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Trump Is Definitely Not a Health Nut

February 6, 2017 · 6:38 am ET · Leave a Comment

Mike Allen: “Aides who traveled with Donald Trump during the campaign marveled at the lax health habits of a 70 year-old obsessed with appearance. Here was a man fixated on his personal brand and look like nobody they’d ever seen. His biggest insecurity, his friends say, was his paunch. And yet he ate and worked out (or, rather, didn’t) like a man who’s slept through the last 50 years of public-health warnings.”

“Sure, Trump doesn’t drink or smoke. But those were about the only health vices he avoided on the trail. He guzzled Diet Coke all day long. Fast food was a constant. The ‘three staples,’ in the words of one aide: Domino’s, KFC, and McDonald’s. Big Macs were served on silver trays in his private jet.”

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