Author: Grace Raynor / Source: Post and Courier
CLEMSON — There were 300 hamburgers, plenty of pizzas and “many, many French fries,” as President Donald Trump put it, a feast fit for 100-plus hungry football players and their coaches.
There were quarter-pounders from McDonald’s on silver platters; Wendy’s burgers wrapped and ready to go.
Trump wasn’t joking Monday morning when he said the menu for Clemson’s national championship football team’s visit to the White House would include food from some of the country’s most recognized fast food chains, nourishment he said he bought himself in the wake of the government shutdown.
And when it was all said and done Monday night, he joked he had never seen so much food wiped out in one sitting.
But he was, after all, dealing with the likes of Clemson’s huge linemen.
I mean you’re not just gonna NOT eat the Big Macs stacked in a pile right? https://t.co/nsWC0ptCvi
— Matt Bockhorst (@MattBockhorst)
While the talk of Clemson’s national championship visit went viral early Monday morning, head coach Dabo Swinney made it clear that Monday evening was much more about the magnitude of the moment than it was the calories consumed.
Trump formally invited Clemson to the White House to recognize the Tigers after their 44-16 thrashing of Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game Jan. 7, a game the President called both “fantastic” and “jaw dropping” between college football’s two most dominant programs.
The Tigers might not think of themselves as a dynasty yet and Swinney might like to say his program is still ‘Little Ole Clemson,’ but the President used another word — one perhaps more fitting.
“They are titans,” he said of both the Tigers and Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide. “Dabo Swinney is just that kind of a leader. I knew that when I met him two years ago. I said, ‘This guy’s a special guy. He inspires. He’s a very unique guy, isn’t he?’
“Really incredible. The most important thing is he’s helped countless young Americans set high standards for themselves, reach for excellence and achieve their full God-given potential.”
The Tigers met with Trump, were given an exclusive tour of the Oval Office and also met with South Carolina senators Lindsay…
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