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Trump celebrates another college football champ with Chick-fil-A buffet

President Donald Trump speaks behind a table full of McDonald's hamburgers, Chick fil-A sandwiches and other fast food as he welcomes the 2018 Football Division I FCS North Dakota State Bison in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on March 4, 2019, in Washington, DC.

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President Donald Trump speaks behind a table full of McDonald's hamburgers, Chick fil-A sandwiches and other fast food as he welcomes the 2018 Football Division I FCS North Dakota State Bison in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on March 4, 2019, in Washington, DC.
By The Associated Press
March 4, 2019

President Donald Trump is again feting football champions with burgers and fries.

Trump is celebrating the Division 1-winning North Dakota State University football team at the White House with a lunch that includes Big Macs, french fries and Chick-fil-A sandwiches.

Trump served a similar spread that included hundreds of hamburgers to the college football champion Clemson Tigers in January, citing the government shutdown that was under way.

Trump says he could have offered the players chef-prepared food, but, “I know you people.”

The Bison, who have the most titles in the NCAA Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision, ended the season on Jan. 5 with a 38-24 win over Eastern Washington University.

Quarterback Easton Stick threw five touchdown passes, including two to Darrius Shepherd, who was named Most Outstanding Player.

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