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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 hes a billionaire; yeah, hes the most famous man in the world. But you know what, if I had a billion dollars Id be just like him. Id 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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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,806 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)He's afraid of being poisoned..
SWBTATTReg
(22,156 posts)me a break. Idiot (Gorka) is really helping bringing tRUMP's case to the American people, eh? Pathetic.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Full Nazi Gorka frankly should get zero press. Sorry I even posted this!
SWBTATTReg
(22,156 posts)Initech
(100,097 posts)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)Than eat McDonalds. 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 Ds. In many was our kids are ahead of us.
Initech
(100,097 posts)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)and the ability to eat shitty fast food is the one and only prerequisite for being POTUS.
hatrack
(59,592 posts)Nailzberg
(4,610 posts)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.
dalton99a
(81,565 posts)Why is this Nazi not in jail?
spanone
(135,857 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,376 posts)A VERY high cliff
That asshole is a waste of decent carbon and a fucking stain on humanity
highplainsdem
(49,022 posts)magicarpet
(14,160 posts)..... 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.
riversedge
(70,271 posts)hatrack
(59,592 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)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)**gag** man of the people. His display of hate and blaming minorities endears him to his 30% base.
Nailzberg
(4,610 posts)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)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.