Photo: Kalani Brown/Instagram
On Monday, PresidentDonald Trumpwelcomed the Baylor Lady Bears basketball team to the White House in honor of their recent championship win.
Anoted lover of fast food, Trumpreportedly servedthe players a spread of Burger King, Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s and Wendy’s, as he has for previous visiting teams.
It was a routine that Baylor player Kalani Brown couldn’t let pass without some ribbing.
“The moment everyone’s been waiting for,” she captioned a short clip on her Instagram of the fast food at the White House, adding a crying-laughing emoji.
When North Dakota State University’s championship football team visited in March, Trumpserved them fast food, which is what he ordered upfor Clemson University’s team in January.
In Brown’s video on Monday, she said, “Whoa, like wow” as she surveyed the food. “They was not lying,” she continued, adding, “Okay, Donnie, cool.”
Brown, 22, also posted a selfie from the White House but pointedly tagged her location as the “Obama White House.” (A Baylor spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment.)
Kalani Brown’s Instagram post from the White House.Kalani Brown/Instagram
The Baylor women’s team presented President Trump with his own jersey during their Oval Office visit as he heaped praise on them for their victory over Notre Dame earlier this month — their third national title, all under Head Coach Kim Mulkey.
Monday’s visit was the first time Trump has welcomed a women’s team solo to the White House following a championship, amid an ongoing trend of players and even complete teams opting to forgo the trip to D.C. (though some have cited scheduling and not politics as their reason).
President Donald Trump (center) with the Baylor Lady Bears basketball team in the Oval Office on Monday.Susan Walsh/AP/Shutterstock
Trump said the Lady Bears have “left an enduring mark on college basketball history and you’ll all be incredibly proud of what you have achieved.”
“In many years to come, you’ll be looking back and you’re going to be thinking about that incredible season,” he said.
Presented with his own Baylor jersey, coach Mulkey joked, “It may not be the right size.”
“I love those short sleeves,” Trump said. “I’ll give it to Melania.”
President Donald Trump holds up an honorary Baylor University jersey during a visit from the women’s championship basketball team on Monday.
Mulkey previously told the Associated Press that the Baylor team visiting the White House was not a comment on his divisive administration. She and the Lady Bears visited twice before, under Presidents George W. Bush andBarack Obama.
“I’ve been every time for every president,” she told the AP earlier this month. “It’s not a political issue for me. It’s an honor to go to the White House. I want everyone to say they went to the White House. Not many people can say that.”
As others laughed, she speedily replied, “No.”
source: people.com
