TRUMP TRASH TALKS RESTAURANT THAT BOOTED AIDE
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday trash-talked a Virginia restaurant that asked his press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, to leave because she worked for his administration.
Trump, in a Monday morning tweet, said that The Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia “should focus more on cleaning its filthy canopies, doors and windows (badly needs a paint job) rather than refusing to serve a fine person like Sarah Huckabee Sanders.”
“I always had a rule, if a restaurant is dirty on the outside, it is dirty on the inside!” added Trump, an admitted germophobe, who has said he prefers eating at fast food chains rather than independent eateries because he trusts them more.
Images of the restaurant, a three-hour-drive from Washington, online appear to show no evidence of serious disrepair, with clean-looking green awnings and white paint on the doors and trim.
Sanders tweeted over the weekend that she was asked to leave the restaurant by its owner Friday evening because she worked for Trump. Sanders said she “politely left” and that the owner’s “actions say far more about her than about me.”
A diner in Ontario province, the Olde Red Hen in Collingwood, has seen its Facebook page peppered with hateful comments and poor reviews from Americans unhappy about how Sanders was treated. “Hope you go out of business you liberal trash,” posted Thomas Collins of Maryland.
“Shame on you,” echoed Connie Szczepanik. “Bigots and hypocrites!” Olde Red Hen owner Diane Smith said she has sought to respond to each individually in order to point out the case of mistaken identity — and to invite them for breakfast at the 1950s-style diner.