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erpowers

(9,350 posts)
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 03:04 PM Jan 2019

Not Buying That Trump Eats Fast Food

I know there are issues of bigger concern, but over the past few days I have been thinking about the issue of Trump and fast food. I have begun to believe that his supposed love of fast food is a lie. Yes, he is obese. However, I think someone can be obese and not eat fast food.

So, why do I not believe Trump eats fast food? Is there any real proof that Trump eats fast food? Is there any video of him actually eating any type of fast food? As far as I know there is ample video evidence of both President Clinton and President Obama eating fast food. Maybe I just missed the video, but I do not recall seeing any video of Trump actually eating fast food. So far, all I have seen are pictures of him sitting behind different types of fast food. I do not even think there is a picture of him taking a bite of fast food.

I think the fast food thing was a lie made up to make Trump seem like an everyman against the elites who want people to eat vegetables. The fast food thing was supposed to make Trump more likable among middle class and poor whites. They were supposed to think, "Trump is such a cool guy. He is a billionaire and could eat caviar and other rich people food, but he chooses to eat burgers and fries just like us regular folks."

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Not Buying That Trump Eats Fast Food (Original Post) erpowers Jan 2019 OP
There are photos of him eating fast food. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #1
All I Could Find erpowers Jan 2019 #3
Those various photos are repetitive--not at the same venue and it has been reported no WH Chef hlthe2b Jan 2019 #6
If you merely google "Trump eating fast food" there are tons of images. n/t hlthe2b Jan 2019 #2
See Reply #3 n/t erpowers Jan 2019 #4
See dalton99a Jan 2019 #5
Fast Food isn't Poverty Food violetpastille Jan 2019 #7
I really don't care, do you? blueinredohio Jan 2019 #8
There's plenty pictures of him enjoying fast food. Initech Jan 2019 #9

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,770 posts)
1. There are photos of him eating fast food.
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 03:08 PM
Jan 2019

I remember seeing a couple of them, don't have time to look for them right now. I think he does eat it because he's a poseur who likes to pretend he's classy but he also wants to satisfy his appetites - and he obviously has an appetite for greasy food and none for fine dining. He likes well-done steaks with ketchup, ffs. And it's a bit insulting to suggest that his base likes it that he eats fast food - most of them wouldn't be eating at McD's if they could afford something better.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
3. All I Could Find
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 03:24 PM
Jan 2019

All I could find was one picture of him eating a piece of pizza, one with a piece of chicken on a plate in front of him, and one picture of him putting his hands into a seemingly empty carton of McDonald's fries along with an untouched Big Mac. There was one of him with a hamberger close to his mouth, but that is still not proof of him eating fast food.

hlthe2b

(102,305 posts)
6. Those various photos are repetitive--not at the same venue and it has been reported no WH Chef
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 03:29 PM
Jan 2019

wants to work for the current WH because of his "appetites"

Given two insider books have talked about this, I really don't think there is much doubt. He's a slob whose idea of a good meal is greasy dripping fast food made by those who (presumably) don't know so they don't have the goal/opportunity of poisoning him-- He is quoted saying something to that effect in an least one of those book.

violetpastille

(1,483 posts)
7. Fast Food isn't Poverty Food
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 03:47 PM
Jan 2019

It's expensive for what you get.

The basic Big Mac Extra Value meal can run you about 8 dollars. Do that three times a day and that's 24.00. One could have purchased brown rice and organic pinto beans to feed a family of three for a week with that same money.

I live in an exurb of Portland and the most popular restaurant is the Chik-fil-A drive thru.

It fits a lifestyle but the lifestyle is not "poor".

It's a way of thinking more than anything.

"This. Now. Burn the rainforest and fuck inclusion."

Initech

(100,087 posts)
9. There's plenty pictures of him enjoying fast food.
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 04:50 PM
Jan 2019

At least there's something that he enjoys.





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