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Topics: Donald Trump, Food and Drink
Jess Hardiman
Topics: Donald Trump, Food and Drink
With his second term as US President now underway, Donald Trump has made history by becoming the oldest person to be sworn into office.
But isn’t Joe Biden four years older, I hear you cry?
He is, but he was actually 78 years and 61 days old when he was sworn in back in 2021, while Trump was 78 years and 220 days old on Monday.
While Trump has more than 100 days on Biden, it seems as though his lifestyle is as youthful as ever.
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Ultimate Health author Craig Brockie tweeted a summary of Trump’s ‘crazy health routine’, noting how he ‘sleeps 4-5 hours a night’, ‘has the most stressful job on Earth’ and ‘drinks 12 Diet Cokes a day’.
“And somehow still has more energy than 99% of people I know and lost 30 pounds,” he wrote, racking up 65,000 likes in the process.
As for those Diet Cokes, that point stems from a 2017 New York Times profile, which detailed Trump’s ‘hour-by-hour battle for self-preservation’.
“Watching cable, he shares thoughts with anyone in the room, even the household staff he summons via a button for lunch or for one of the dozen Diet Cokes he consumes each day,” it said.
Naturally, many X users were stunned to hear about Trump’s reported excessive habit when it resurfaced online.
“12 DIET COKES A DAY?” one commented in shock, while someone else said: “12 diet cokes a day is crazy af.”
A third wrote: “12 diet cokes at 78 years old...”
Former White House chef Andre Rush – who worked at the president’s residence during his first term, and also for Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama – told Politico last month that the rumours about the famed Diet Coke button were 'true’.
Explaining how Trump was ‘known for not drinking water’, Rush said: “He’s always been on his soda trip. That’s all he drinks, 24/7. He’s been living off it and says, ‘It hasn’t hurt me yet.’
“But that’s a cliche we all go through until it hurts you.”
The chef added: “He gets so much flack about the unhealthy side of him. He does try to eat healthy, but people don’t get to see that part of it.
"They just see the part that we want to show on social media. I mean, Bill Clinton ate just as many burgers as Donald Trump did.”