{"id":1950377,"date":"2023-06-18T13:06:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T17:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-media-claims-trump-stuck-miami-supporters-with-the-bill-heres-what-really-happened\/"},"modified":"2023-06-18T13:07:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T17:07:22","slug":"leftist-media-claims-trump-stuck-miami-supporters-with-the-bill-heres-what-really-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-media-claims-trump-stuck-miami-supporters-with-the-bill-heres-what-really-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist media falsely accuses Trump of burdening Miami supporters, here&#8217;s the truth."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftist-media-claims-trump-stuck-miami-supporters-with-the-bill-heres-what-really-happened%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1950377&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Tale of Trump&#8217;s Restaurant Stiffing<\/h2>\n<p>The tale was told in bold type as black as the stain intended to be left on former President Donald Trump\u2019s image.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSurprise: Trump Reportedly Stiffed a Restaurant Full of His Supporters He\u2019d Promised to Buy Lunch,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2023\/06\/donald-trump-food-for-everyone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vanity Fair<\/a> headline screamed in its reporting on Trump\u2019s pit stop at Versailles, a popular Cuban restaurant in Miami, after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kari-lake-stumps-trump-florida-watch-happens-says-desantis-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arraignment<\/a> Tuesday on charges of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devin-nunes-blasts-nsa-director-paul-nakasone-over-political-targeting-of-former-trump-official-michael-ellis\/\" title=\"Devin Nunes Blasts NSA Director Paul Nakasone over Political Targeting of Former Trump Official Michael Ellis\">mishandling classified information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vanity Fair writer Bess Levin spun the core of a report to say that Trump was a liar and cheap to boot. This incident, Levin said, brought those two threads together for all the world to see.<\/p>\n<p>But maybe not.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Eventually, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fact-check-did-trump-offer-buy-food-miami-leave-without-paying-1807346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> tried to put the facts together and wrote in conclusion: \u201cThere is no evidence that the restaurant or anyone else at Versailles was short-changed by the former president, as some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rav-arora-the-collective-assault-on-vaccine-myocarditis-research\/\" title=\"Rav Arora: The Collective Assault on Vaccine Myocarditis Research\">social media posts suggest<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It all began with a report in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miaminewtimes.com\/restaurants\/donald-trump-visits-versailles-cuban-restaurant-in-miami-after-federal-indictment-17198756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miami New Times<\/a>, flirting with the edge of the line where fact and fancy blur in reporting<\/p>\n<p>Sniping at him as \u201cglad-handing,\u201d the report said Trump called out, \u201cFood for everyone!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt turns out no one got anything. Not even a cafecito to-go,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-media-claims-trump-stuck-miami-supporters-with-the-bill-heres-what-really-happened\/\" title=\"Leftist media falsely accuses Trump of burdening Miami supporters, here's the truth.\">knowledgeable source assures<\/a> New Times that Donald Trump\u2019s stop at Versailles totaled about ten minutes, leaving no time for anyone to eat anything, much less place an order,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>But social media, fed with a large dose of innuendo, wanted its facts with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-returning-twitter-one-minor-detail-may-signal-45s-epic-comeback-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tinge of bitterness<\/a> for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump STIFFED Miami restaurant where he did a publicity stunt after arrest and arraignment. He announced he was paying for everyone\u2019s food \u2014 then he left without paying for ANYTHING. Standard Trump. Fake generosity. Fake wealth. Fake everything. It\u2019s all a con,\u201d one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TristanSnell\/status\/1669467480257970176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter poster<\/a> wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fact-check-did-trump-offer-buy-food-miami-leave-without-paying-1807346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> entered the fray, citing video that showed as Trump spoke, \u201cthe eatery was packed with security, press, and supporters and did not seem to have (or be serving) any customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater in the footage, the cameraman moves through the restaurant\u2019s kitchen, which didn\u2019t show any food preparation or cooking. It was only shortly after this that Trump left, stopping by for about 10 minutes,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Miami New Times writer Laine Doss, when called to account by Newsweek, said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-trump-campaigns-trade-blows-florida-gov-visits-fried-testicles-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exaggerated claims<\/a> on other media sites did not reflect what she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never wrote that he didn\u2019t pay. I wrote that there was no food. That\u2019s all I wrote,\u201d Doss said. \u201cNo food was ordered, he left within 10 minutes and never got a chance to order, and nobody ate because there was no ordering. So there was no ordering, and so no paying, and no bill, and he was only there for 10 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>All that led Newsweek to conclude: \u201cIt appears that no order was made and the restaurant may not have been in a position to honor requests at the time, given the number of people in the venue.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-promised-free-food-no-one-got-anything-2023-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider<\/a>, which carried the original tale, eventually added a note saying that a Trump representative said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doj-moving-silence-trump-unable-speak-case-materials-potential-new-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> had \u201coffered to buy food\u201d but his supporters \u201cfollowed him outside\u201d as he left \u201cand did not place orders themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The representative said the campaign\u2019s advance team paid for any meals that were ordered.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftist-media-claims-trump-stuck-miami-supporters-bill-really-happened\/\">Leftist Media Claims Trump Stuck Miami Supporters with the Bill, Here&#8217;s What Really Happened<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bold, black-typed tale revealed a stain on ex-President Donald Trump&#8217;s reputation. Vanity Fair&#8217;s headline screamed, &#8220;Surprise: Trump Allegedly Left His Promised Lunch Bill Unpaid for Supporters at Versailles.&#8221; The article detailed Trump&#8217;s visit to the renowned Cuban restaurant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1950378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[4640,28993,4305,3751,4717,4188,10374,5221,3634,6426],"class_list":["post-1950377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-accuses","tag-burdening","tag-falsely","tag-heres","tag-leftist","tag-media","tag-miami","tag-supporters","tag-trump","tag-truth"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}