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Why Donald Trump’s diet is bad for America’s health (barf alert)
WaPo ^

Posted on 06/28/2017 1:22:02 PM PDT by Stopthethreat

It was the fat joke heard ‘round the world. Pope Francis, speaking with Donald and Melania Trump during their recent visit, asked the first lady whether she’d been feeding her husband potica, a rich Slovenian dessert.

His Holiness wasn’t the only one eyeballing the president’s diet. Recently, the public learned that the White House kitchen staff knows to deliver their boss extra Thousand Island dressing and a double serving of ice cream while his guests get vinaigrette and a single scoop of vanilla, triggering sniggers about presidential gluttony.

And since Trump so shamelessly slings stingingly personal insults tied to fitness and body type — from “Miss Piggy” to “fat pig” to “Little Marco” – why resist the urge to poke his proverbial soft underbelly?

We should resist, because Trump’s attitudes toward healthy eating and exercise aren’t a joke — they have serious consequences for the nation’s health. First, they mark a dramatic pivot from his presidential predecessors on both sides of the aisle. Previous presidents saw projecting a personal embrace of healthy living as politically attractive, while Trump perceives just the opposite.

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


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: orthorexia
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To: Stopthethreat

And yet, Obama gets to smoke with a complete pass from the media.


21 posted on 06/28/2017 1:38:44 PM PDT by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

1 tub of Blue Bell = 1 scoop right?


22 posted on 06/28/2017 1:40:16 PM PDT by Stopthethreat
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To: rockvillem

Trump doesn’t smoke either.


23 posted on 06/28/2017 1:40:51 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: rockvillem
Could Trump stand to lose a few pounds - of course. Most of us are in the same boat. But he has 10X more vigor (to use the Kennedy word) than Obama ever did! The Washington Compost would never admit that, of course.

I'm nearly 60 and I couldn't come close to keeping the schedule that Donald Trump kept during his campaign. And I don't know anyone else my age who could either. That last week of campaigning would have killed me for sure!

24 posted on 06/28/2017 1:40:57 PM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: Cecily

since his bypasses or whatever he had Willie Jeff looks gaunt and emaciated to me.


25 posted on 06/28/2017 1:43:25 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Hillary Clinton must be imprisoned.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The Pope should stick to scripture and doctrine.

Oh for goodness sakes. The pope once went to Slovenia and discovered that this is a national specialty - potica. It's just a normal human remark. I looked it up and wouldn't mind some gook potica myself.

26 posted on 06/28/2017 1:43:39 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Stopthethreat

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/the-pope/11509483/Pope-Francis-told-to-lay-off-pasta-after-apparent-weight-gain.html


27 posted on 06/28/2017 1:43:58 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: fwdude

‘And yet, Obama gets to smoke with a complete pass from the media.’

And drink beer. Of course President Trump doesn’t drink alcohol.


28 posted on 06/28/2017 1:45:01 PM PDT by Lent
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Did the Pope even mean that as a joke about the resident’s weight, or it was a reference to the First Lady’s being Slovenian. It seems like they never cool at home anyway. Who knows if either of them can even cook?


29 posted on 06/28/2017 1:46:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: AndyJackson

Did he ask Frau Merkel’s husband what he was stuffing her with? Or Maduro’s wife? Of course not.


30 posted on 06/28/2017 1:47:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: nickcarraway

If you had any chef in the world at your beck & call, how much cooking would you do?


31 posted on 06/28/2017 1:48:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nothing wrong with this Pope that a choke slam across the bar top wouldn’t cure.


32 posted on 06/28/2017 1:50:29 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: Stopthethreat

The rejected press are on a roll today attempting to needle the president. This is a fine example of how out of touch they are. They put out fake stories saying the president is clueless on health insurance. Do they have any proof? Do they care?

Will Chelsea call out this writer for fat shaming an elderly gentleman? Hahaha.


33 posted on 06/28/2017 1:51:18 PM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: nickcarraway
Not only did the MOOCH NEVER cook anything, EVER ( she had a "private chef", when they lived in Chicago ), she NEVER went marketing, nor ever lifted a finger to take care of her own children!

I doubt that Hillary has EVER been able to cook and that may be one of the reasons old Bubba sought a whole LOT of things outside of that "marriage".

We DO know that the president's mother did cook ( which I highly doubt that the past FIVE president's mothers EVER did.

So stick your snark where the sun don't shine.

34 posted on 06/28/2017 1:55:56 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: fwdude
And yet, Obama gets to smoke with a complete pass from the media.

I've freaking smoked a half rack of Lucky's every day for the past 40 years and I just scored 92% lung efficiency on an offshore oil rig specific med exam. These nervous nattering nellies of negativity make me ill.

35 posted on 06/28/2017 1:55:58 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: fwdude
And yet, Obama gets to smoke with a complete pass from the media.

Smoking pole.

36 posted on 06/28/2017 1:57:32 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: Stopthethreat

Oh sure and if Shillary had won, she’d be the model of fitness and health. WP are dolts and hypocrites.

(I hate autocorrect.)


37 posted on 06/28/2017 1:57:37 PM PDT by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: rockvillem

That’s a good point. Obola was one lazy azz man. Trump has energy for 10 people.


38 posted on 06/28/2017 1:59:23 PM PDT by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Stopthethreat

It never occurs to the Trumphaters that maybe his guests prefer vinaigrette and one scoop if not no ice cream? Of all the crap that’s thrown at Trump, I’ve never heard anyone say he is a bad host.


39 posted on 06/28/2017 2:04:03 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Personally, I would still cook. No substitute for doing your own cooking. Do the Trump’s have a personal chef? It seems like they go to restaurants or take out a lot?


40 posted on 06/28/2017 2:05:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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