When the Clemson Tigers visited the White House on Monday in honor of their national championship victory, players were welcomed to an assortment of fast foods courtesy of the President, who had declared in advance that he was going to provide the meals for the evening. (White House cooks weren't available to prepare any food for the players' arrival due to the U.S. government's shutdown, which reached its 24th day Monday, making it the longest in the nation's history).
And while the entire spectacle in and of itself was, from an outsider's perspective, strange—from the White House's interior decor to the smorgasbord of McDonald's and Wendy's burgers—there was at least one sensible human taking advantage of a golden opportunity any college student would objectively love to have.