MSM Is Outraged That President Trump Has Two Favorite Starburst Flavors

Stop everything. We have some BIG MEGA YUGLEY IMPORTANT news to report! President Trump has two– I repeat, TWO– favorite Starburst flavors. He has a preference. Can you believe that? What kind of pompous blowhard has a favorite candy flavor? I cannot believe this man is POTUS OMG.

Wondering where that came from? This story in the Washington Post.

WaPo spends a great deal of time explaining how House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy noticed that Trump had two favorite Starburst flavors. You think I’m exaggerating? Think again.

President Trump and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) were alone in the presidential suite on Air Force One, flying east toward Washington in early October, when the president reached for a handful of Starbursts, the fruit-flavored, box-shaped chewy candies.

But instead of unwrapping all of the treats, the president was careful to pluck out and eat two particular flavors: cherry and strawberry, McCarthy noticed.

“We’re there, having a little dessert, and he offers me some,” McCarthy recalled in an interview. “Just the red and the pink. A bit later, a couple of his aides saw me with those colors and told me, ‘Those are the president’s favorites.’ ”

Days later, the No. 2 Republican in the House — known for his relentless cultivation of political alliances — bought a plentiful supply of Starbursts and asked a staffer to sort through the pile, placing only those two flavors in a jar. McCarthy made sure his name was on the side of the gift, which was delivered to a grinning Trump, according to a White House official.

McCarthy’s overture — a Washington version of rock band Van Halen’s infamous 1982 request for backstage bowls of M&M’s purged of brown candies — illustrates the lengths many top congressional Republicans have gone to build a rapport with Trump.

I knew someone was going to bring up an M&M’s comparison. It’s a CRAPPY comparison, because M&M’s within the same package taste the same. They’re all the same flavor. Brown M&M’s taste like red M&M’s, red M&M’s taste like blue M&M’s, blue M&M’s taste like yellow M&M’s and so on. Starburst candies have distinct flavors. It’s not as insufferable to prefer a certain candy when the candy comes in different flavors.

I cannot believe I just went THAT in depth on that. Wow.

Because of this BOMBSHELL, “Starburst” is trending on Twitter.

WaPo: Kevin McCarthy had a staffer sort through Starbursts and pull out the cherry and strawberry flavors for a gift to Trump: https://t.co/qO42WEK1tE pic.twitter.com/Ks4axaTRUI

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 15, 2018

For @GOPLeader, the path to Trump's heart is paved with Starburst. Cherry and strawberry only, please. @jdawsey1 & @costareports: https://t.co/Ro54YgoOLB

— Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) January 15, 2018

Trump is totally RAAAAACIST against Starburst flavors. It’s an impeachable offense, probably! Get on that, Maxine!

@Starburst should immediately discontinue these flavors and join the #Resistance

— Pete Johnson (@realscrappypete) January 15, 2018

Are you kidding me…

The media is more outraged that Trump eats Starburst than that Twitter has hundreds of employees looking at your private sex pics

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) January 15, 2018

The Washington Post has devoted nearly half an article to the fact that Trump eats red & pink Starburst (good choice, btw), but won't devote a single second to what Project Veritas is uncovering. INSANITY OF THE HIGHEST ORDER!

— J. Mannarino (@MannarinoJoey) January 15, 2018

Media yesterday:

"Trump doesn't own a dog, why is he refusing to get a dog"

Media today:

"Trump eats starburst guys!"

somehow in the span of 2 days they miss Twitter #dickPics and indictments on mark Lambert but at least we know trumps favorite starburst flavor 🤷‍♀️🙄🙄

— PinkAboutIt 🇺🇸 (@Pink_About_it) January 15, 2018

weeding out the lesser Starburst flavors is something that typically happens in authoritarian regimes

— Tim Murphy (@timothypmurphy) January 15, 2018

On one hand – We're learning quickly that everyone knows the way to Trump's heart is to treat him like a 5 year old child.

On the other hand – Those are by far the two best Starburst flavors, so I can't really argue with this one. https://t.co/dgI1OVLjqL

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) January 15, 2018

The GOP sold whatever souls they had for tax cuts for the wealthy & dismantling the social safety network. Their sycophancy has reduced them to picking out strawberry and cherry flavored Starburst candies for a white supremacist. They have no spine, self-respect, or pride. #Shame

— RozieK (@kenner3616) January 15, 2018

Can't stand the media habit of denouncing ALL of Trump's policies while ignoring what's good. We can call out his disgusting cherry Starburst habit while acknowledging that he's right about strawberry.

— Stormy Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 15, 2018

HAHAHA. I love that.

I don’t care if McCarthy is doing a political tango with Trump and trying to sweeten their relationship by giving him his favorite kind of candy. BTW– pink and yellow Starbursts are my favorite. If I were POTUS, those are the flavors I’d want in my candy bowl.