Overview
- Mehmet Oz, who leads Medicare and Medicaid, told Donald Trump Jr.’s Triggered podcast that the president believes diet soda and Fanta kill cancer cells.
- Oz described daily habits that include starting with chocolate bars and pressing a red Oval Office button to get a Diet Coke.
- He said the president favors large fast-food chains because he fears germs and trusts their quality controls.
- Donald Trump Jr. defended his father’s routine by pointing to his energy, memory, endurance, and lifelong avoidance of alcohol and drugs.
- Reporting stressed there is no scientific basis for the soda claim and highlighted recent advice from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to sharply cut highly processed foods.