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Two influential men have been locked in a battle of words and wills for the better part of two years: Washington, D.C.-based chef, all-around superhero, and Eater Icon of the Year José Andrés and President Donald Trump may have put their legal conflict behind them earlier this year, but the men continue to clash publicly.
The feud between the chef and the politician first erupted back in mid-2015, shortly after Trump announced he was running for president. After he made disparaging remarks about immigrants on the campaign trail, infamously referring to them as “rapists” and “murderers,” Andrés announced he was abandoning plans to open a restaurant inside the Trump International Hotel in D.C., leading to a series of back-and-forth lawsuits.
When Trump and Andrés’s teams reached a settlement in April 2017, Andrés responded on Twitter, writing: “Happy to put this chapter behind us, a win-win for both sides and now time to focus on the issues that matter.”
In the eight months since that settlement, Andrés has made clear his stance on matters including politics, FEMA, immigration, and public health via Twitter, where he’s called out a number of issues related to the administration, including Trump’s non-response to the destruction Hurricane Maria wage on Puerto Rico in September. Here now, all of the times Andrés took aim at Trump on Twitter in 2017:
1. In January, after both men were deposed for the lawsuit, Andrés boasted about his depo running longer than Trump’s:
Ok! I finish my deposition! Hey! mine was longer than his .@realDonaldTrump
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) January 6, 2017
2. Just two weeks after the settlement in April, Andrés once again weighed in on Trump’s immigration policies, calling on Trump’s daughter Ivanka to push for immigration reform:
@IvankaTrump can you please talk to @realDonaldTrump about passing immigration reform,and in the meantime not deporting people like her?tks
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) April 19, 2017
3. In mid-April — and likely in response to proposed budget cuts to Meals on Wheels, a program designed to deliver meals to people unable to purchase or prepare meals for themselves — Andrés encouraged Trump to support the program:
Mr. @POTUS @realDonaldTrump please read this piece. Support programs like @_MealsOnWheels and America will keep moving forward better..
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) April 12, 2017
4. In August, Andrés voiced his distaste for Trump’s response to the riots in Charlottesville, Virginia:
You are full of shit, Sir! Nothing wrong with the country. Only thing wrong is you and your lies! To your voters, and to all...
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) August 12, 2017
5. On November 5, he poked at Trump’s frequent visits to Mar-a-Lago in Florida while once again calling for immigration reform:
.@realDonaldTrump pass #immigrationreform so you don’t have to bring workers to Mar-o-Lago from afar, we have 11 million undocumented in USA
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) November 5, 2017
6. Later that day, the chef called out Trump’s efforts at koi-feeding while in Japan:
.@realDonaldTrump is great to see you trying harder to feed the fish in Japan than your own people in Puerto Rico....
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) November 6, 2017
7. Andrés had harsh words for the president in mid-November following the release of three UCLA basketball players detained for allegedly shoplifting in China:
@realDonaldTrump do you understand that you are here to serve the people of America? Don’t do things to be thank for. You do things because is the right thing to do. Is not I the person but We the people. Is not about the redemption of the giver but liberation of the receiver RE https://t.co/YXA6vu4zB5
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) November 15, 2017
8. On the day Trump’s Twitter account was briefly shut down by a rogue Twitter employee, Andrés had this to say:
I want to make this very clear: I was not Around at the Twitter HQ today....
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) November 3, 2017
9. On Thanksgiving, Andrés attempted to re-classify his position toward Trump:
Im not anti-trump @realdonaldtrump I’m an American Spanish immigrant that believes that We the People is more powerful than I the Person.... https://t.co/hvAyG5Sj6O
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) November 23, 2017
10. More recently, Andrés expressed relief at pulling out of the restaurant deal in Trump’s D.C. hotel:
Thank you @realDonaldTrump for showing me everyday that we did the right thing pulling out of your hotel...#smartbusinessdecision
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) November 29, 2017
11. And over the Christmas holiday, Andrés criticized Trump’s pride in “being able to say ‘Merry Christmas’ again”:
The last 25 years! Never a problem saying Merry Christmas, and proud and honored! But Happy holidays too. Because we have people in our community that celebrate other festivities like Hanukkah, etc...but I guess you have a problem with others being different than you... https://t.co/7K7nMCDQSW
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) December 25, 2017
12. But there’s no topic that’s drawn more ire from Andrés than the Trump administration’s subpar response to the Hurricane Maria disaster. Andrés and his organization World Central Kitchen traveled to Puerto Rico and has provided 3 million meals following Hurricane Maria to date, efforts Andrés says were necessary given the lack of government help:
.@fema headquarters Puerto Rico, the most inefficient place on earth leaving the people of Puerto Rico hungry and thirsty @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/ZVeKi4qnSI
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) October 10, 2017
We are feeding the National Guard because they need hot meals and proud of it but Federal Goverment will not help us.........? pic.twitter.com/1CJGlRMM2W
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) October 13, 2017
... And of course, the chef commented on Trump’s brief post-Maria visit to Puerto Rico, during which the president was criticized for tossing paper towels into a crowd:
@realDonaldTrump “thank you” for “throwing” paper towels to our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico. Please next time before napkins remember to feed the people first... https://t.co/hwXZBdUJiX
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) November 19, 2017