On Monday evening, the Clemson Tigers took part in a White House visit to celebrate their national championship win over the Alabama Crimson Tide.

While some might have expected a fine steak dinner would serve a team full of football players well, Trump announced on Monday morning that the team would be greeted with a wide-ranging buffet of fast food options to celebrate their hard-fought victory.

“I think we’re going to serve McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Burger Kings with some pizza,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. “I really mean it. It’ll be interesting.”

Trump made good on his promise, proudly displaying a sea of burgers for the players to indulge in later that night.

“So I had a choice,” Trump said to the team during dinner. “Do we have no food for you? Because we have a shutdown. Or do we give you some little, quick salads that the first lady will make?”

“I said, you guys aren’t into salads,” Trump added.

“So I had a choice, do we have no food for you? Because we have a shutdown," Trump said, speaking to the Clemson football players. "Or do we give you some little quick salads that @FLOTUS will make, along with the @SecondLady, they’ll make some salads." ????

— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) January 15, 2019

“The President wanted to host a fun event to celebrate the College Football National Champion Clemson Tigers,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.

News: Due to the government shutdown, President Trump is personally paying for the meals that will be provided to the Clemson team during their celebration tonight, CNN has learned. Trump said he's serving "McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King's with some pizza." WH statement: pic.twitter.com/SAae2dSuMr

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 14, 2019

The White House, which had its staff reduced in light of the ongoing partial government shutdown, blamed Democratic lawmakers for the impasse, and claimed Trump was providing the meal at his own expense.

“Because the Democrats refuse to negotiate on border security, much of the residence staff at the White House is furloughed – so the President is personally paying for the event to be catered with some of everyone’s favorite fast foods.”

WATCH:

"American fast food. Paid for by me. I think they'd like it better than anything we could give. We have some very large people that like to eat." —Trump on why he's feeding Clemson fast food pic.twitter.com/zB0q2cRrgc

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 14, 2019