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Internet amused by prominently placed Froot Loops and Oreos ahead of Trump news event

Donald Trump was holding a news conference Thursday afternoon at his golf club in New Jersey a day after his speech on the economy received criticism for going off the rails. Trump's press event began with staff filling a table with what appeared to be different grocery items, namely cereal in the "giant size" or "family size," cookies and other bakery items, coffee, oranges and green apples. At least one bakery item appeared to be from Wegman's, a store well-known on the East Coast. At one point, a staffer appeared to carry in a pre-assembled doll house to set on another area away from the food items. Jokers and critics were quick with comments about the items, with one person even cracking that Frosted Flakes should have been on the table so Trump could say "Make America grrrrrrrreat again!" Read also: 'That's a lie': The 10 quotes Trump said to Black journalists that led to outburstsA humor columnist for USA Today, Rex Huppke, invented his own fake Trump comments.“So, when the poors…errrrr…people go to the food shopping place, and they want, say, loops made of fruit…who eats fruit? yuk…the cost now is like $200 per loop of fruit. Can you believe that? A guy came up to me the other day, big guy, tears in his eyes.... and he said, ‘Sir, my family can’t afford loops of fruit.’ And I told him that these loops of fruit - I call them ‘fruit loops,’ they say I’m the best at naming - will be affordable when I win in November. I don’t know what these other things here are. This is gross.” Georgetown Law professor Josh Chafetz had his own fake speech idea for Trump."Froot Loops, wonderful cereal, spectacular. I remember a few weeks ago, this giant toucan--ever see a giant toucan? they're majestic. Anyway, this giant toucan, name of Sam, comes up to me with tears running down his huge beak; he comes up to me and says, 'Sir, I cost too much.'"National security expert Marcy Wheeler pointed to the photo taken by Politico's Meridith McGraw and quipped, "Yesterday they couldn't get Trump to give an economic speech even by writing slogans on the wall behind him. Now they think putting Fruit Loops in front of him will do it."Legal analyst Allison Gill similarly pointed out Trump's Wednesday flub when the press event was called. "Stop calling it a news conference," she complained.Digital media director Kelsie Taggart posted, "I'm wondering (hoping) if Trump is going to hold up a mini box and a family-size box f Fruit Loops and blame it on inflation."