
As Donald Trump touched down in Delhi for his first presidential visit to India yesterday (24 February), a storm was waiting for him.
No, we’re not talking about his baffling remarks on Oscar-winning film Parasite or the recent news that his golfing hobby costs the US taxpayer the equivalent of 334 years of the presidential salary.
This is much more of a scandal: a corn and broccoli samosa on his planned Indian menu… with no potato?!
Deepal Trivedi, editor of the Ahmedabad Mirror, tweeted a picture of the menu with the offending item and slammed the samosa as a “miserable snack”.
The #BroccoliSamosa is a miserable snack. Not a single person finished a full one! Wish there was something genuin… https://t.co/G9xMzuiD3O— Deepal.Trivedi #Vo! (@Deepal.Trivedi #Vo!) 1582542739
The unusual menu addition shocked many, who asked why the classic samosa (which is most commonly filled with potato and combinations of spices) wasn’t included on the all-vegetarian menu.
Especially because Donald Trump isn’t super keen on eating vegetables in the first place (a source close to him remarked: "I have never seen him eat a vegetable") so why not just stick to a crowd favourite recipe?
People on social media began dragging the unconventional corn and broccoli samosa:
So @realDonaldTrump will be fed broccoli samosas. I sympathise and lay the matter to rest.— Saba Naqvi (@Saba Naqvi) 1582523195
I doubt this unappetizing menu will prompt anyone into giving any kind of deal to India. #broccolisamosa 🤦♀️ https://t.co/XhW6oX0Or8— Shruti Rajagopalan (@Shruti Rajagopalan) 1582516344
If you change a samosa's fillings, you are playing with feelings! #BroccoliSamosa is NOT samosa. #AlooLoverForever— Rachita Prasad (@Rachita Prasad) 1582535737
I swear I treat my guests better. #BroccoliSamosa #broccoli https://t.co/SvDLTEseOh— Abhishek Mukherjee (@Abhishek Mukherjee) 1582536378
I am sorry to entire humanity for the broccoli samosa on Trump's menu. A broccoli samosa cannot be samosa. It's j… https://t.co/v90hdWmHao— Soumyadipta (@Soumyadipta) 1582531192
But some people rushed to the samosa’s defence:
President Trump visits India and I’m not sure why people are so offended at the idea of broccoli samosas. I’d eat t… https://t.co/tfYFc453JY— Hema Mullur (@Hema Mullur) 1582554011
Idiots will hate. Broccoli samosa sounds delicious. #NamasteTrump— Shiv Aroor (@Shiv Aroor) 1582530514
Am I the only one that thinks broccoli samosa sounds absolutely amazing?— Daniel M. J. (@Daniel M. J.) 1582545835
Then cooking guru Padma Lakshmi had a scalding hot take on samosagate:
Trump is the broccoli samosa of people— Padma Lakshmi (@Padma Lakshmi) 1582558919
It is with a heavy heart that we confirm Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania did not try the corn and broccoli samosas.
Kartikeya Sarabhai is a trustee of Sabarmati Ashram - the place where the menu was served - and confirmed to India Today:
Some food items were arranged for the members of the visiting delegation, but neither the US President nor the First Lady had anything during their visit to the Ashram. We saw the list of food items which might have been arranged for the officials who were part of the visiting delegation. But none of the dignitaries ate them.
Justice for the corn and broccoli samosa, tbh.
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