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BumRushDaShow

(142,092 posts)
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 06:29 AM Thursday

RFK Jr. criticizes Trump's fast-food consumption, calls his diet 'poison'

Source: USA Today

Published 6:31 p.m. ET Nov. 13, 2024


Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the former independent presidential candidate and a member of Donald Trump’s transition team, is a fan of the new administration but the president-elect’s fast-food diet? Not so much. During an interview on “The Joe Polish Show,” a marketing industry podcast that aired on Tuesday, RFK Jr. criticized some of Trump’s food preferences.

“The stuff that he eats is really, like, bad,” he stated, describing certain items on the former president’s menu as “poison” in some cases. The Daily Beast was the first to report his comments. “Campaign food is always bad, but the food that goes onto that airplane is, like, just poison,” Kennedy said on the podcast. You have a choice between — you don’t have the choice, you’re either given KFC or Big Macs.” He added that if you’re lucky enough to get those, it’s still a challenge, as he finds the other available option to be “kind of inedible.”

While on a flight with Dana White, the chief executive of the mixed martial arts company Ultimate Fighting Championship, Kennedy said White claimed he’s “never seen Trump drink a glass of water,” even on long flights.

In August, Kennedy, an environmental lawyer who has spread misinformation about vaccines, ended his presidential campaign and endorsed Trump in exchange for a role in the upcoming administration focused on public health. He added that he’s not anti-vaccine but for more rigorous testing of vaccines.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/13/trump-fast-food-diet-poison-rfk-jr/76262145007/

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RFK Jr. criticizes Trump's fast-food consumption, calls his diet 'poison' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Thursday OP
Honeymoon over? GreenWave Thursday #1
RFK Jr. bdamomma Thursday #2
Roadkill is all-natural and organic. sop Thursday #3
So are brain worms William Seger Thursday #12
Bye bye Kennedy. NEVER criticize Dear Leader. nt hootman Thursday #4
Trump is going to get tired of this idiot LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #5
Trump is afraid of being poisoned that's we he eats fast food. I'd have thought he had better food in his plane underpants Thursday #6
He needs more bear and whale in his diet IronLionZion Thursday #7
Did RFK Jr. just kill his shot at Sec. of HHS ? groundloop Thursday #8
He's already 1 year older than the average white American male's lifespan wolfie001 Thursday #9
I am arguing that in his case, the life-span should be enforced. milestogo Thursday #13
I second that..........nt wolfie001 Thursday #14
I'm looking to this second term to rot the piece of shit purr-rat beauty Thursday #10
The poison is not working fast enough IronLionZion Thursday #11
The felon bdamomma Friday #15
Bob can't help himself ... he's going to be fired before he gets hired FakeNoose Friday #16
Lol Deminpenn Friday #17
Bob eats roadkill. travelingthrulife Saturday #18

bdamomma

(66,330 posts)
2. RFK Jr.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 06:58 AM
Thursday

shouldn't say anything doesn't he eat "roadkill". RFK Jr. maybe that "poison" is something the felon likes and has been doing for many years. Big Mac's and KFC??? I wouldn't say anything let him continue eating that.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/rfk-jr-has-freezer-full-of-dead-animals-due-to-lifelong-habit-of-collecting-roadkill/ar-AA1ouc9N

underpants

(186,559 posts)
6. Trump is afraid of being poisoned that's we he eats fast food. I'd have thought he had better food in his plane
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:29 AM
Thursday

Whether he’s afraid of poisoning just because of his inflated self importance or because of who he deals with has not been determined as far as I’ve read or heard.

It must be hard for someone like RFK Jr who is a health nut accent on nut.

I’d have thought Trump had some sort of food arrangement for guests on his plane but I guess not.

IronLionZion

(46,951 posts)
7. He needs more bear and whale in his diet
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:44 AM
Thursday

RFK Jr. should make sure Trump doesn't get any more vaccines or medicines either.

groundloop

(12,254 posts)
8. Did RFK Jr. just kill his shot at Sec. of HHS ?
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:58 AM
Thursday


He forgot the prime directive, "though shall not criticize Dear Leader".

wolfie001

(3,610 posts)
9. He's already 1 year older than the average white American male's lifespan
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 08:00 AM
Thursday

And he's obese too which makes JFK Jr's statement even more ridiculous. I'm not advocating a fast-food diet but I am advocating in-fighting amongst this tribe of jackasses.

milestogo

(17,751 posts)
13. I am arguing that in his case, the life-span should be enforced.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 12:18 PM
Thursday

He's causing too much distress and using too many resources.

purr-rat beauty

(595 posts)
10. I'm looking to this second term to rot the piece of shit
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 08:23 AM
Thursday

He's in lesser shape to hold up on the stress and has what I am sure is less genuine support ( even if espoused ) from his cabinet and family. I want to see him keel in the middle of an address, that would be comedy gold.

FakeNoose

(35,632 posts)
16. Bob can't help himself ... he's going to be fired before he gets hired
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 10:13 AM
Friday

I predict he'll be the first cabinet member that gets fired ... assuming he makes it into Chump's cabinet.

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