Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered candid observations about President Donald Trump’s dietary preferences during a podcast interview published Tuesday, expressing bewilderment at how the president maintains his renowned energy levels while consuming fast food during travel.
When asked to identify which Cabinet member possessed the most questionable eating habits, Kennedy did not hesitate. “The president,” he responded, before elaborating on what he described as a perplexing contradiction between Trump’s food choices and his physical vitality.
“The interesting thing about the president is that he eats really bad food, which is McDonald’s, and then, you know, caffeine and Diet Coke. He drinks Diet Coke all the time,” Kennedy explained. “He has the constitution of a deity. I don’t know how he’s alive, but he is.”
The health secretary, who has made improving American nutrition a cornerstone of his tenure, was careful to provide context for his remarks. Kennedy clarified that Trump’s fast-food consumption primarily occurs while traveling, noting that the president eats considerably better when residing at the White House or his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
“I think you get this if you travel with him, you get this idea that he’s just 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,” Kennedy said. “I think he actually does eat pretty good food usually.”
The White House responded to Kennedy’s comments with confidence. Spokesperson Kush Desai noted that the secretary’s observations about Trump’s constitution were accurate, pointing to the president’s golf championships and physical examination results as evidence of his exceptional fitness.
“Secretary Kennedy is right: as his golf championships and flawless physical report results indicate, President Trump has the constitution and energy levels most young people could only dream of having,” Desai stated.
This is not the first occasion Kennedy has addressed the president’s dietary preferences. The health secretary has previously acknowledged that campaign travel presents particular nutritional challenges, describing airplane food as especially problematic. His willingness to speak frankly about Trump’s eating habits stands in notable contrast to his official mission of improving American nutrition standards.
Kennedy has emerged as a prominent voice within the administration advocating for healthier food options for Americans, particularly children. He has committed to ensuring young people receive what he terms “real food” rather than products laden with artificial additives and ultra-processed ingredients.
The health secretary’s remarks highlight an interesting dynamic within the Trump administration, where personal habits and public policy objectives do not always align perfectly. Kennedy’s good-natured ribbing of the president suggests a comfortable working relationship that allows for honest, if somewhat humorous, assessment of each other’s choices.
The exchange underscores the broader conversation Kennedy has initiated about American dietary habits and the prevalence of processed foods in the national diet, even as he marvels at the president’s apparent immunity to the effects of such choices.
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