I'm sure this is racist somehow. And I'm also sure that if Obama were photographed with a Trump cake, it would be a non-issue. But the outrage must flow.
Since Trump and Cruz really don't care what the #resistance thinks, the restaurant was bombarded with threats and is now condemning and apologizing for something it had nothing to do with. Because we all live in Mao's China now.
In a statement, Stephan Courseau says he and the staff of his upscale French restaurant feel “betrayed and sad” by the photo, in which Trump Jr. and Cruz bare their teeth and pose with a “cake” emblazoned with a misshapen facsimile of the Shepard Fairey “Hope” portrait of former President Barack Obama. Trump Jr. helpfully tagged Le Bilboquet on Instagram in a series of three photos with the “Obama cake,” an early 40th birthday gift that careful forensic photo analysis reveals is actually some kind of big cookie, perhaps a cookie-cake. (The cookie-cake was brought to the restaurant by another party guest.)
Anyone who has ever ordered a picture cookie knows that the Obama picture is about what you should suspect. I really doubt some rogue Christian cookie maker was trying to make Obama look like he had eaten too many cookies.
Also, I'm feeling hungry right now, but that cookie isn't remotely appetizing.
Dear Bilboquet Friends,
This morning a lot of you have been shocked and appalled to hear that Donald Trump Jr. and Ted Cruz celebrated a birthday of a friend at Le Bilboquet with a cake with our former president Barack Obama’s face on it.
Let me be clear, I share your indignation without any reservation.
With no reservations whatsoever. Now that's quite a restaurant.