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The Atlantic: Trump's Food Choices Grow More Disconcerting
The Atlantic ^ | 12/02/17 | James Hamblin

Posted on 12/03/2017 10:37:42 AM PST by Simon Green

A new memoir implicates the Filet-O-Fish in a 2,400-calorie dinner.

“Trump’s appetite seems to know no bounds when it comes to McDonald’s, with a dinner order consisting of two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted.”

This 2,400-calorie meal is among the details in a forthcoming book by Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and aid David Bossie, as described in a preview by The Washington Post.

A dinner of that size would offer caloric energy for a full day. The 3,400 milligrams of sodium more than doubles the American Heart Association’s recommendation of 1,500 milligrams per day. The meal provides almost no fiber—and also offers more white bread than anyone would do well to eat in a week. This is all ominous for the president’s cardiovascular system.

So is the lack of variety. The book’s authors, who traveled with Trump early in his presidency, write: “On Trump Force One there were four major food groups: McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, pizza, and Diet Coke.”

Keeping the Coke sugar-free is an interesting line to draw—especially as a man who once said, “I have never seen a thin person drink Diet Coke.”

The food enters the President not only in abundance, but with haste. Ivanka Trump said in a 2015 interview with Barbara Walters, “I wish he would eat healthier and maybe slow down. Sometimes I tell him, like, ‘Oh, you have to, you know, slow down.’ But it’s the only speed he knows ...”

All of this could be taken as simple evidence of Trump’s cultural vacuousness. He should know other speeds; he has dined with other people. He should enjoy a wide array of foods; he has been afforded the opportunity to have anything he wants.

(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clutchthepearls; fastfood; jameshamblin; mmmburgers; mmmpizza; partisanmediashills; theatlantic; trump45
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Good grief. Talk about grasping at straws. At the end of the piece, they conclude that President Trump can't be trusted to deal with foreign policy, climate change, or national tax policy....

.....because he's fond of junk food.

1 posted on 12/03/2017 10:37:42 AM PST by Simon Green
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To: Simon Green

Another “too stupid for comment” article.


2 posted on 12/03/2017 10:40:15 AM PST by jch10 (I STAND FOR MY COUNTRY, MY FLAG, AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.)
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To: Simon Green

What does his food choice have to do with anything? At least he is not telling others what to eat a la Michelle O.


3 posted on 12/03/2017 10:40:26 AM PST by madison10 (Merry Christmas!)
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To: Simon Green

Pizza, chicken, and Diet Coke sound good.

Make Dinner Great Again.


4 posted on 12/03/2017 10:40:46 AM PST by Architect of Avalon (izza)
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since when can you get a malted at McD's??? more fake news... feh
5 posted on 12/03/2017 10:42:37 AM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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Is James Hamblin an effete, urban poofter?

He certainly writes like one.

6 posted on 12/03/2017 10:42:42 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Simon Green

This is beyond grasping at straws. It’s digging into the mud with your fingernails.

Politics is a scam and we’re suckers for playing.


7 posted on 12/03/2017 10:42:50 AM PST by RKBA Democrat (Hope and redemption are to be found in the Lord. Not in politics.)
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Uhhhhh, yyyeahhh, I don't think Micky D's has chocolate malteds.

I wish they did. I'd eat their morning, noon and night.

Wait. I pretty much already do. I guess I'd have to go there for between-meal snacks.

8 posted on 12/03/2017 10:44:07 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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Obama smoked (despite claims to the contrary about him quitting) and drank alcohol. I guess that made him a saint in the writer’s eyes.


9 posted on 12/03/2017 10:44:32 AM PST by Lent
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To: Lent

Who cares?


10 posted on 12/03/2017 10:45:25 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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Make no mistake. They love the fact that the president supposedly gorges on junk food. It's what they hope will get him eventually.
11 posted on 12/03/2017 10:45:38 AM PST by libh8er
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I think Moosechelle ate a life size chocolate buffalo from the size of her butt.


12 posted on 12/03/2017 10:45:40 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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B. Hussein ate dogs

That his religion says is haram

But we have to care about Trumps cuisine


13 posted on 12/03/2017 10:46:02 AM PST by Phil DiBasquette
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Did the same people worry about who/what O’bastard was eating?


14 posted on 12/03/2017 10:46:17 AM PST by Beagle8U (Wake up and smell the Covfef)
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"a dinner order consisting of two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted."

I wonder how true this could be. That's a LOT of food for one sitting, and Trump's not THAT big.

15 posted on 12/03/2017 10:46:21 AM PST by cincinnati65
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Man is 71 years old and has more energy than the entire Bush and Clinton families combined.

To paraphrase Abraham Lincoln with regard to then General Ulysses Grant, I would say find out what he eats and send him more of it!

16 posted on 12/03/2017 10:46:26 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: Simon Green

"I'm sorry. You got a problem with something?"
17 posted on 12/03/2017 10:46:54 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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But when Bill Clinton did it - it proved he was a man of the people.


18 posted on 12/03/2017 10:46:59 AM PST by Skywise
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For myself, I find that McDonalds Crispy Chicken sandwich is pretty darn good. It’s my go-to meal after finishing a long hike in the mountains.


19 posted on 12/03/2017 10:47:02 AM PST by glorgau
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And don’t forget that evil second scoop of ice cream.


20 posted on 12/03/2017 10:48:07 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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