Donald Trump's bizarre eating habit that's kept White House staff on their toes
A new tell-all tome has detailed US President Donald Trump’s alleged snack routine, featuring products from a popular American coffeehouse and frozen treats.
Maggie Haberman, White House correspondent for The New York Times, and Jonathan Swan, who was praised for checking falsehoods and challenging Trump’s remarks in a 2020 interview, recently published Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump.
Described by publisher Simon & Schuster as ‘the definitive account of the first year of Donald Trump's second presidency’, Regime Change features: segments on the Iran war; how the father-of-five ‘transformed’ the Justice Department into an ‘instrument of retribution’ against his so-called enemies, and how he allegedly turned his office into a ‘brazen vehicle for profit’.
The book, published on 23 June, also pulls back the curtain on the 80-year-old politician’s snacking routine.
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Previous accounts of Trump’s diet have included his penchant for fast-food.
According to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, the Republican enjoys eating food from ‘big corporations’ because he ‘trusts it and he doesn't want to get sick’.
“If you travel with him, you get this idea he is pumping himself full of poison all day long and you don't know how he's walking around, much less being the most energetic person any of us have ever met,” he stated on The Katie Miller Podcast.
In the 2017 book, Let Trump Be Trump, two of his former aides claimed he enjoyed eating ‘four major food groups' on Trump Force One: 'McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, pizza, and Diet Coke.’
Pizza has proved a firm favourite of the President, despite the unhinged way he has been known to eat it.
Now, in Regime Change, journalists Haberman and Swan have claimed that the President enjoys indulging in a myriad of late night snacks.
“A nighttime snacker, the president would frequently leave an array of empty potato chip bags, Starbucks wrappers, and ice cream cartons in the trash, or on the floor,” the authors wrote.
“The staff had to begin monitoring the trash after it was discovered he was sometimes throwing out White House sterling silver utensils.”
FOODbible has contacted the White House for comment.
Strict rules White House chefs must follow
Culinary experts working out of the White House have a strict set of rules they must follow, including being available 24/7 for the First Family’s cravings.
Limited kitchen employees
Despite its size, only a handful of full-time and part-time chefs work out of the White House kitchen at any given time.
These employees are responsible for managing the Oval Office’s main kitchen, the house’s two pantries, pastry kitchen, and executive kitchen, which is located inside the president's residence.
Selection process is secret
The New York Times once reported that if you tell other potential candidate about the White House chef interview process, then you could be removed from the position.
First Lady is in charge
Melania Trump, First Lady of the United States, is the head of the White House kitchen.
Earlier this year, her office instructed the chefs on what to cook for King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s state dinner.
The French-fusion menu featured a dessert which the reigning British monarch may not have been too keen on.
Around-the-clock availability
Employees must be willing to make meals and provide the First Family with snacks 24/7 — but apparently it’s a very rare occurance.
“I was there for eight years and that did not occur,” former chef Bill Yosses told HuffPost.
“There were no overnight snacks. In theory, we were working 24/7. There could be a national emergency and the people involved have to get up at 3 am and handle a crisis. The crises happened, but they weren’t hungry.”
Ella Scott