Fact Check

Is This a Real White House Catering Sheet for a Middle East Visit?

A meme purporting to be a copy of President Trump's "Hotel & Catering Requirements" was likely a joke.

by Kim LaCapria, Published May 30, 2017


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Claim:
The image depicts a leaked "White House catering" sheet requiring Mountain Dew, Hungry Man dinners, and framed Electoral College maps.
Rating:
Unproven

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President Trump's widely covered May 2017 visit to Saudi Arabia prompted extensive news, reactions, and memes. Among the latter was a purported "White House catering" list which received a lot of attention on social media platforms:

The catering requirements for #TrumpInIsrael seem kinda OCD: 6 boxes of Double Stuffed @Oreo cookies---unwrapped & stacked in rows of 8... pic.twitter.com/tBTQVluc09

— Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) May 22, 2017

The list appeared to be a scanned or photocopied list:

[The White House Logo]
Hotel & Catering Requirements
Middle East Presidential Visit - May 2017

Presidential Suite A

10- 2 Liter Mountain Dew Half Chilled
10- 2 Liter Coca Cola Half Chilled
5 Buckets Ice
6- Boxes Double Stuffed Oreos (Unwrapped Stack In Rows Of 8)
6- Boxes Keebler EL Fudge Cookies
3- Microwave Ovens (Do Not Plug In Microwaves; We Will Do This)
1- Box Assorted Airheads Candy
2- Cartons KFC Paper Napkins (Must Be KFC Napkins)
1- Tray Kraft American Cheese Singles (Unwrapped)
4- 4 Packs Red Bull
24- Hardboiled Eggs (Pealed)
13- Krispy Kreme Glazed Donuts
3- Rosewood Shoehorns
3- Gallons Buttermilk
5- Maps 2016 Electoral College Victory Framed & Hung Throughout Suite
9 Lbs Bacon (Uncooked)
28- Raw Eggs
2 Lbs Chorizo
12 Loaves Sliced White Bread
6 Sticks Butter
8 Hungry Man Fried Chicken Dinners (Frozen)
3- Sara Lee Cherry Pies
5- Sara Lee Apple Pies
4- Tubs Cool Whip
2 -Xxxl Silk Robes
3- 80 Plasma Tv's (Sony)
PLEASE IRON SHEETS

MEMO 45-BR313 (Cont'd)

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By Kim LaCapria

Kim LaCapria is a former writer for Snopes.


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