The White House has responded after Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. commented on Donald Trump’s diet being “really bad food,” leading to renewed attention on the president’s eating habits and the administration’s broader public health messaging.
Karoline Leavitt reacts to RFK Jr’s comment
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed Kennedy’s remarks in an interaction with Politico, as she discussed the administration’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) campaign. Asked about RFK Jr.’s characterization of Donald Trump’s eating habits, Leavitt acknowledged that the president “has his own personal habits,” while emphasizing his support for public health initiatives.
“The president has his own personal habits, but he understands the movement and the power behind all of these moms who have united in pushing for a real public health change, and he fully supports it and gets it,” Leavitt told the outlet. She added that Trump strongly believes in parental choice when it comes to health and education decisions and “fully empowers that mentality.”
Kennedy’s comments came a day earlier on Katie Miller’s podcast, where he described Trump’s diet. “He eats really bad food, which is McDonald’s, and candy, and Diet Coke. But he drinks Diet Coke at all times,” RFK Jr. said, before adding, “He has the constitution of a deity.” He continued, “I don’t know how he’s alive. He’s just pumping himself full of poison all day long.”
However, Kennedy also exclaimed that Trump eats “really good food” when he is at Mar-a-Lago or the White House, explaining that the president tends to rely on large food corporations while traveling because he trusts them and wants to avoid getting sick.
Now, the comments surfaced as Donald Trump promoted a health-related policy shift. The president recently signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act in the Oval Office, announcing that children would again have access to whole milk in schools, according to a United States Department of Agriculture press release.
