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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 01:46 PM Feb 2018

Gorka: Americans like Trump because he eats Big Macs on Air Force One

BY MAX GREENWOOD - 02/24/18 12:06 PM EST




Sebastian Gorka, former aide to President Trump, said Saturday that working class Americans identify with the real estate mogul because he acts the way they would act if they were the billionaire president.

"These salt of the Earth Americans look at that man and say: ‘Yeah he’s a billionaire; yeah, he’s the most famous man in the world. But you know what, if I had a billion dollars I’d be just like him. I’d be eating Big Macs on Air Force One just like he does,'" Gorka said at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

Trump's appetite for McDonald's and its signature burger has been well documented.

A book published last year by former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, another aide, recalled how fast food served as a staple of the candidate's diet on the campaign trail.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/375422-gorka-americans-like-trump-because-he-eats-big-macs-on-air

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Gorka: Americans like Trump because he eats Big Macs on Air Force One (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2018 OP
He can have all the Big Macs he wants and I hope he keeps eating them. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #1
He eats fast food because he's afraid Putin has something waiting for him.. HipChick Feb 2018 #2
And this is the criteria Gorka uses to classify tRUMP as a man of the people? Give ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #3
Goes without saying it has to be a White man eating on AF1...or else it is an outrage. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #5
I agree. Waste of time on such a POS wastes our time and energy better used elsewhere. NT SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #6
Same shit, different day. Initech Feb 2018 #11
My 4 god kids between ages 11-16 would rather do without GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #4
Hey I totally get it. Initech Feb 2018 #18
I'm so glad this country has its priorities straight ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #7
Yes, and he's "comfortable in his own blubber" - so hey, he's qualified! hatrack Feb 2018 #15
When Obama ran for Senate, his advisors didn't want him putting dijon on his burger. Nailzberg Feb 2018 #20
Another deep insight from Dr. Gorka, Ph.D. dalton99a Feb 2018 #8
fuck off gorka spanone Feb 2018 #9
Right the fuck off A HERETIC I AM Feb 2018 #23
Not a single working brain cell to be found among the deplorables. highplainsdem Feb 2018 #10
And Gorka says... magicarpet Feb 2018 #12
idiot. riversedge Feb 2018 #13
Perfesser Arrow Cross is apparently still alive . . . hatrack Feb 2018 #14
I recall a poll back in the W days ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #16
Eating crappy food doesn't make DOTUS a Ilsa Feb 2018 #17
To be honest, the fact that Trump is a garbage eater is the only thing I like about him Nailzberg Feb 2018 #19
I don't believe the fast food stuff LeftInTX Feb 2018 #22
And why should I give a shit what a Nazi has to say? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2018 #21
Nazi says What? edhopper Feb 2018 #24

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
2. He eats fast food because he's afraid Putin has something waiting for him..
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 01:48 PM
Feb 2018

He's afraid of being poisoned..

SWBTATTReg

(22,156 posts)
3. And this is the criteria Gorka uses to classify tRUMP as a man of the people? Give ...
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 02:00 PM
Feb 2018

me a break. Idiot (Gorka) is really helping bringing tRUMP's case to the American people, eh? Pathetic.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
5. Goes without saying it has to be a White man eating on AF1...or else it is an outrage.
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 02:06 PM
Feb 2018

Full Nazi Gorka frankly should get zero press. Sorry I even posted this!

Initech

(100,097 posts)
11. Same shit, different day.
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 02:35 PM
Feb 2018

Remember during the Bush years? They touted Bush as "the kind of guy who you'd want to have a beer with."

Cut to the Trump years - he's just like us because he eats Big Macs! Seriously...

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
4. My 4 god kids between ages 11-16 would rather do without
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 02:04 PM
Feb 2018

Than eat McDonald’s. And these are not kids raised by super healthy eaters. Well, 2 of them are not. They all love hamburgers, but as the oldest says ‘real hamburgers, not McDonalds’.

When their age I loved Mickey D’s. In many was our kids are ahead of us.

Initech

(100,097 posts)
18. Hey I totally get it.
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 05:30 PM
Feb 2018

There's far better burgers you can get than a Big Mac. I'm in California - who needs Big Macs when you've got the far superior Double Double?

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
7. I'm so glad this country has its priorities straight
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 02:15 PM
Feb 2018

and the ability to eat shitty fast food is the one and only prerequisite for being POTUS.

Nailzberg

(4,610 posts)
20. When Obama ran for Senate, his advisors didn't want him putting dijon on his burger.
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 06:55 PM
Feb 2018

It ridiculous. I'm glad Obama was his own candidate and went for it anyway. Its not like people downstate don't eat mustard, too.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,376 posts)
23. Right the fuck off
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 07:19 PM
Feb 2018

A VERY high cliff

That asshole is a waste of decent carbon and a fucking stain on humanity

magicarpet

(14,160 posts)
12. And Gorka says...
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 02:48 PM
Feb 2018

..... and tr-dump picks his nose and scratches his butt while in church on Sundays.

Just like us... we are so proud of the billionaires white trash hillbilly street creeds. He even farts and burps out loud, and could care less who hears him. So many endearing things he says and does... he is ordained by God to be our national hero.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
16. I recall a poll back in the W days
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 03:57 PM
Feb 2018

Something about who you would want to sit down and drink a beer with. I don't remember if it was W versus Kerry or Gore, but the winner was W because people believed he was "just like us".

I think the point here is that republicans have a way of painting the most unlikely of people as "your average Joe". This is just one way to control the narrative and keep everyone on their side. And let's never forget the "elitism" BS in the months just after the election.

Ilsa

(61,696 posts)
17. Eating crappy food doesn't make DOTUS a
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 04:00 PM
Feb 2018

**gag** man of the people. His display of hate and blaming minorities endears him to his 30% base.

Nailzberg

(4,610 posts)
19. To be honest, the fact that Trump is a garbage eater is the only thing I like about him
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 06:45 PM
Feb 2018

I hate his guts. Can't stand him. And I generally eat healthy myself, maybe an occasional burger and fries, but if I had personal chefs and what not I would probably never touch fast food again. So I'm not sure what it is.

Maybe I'm just hoping the next KFC bucket does him in.

LeftInTX

(25,493 posts)
22. I don't believe the fast food stuff
Sat Feb 24, 2018, 07:00 PM
Feb 2018

Sure, he probably has an occasionally Big Mac, but I've never seen a photo of him eating one on AF1. The photo I saw of him was in his campaign airplane.

I saw a photo of him eating KFC with a fork while campaigning, but have not seen one since he has been president.

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