Despite being no fan of exotic eats, our POTUS does have a few food habits that most would
find a bit odd. We're pleased to present, for your consideration, the following list
of interesting Trump meals.
Pizza with a fork, hold the crust
Trump likes pizza, there's nothing strange about that. In fact, what kind of weirdo doesn't
eat pizza? It's the way he eats his pizza that tends toward the bizarre. For one thing,
according to a video Trump released himself, his preferred method involves eating it with
a knife and fork. He says eating it this way is "very comfortable," and also says it allows
him to remove the top of the pizza so he can just eat sauce, cheese, and toppings. The
way he puts it, he does this for health reasons, saying:
"I like to not eat the crust so we can keep the weight down at least as good as possible."
Well, every little bit counts.
What makes this habit of his even odder, though, is the fact that in his long-ago pre-presidential
days he was the first spokesperson for Pizza Hut's newly-introduced stuffed crust pizza
along with his first wife, Ivana. So did he actually enjoy crust back in the day?
Rock-hard steak with ketchup
One thing about Trump’s unique perspective on food is the way he eats his steak: well
done. As his long-time Mar-a-Lago butler told the New York Times, a Trump-approved steak,
quote, "would rock on the plate, it was so well done." Most chefs say you should never
order a steak cooked anything above a medium 135 degrees, while well-done doneness hits
at 155. Well-done steaks tend to be dry, tough, and lacking in flavor.
Lacking in flavor, that is, until it’s slathered in sauce. A waiter at the Trump International
Hotel's steakhouse BLT Prime described a typical Trump order to Town & Country:
"The President ordered a well-done steak. An aged New York strip. He ate it with catsup
as he always does."
To each his own...we guess. At the very least, here’s hoping this longsuffering waiter
got a solid tip.
"When it comes to great steaks, I’ve just raised the stakes."
Gourmet burgers made ordinary
Trump is also a big burger fan. What is a little weird is the way he orders his burger
at the 21 Club, a restaurant at which Bloomberg says he has a regular table. The restaurant
is famous for its "21" Burger, which is said to have been the nation's first gourmet hamburger
when it was introduced back in the 1940s. This isn’t some simple tomato and pickle-topped
beef sandwich; the 21 Burger features grilled onions, a special sauce, and the diner’s
choice of bleu or cheddar cheese. So how does Trump order his burger? Cooked through, and
topped with American cheese, more like the flavors you’d get across a fast food counter.
In fact, Politico reveals that Trump even tried to have the White House replicate the
McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese. Somehow, the trained chefs' version did not live up
to Trump's expectations, so one of his bodyguards had to make a Mickey D's run to satisfy that
particular presidential craving.
A dozen Diet Cokes a day
There's nothing unusual about drinking Diet Coke, not even on a daily basis, although
it may not be as healthy as you'd hope. What is a bit over the top, though, is drinking
a dozen Diet Cokes each and every day, which the New York Times says is a Trump habit.
It's commendable that Trump drinks no alcohol, and according to a Q&A he did for Us Weekly,
he also avoids coffee and tea. Still, 12 Diet Cokes is a whole lot of artificial sweetener,
and that can't be good.
One fun fact about Trump's Diet Cokes is the way he gets them. According to Time, in the
Oval Office there is a box with a little red button sitting right on the desk, Instead
of launching nuclear missiles, however, pushing this red button summons... a butler bearing
a Diet Coke for the president. That has to be the most dramatic soft drink delivery ever.
"This is a very ominous-looking because of the red button."
"Well what does that get you?"
"It gets you a Coke."
Super-sized McDonald's
So Trump likes McDonald's food. So what? So do billions and billions of other burger eaters,
if the signs are to be believed. According to Let Trump Be Trump, the book by former
campaign aides Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, Trump would always order, quote, "two
Big Macs, two Filet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted".
Each Big Mac has 550 calories, according to McDonald's nutrition calculator, while Filet-O-Fishes
have 380 calories apiece. And there is no “malted” on the McDonald’s menu, but
we can assume this is just Trump-speak for a shake. A large chocolate one comes in at
840 calories. This adds up to 2,700 calories, that is, if you eat every bite.
As Lewandowski and Bossie reveal, though, the President didn’t eat any of the bread,
which subtracts a total of 720 calories. Considering the fact that this mammoth meal would often
be his only one for the day, well, he's not doing so bad, after all. A bit quirky, perhaps,
to get all your daily calories from one late-night drive-thru run, but hey, we’ve all been
there.
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