President Donald Trump supposedly drinks around 12 cans of Diet Coke every day, according to a New York Times profile on the president.
Trump is famous for his insatiable consumption of cable news and tendency to fire off impulsive tweets when he’s displeased with the way he’s portrayed in the media. According to the report, the only people allowed to touch the TV remote are Trump and the technical support staff. The president supposedly watches up to eight hours of TV per day.
While he watches the news, Trump frequently likes to share his thoughts on the day’s headlines with whoever’s in the room — including members of the housekeeping staff, whom he “summons via a button for lunch or one of the dozen Diet Cokes he consumes each day.”
Trump is known for his fast-food habit. According to a book written by former top campaign aides Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, “the orchestrating and timing of Mr Trump’s meals” during the campaign “was as important as any other aspect of his march to the presidency.”
“On Trump Force One there were four major food groups: McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, pizza and Diet Coke,” the book said.
While he embraces his taste for fast food, Trump frequently pushes back against the notion that he’s an avid consumer of cable news.
However, when Trump was questioned on these habits, he replied, “I do not watch much television. I know they like to say — people that don’t know me — they like to say I watch television. People with fake sources — you know, fake reporters, fake sources. But I don’t get to watch much television, primarily because of documents. I’m reading documents a lot.”
In July he tweeted, “The W.H. is functioning perfectly, focused on HealthCare, Tax Cuts/Reform & many other things; I have very little time for watching T.V.”