CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Sometimes the memes write themselves.

That was the case Monday night when President Donald Trump greeted the National College Football Champion Clemson Tigers with a fast-food feast at the White House.

As a portrait of Abraham Lincoln watched over him, Trump proudly boasted that the buffet included “pizzas, 300 hamburgers and many many french fries.”

Here’s a video I shot of President Trump showing off his 300 hamburgers. pic.twitter.com/P06S6I5w07 — Hunter Walker (@hunterw) January 14, 2019

Because much of the White House staff is on furlough due to the government shutdown, Trump ordered out, paying for the meal out of his own pocket, press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.

So, football players and coaches gathered in the state dining room under candlelight, feasting on burgers, fish sandwiches, chicken nuggets, and, yes, salads from McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s, along with pizza from Dominos all served on silver platters. Fancy gravy boats filled with dipping sauce packets added to the surreality of the occasion.

“I like it all. It’s all good stuff,” Trump, whose love of fast food is well documented, told the pool reporter. “Great American food.”

Of course, the Internet, as it usually does, had jokes.

White House Staffer, choking through tears - "I... guess... we could... use the... Lincoln gravy boats... for the... Mc... the McNug... the McNugget sauces." 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/cLxJeYnBwr — W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) January 15, 2019

Catering a White House event with 300 fast food burgers would be a setpiece in a movie where a kid becomes president — Nick Wiger (@nickwiger) January 14, 2019

Trump: 🤗



Lincoln: 🤔



I'm with Lincoln on this one... (and all the other ones too). pic.twitter.com/x21109as6d — Joshua Ray (@joshuaray) January 15, 2019

Trump has turned the White House into a White Castle. pic.twitter.com/diWssRHfFs — Patrick Guaschino (@Pat_JG) January 15, 2019

Donald Trump's fast food buffet at the White House as as HBO'S Veep credits (original video: @hunterw) pic.twitter.com/NIWUxny9m7 — Chris Morris Bits (@chrismorrisbits) January 15, 2019

If you asked me to distill Donald Trump's entire personality into one image it is this pic.twitter.com/0IR6hl0OIY — Max Burns (@themaxburns) January 15, 2019

LISTEN CLOSELY: "I thought it was a joke," says Clemson athlete upon learning the White House was serving him Wendy's.pic.twitter.com/bRNRhLmDBF — Ʀogue US Mint (@RogueUSMint) January 15, 2019

Find someone that looks at you the way this guy looks at a tray of Big Macs pic.twitter.com/nxxZu5LNHk — Dan H (@Hus1986) January 15, 2019

With all those Big Macs at the White House - the Hamburglar can't be TOO far behind ;)#SarahHuckabeeSandBurglar pic.twitter.com/ZwosVSBkuf — Paul Lee Ticks (@PaulLeeTicks) January 15, 2019

And the tweet of the night goes to.... pic.twitter.com/yor6nm62QQ — joey morona (@joeyjoe) January 15, 2019

The White House, by the way, did not say how much the fast-food feast cost.