don't normally get any of this stuff! That meant this turned into a legit treat for them and they chowed down like champs. Or as one player said “I mean you’re not just gonna NOT eat the brobdingnagian Macs stacked in a pile right?”
I guess you could call the whole affair a... nothingburger.
Man, ain't nobody who thinks fast food that's been sitting out at room temperature for two hours is "chowing down like champs". There've been some fake posts saying one or another of the athletes was down for it, but they've all been debunked, including that 'quote'.