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The morning after declaring a national emergency in a bid to fund his border wall, President Trump was back at his cherished golf club in Florida, waiting in line for an omelet. J.D. Durkin, the D.C. bureau chief for Cheddar, tweeted this photo of the POTUS on Saturday morning, purportedly sent to him by an insider at the Trump International Golf Club:
just in — a source at the Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach just texted me this photo taken a short time ago.
— J.D. Durkin (@jiveDurkey) February 16, 2019
omelette bar: pic.twitter.com/eWqMbdRTwW
While the president spends a lot of time at his Floridian resort and golf club — MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin notes that this was the start of his 226th day at a Trump property since his inauguration — it’s still somewhat surprising to see him standing at the omelet bar waiting for his eggs just like any other random country club member, considering that, well, he’s not only the owner of the building, but also the commander in chief. If he wanted to, Trump could probably get that bespoke omelet delivered to his table, but clearly he likes to do things the old-fashioned way on his day off. As many people also pointed out on social media, this is a rather bizarre omelet bar. It looks to be fashioned out of a banged-up credenza, and, as a few eagle-eyed quipsters noted on Twitter, it sits right in front of a framed Walgreens-branded poster of Trump during his Apprentice days.
A lot of people cracked jokes about this photo over the weekend, including George Conway — the lawyer husband of Trump staffer Kellyanne Conway — as well as Congressman Eric Swalwell of California. John Oliver even got a joke about Trump waiting for the omelet bar into the season premiere of Last Week Tonight, quipping that this was, “you know, the kind of thing you do when America is in crisis.”
Here’s a roundup of the spiciest tweets about the Trump post-emergency omelet bar photo:
An emergency round. https://t.co/uOijMZjSFG
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) February 16, 2019
Trump at an omelette bar in all-beige is The Bad Place. https://t.co/tTrnyOvd6K
— Charlotte Clymer ️ (@cmclymer) February 16, 2019
#BREAKING Trump International Golf Club out of cheese for area man’s omelette. National emergency declared. https://t.co/g6q3eAivTy
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) February 16, 2019
The omelette chef is so over Trump. He just got his tax refund and noticed it went down. Trump just got caught using illegal aliens and fired many of the omelette chef’s work friends. Trump probably hit on the omelette chef’s niece at the X Mas party. He is over Trump. https://t.co/zxS1cQL9Wb
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) February 16, 2019
Omelette bar and Trump's grandpa-forgot-to-take-his-meds-again outfit aside: how chintzy and dilapidated is this place? Everything is chipped and cheap-looking. I feel like Karen Hill at Mickey's hostess party. pic.twitter.com/vAP6jRMIWb
— Jennifer M. Wood (@j_m_wood) February 17, 2019
Hey kid, which way to the omelette bar? pic.twitter.com/Oq9tC56g0I
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) February 17, 2019
omelette chef: we’re out of bacon
— Matt RATIO HOWARD SCHULTZ ON EVERY TWEET Negrin (@MattNegrin) February 17, 2019
me: https://t.co/wWYnWDm1FH
THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
— (@Anthony) February 17, 2019
Sir, this is the omelette bar pic.twitter.com/Zprtg21qnh
Can we talk about the framed Walgreens promotional poster on display at the Trump International Golf Club omelette bar pic.twitter.com/hatbZB053P
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) February 16, 2019
i don’t like these jokes about Mar-a-Lago because it probably makes their interior designer feel bad and they put in a lot of hard work typing “liquidation sale” into Craigslist. pic.twitter.com/X0Rww8HFT1
— Morgan Murphy (@morgan_murphy) February 16, 2019
When you're in the middle of a national emergency but desperately need to hit the omelette bar before a day of golf. pic.twitter.com/hJdaP0Qq20
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) February 16, 2019
"Sir you can't order a national emergency here, this is the omelette bar" pic.twitter.com/AKaUQOPg8S
— Adam Blickstein (@AdamBlickstein) February 16, 2019
Someone should explain to you what satire is while you’re waiting at the omelette bar. https://t.co/LCmZEr5NgW
— Fortune Feimster (@fortunefunny) February 17, 2019
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