'Mehmet Oz says Trump told him that diet soda might help kill cancer cells'

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(MS NOW) "It’s not exactly a secret that Donald Trump has weird ideas about health and science. In fact, it was earlier this year when the president told The Wall Street Journal he routinely ignores the advice of physicians on daily aspirin use, in part because he’s 'superstitious' and in part because he wants 'nice, thin blood pouring through my heart.' "

"This is the same Republican who also famously recommended research into treating Covid-19 patients with disinfectant injections and shining 'very powerful' lights inside their bodies...So it doesn’t come a great surprise to learn the president also apparently believes diet soda possesses implausible health benefits. The New Republic noted:"

"During the latest episode of Donald Trump Jr.’s ‘Triggered’ podcast, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the daytime television host the president picked to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, revealed some of the president’s unorthodox beliefs about health."

" ‘Your dad argues that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass, if poured on grass, so therefore it must kill cancer cells inside the body,’ Oz said...The former television personality went on to share an anecdote about seeing the president drinking an orange-flavored soft drink. Oz said the president 'starts to, like, sheepishly grin. He goes, ‘You know this stuff’s good for me. It kills cancer cells.’ And then he tells me, ‘It’s fresh squeezed, so how bad can it be for you?’ "

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https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/mehmet-oz-says-trump-told-him-that-diet-soda-might-help-kill-cancer-cells

[SheltieLover]

1. Drink up slob!

🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

[Deuxcents]

2. I was saying that the whole time I read the article! Drink up!

[Omnipresent]

3. I'm hoping one of his bright ideas on health, finishes him off soon!

[hlthe2b]

4. Hydrogen Cyanide kills grass too. Should we ask an industrial chemist to pour you a cocktail?

Google "prussic acid" orange moron... otherwise known as hydrogen cyanide- naturally occurring in rapidly growing grasses that can kill grazing livestock (but pouring concentrated liquid hydrogen cyanide would likewise kill the grass itself) and either could kill you too, moron.

[3catwoman3]

9. If we extrapolate further from this, heart attacks, car crashes...

...and gun violence also kill cancer cells.

Any one of these events is more than welcome to kill any cancer cells lurking in TOFU Donnie's corpulent carcass.

[2MuchNoise]

5. I don't know if it kills cancer cells...

But it sure did a number on his brain cells.

[niyad]

6. "fresh-squeezed diet soft drink???". . .hey, go right ahead, you bloated

scum. After all, that stuff eats corrosion off battery terminals. Just think what it can do for your arteries!!!

[johnnyfins]

7. One has to ponder the question:

If diet coke kills cancer, why isn't TSF dead yet?

[BamaRefugee]

8. Fresh squeezed FANTA. I saw some video between Oz and Don Jr

And Junior said that he really drinks Fanta and honestly believes that it's fresh squeezed

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. MaddowBlog-Mehmet Oz says Trump told him that diet soda might help kill cancer cells

The former physician’s comments were a timely reminder that the president’s judgment on matters of health are better left ignored.

It’s tempting to laugh about Trump telling Dr. Oz that he believes diet soft drinks might help kill cancer cells.

But this is the same president who offers public guidance on how much Tylenol people should take and what child vaccination schedules should look like.
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— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-15T18:48:09.220Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/mehmet-oz-says-trump-told-him-that-diet-soda-might-help-kill-cancer-cells

So it doesn’t come a great surprise to learn the president also apparently believes diet soda possesses implausible health benefits. The New Republic noted:

During the latest episode of Donald Trump Jr.’s ‘Triggered’ podcast, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the daytime television host the president picked to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, revealed some of the president’s unorthodox beliefs about health.

‘Your dad argues that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass, if poured on grass, so therefore it must kill cancer cells inside the body,’ Oz said.

The former television personality went on to share an anecdote about seeing the president drinking an orange-flavored soft drink. Oz said the president “starts to, like, sheepishly grin. He goes, ‘You know this stuff’s good for me. It kills cancer cells.’ And then he tells me, ‘It’s fresh squeezed, so how bad can it be for you?’”....

Far less funny, however, is the person who harbors these bizarre ideas nevertheless claims broad authority on matters of public health, to the point that he’s urged Americans to follow his terrible advice. This is the same president, after all, who has offered public guidance on, among other things, how much Tylenol to take and what child vaccination schedules should look like.

Throughout his decadelong political career, Trump has repeatedly expressed his disdain for science and medical evidence on everything from the climate crisis to vaccines to Covid treatments, so it stands to reason that the president has a idiosyncratic hypothesis on the benefits of diet soda.