Overview
- Dr. Mehmet Oz, speaking on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast Tuesday, said the president argues diet soda kills cancer because it “kills grass” when poured on it.
- Oz said Trump uses a red button in the Oval Office to summon diet soda during meetings with him and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Recalling a recent flight on Air Force One, Oz said Trump called orange Fanta “fresh squeezed” and said it “kills cancer cells.”
- Medical studies cited in the coverage link diet soda to higher risks for several diseases, not anti-cancer effects.
- Reports say Oz and Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again push has not changed Trump’s eating habits, with a recent McDonald’s delivery to the White House as an example.