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Trump's Shocking Diet: Diet Coke, Fast Food, and Well-Done Steak Revealed
- •Donald Trump's eating habits include up to 12 cans of Diet Coke daily, a habit so prominent a button was installed on his White House desk to summon fresh cans.
- •His diet heavily features fast food, with reported favorites including McDonald's, KFC, and pizza, often consumed on his private plane.
- •Trump's reported McDonald's order included a Quarter Pounder with cheese, extra ketchup, no pickles, and a fried apple pie, with one dinner order totaling around 2,400 calories.
- •He has a significant sweet tooth, reportedly receiving two scoops of ice cream at White House dinners and stocking Air Force One with Oreos and other sweets.
- •Trump prefers his steak well-done with ketchup and reportedly had cauliflower incorporated into mashed potatoes to increase vegetable intake, despite being a lifelong teetotaler.
Key Questions Answered
Donald Trump's reported eating routine features a heavy consumption of Diet Coke—reportedly up to 12 cans a day—alongside fast-food staples like McDonald's burgers, fried chicken, and pizza. Former aides described these items as his primary food groups, with specific preferences including a Quarter Pounder with extra ketchup and well-done steak.
According to accounts cited from the Economic Times, vegetables were subtly incorporated into his meals by mixing cauliflower into mashed potatoes to help increase his vegetable intake.
Donald Trump has humorously argued that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass when poured on it, leading to the playful claim that it must therefore kill cancer cells inside the body. He also jokingly defended orange sodas like Fanta on Air Force One by calling them 'fresh squeezed' because they use orange juice concentrate.
