Could soup-and-salad ever Trump burgers?

People have been watching the White House — or, more specifically, its prime occupant — for the slightest signs of deviation from his apparent devotion to Middle America.

Now it seems they have got their first morsel and, unsurprisingly, it has nothing to do with jobs, immigrants or guns. The ever-vigilant US media has reported that the US President has not been seen eating a cheeseburger for two whole weeks.

One of the hallmarks of his stunningly successful campaign was the daily on-the-trail supper of two Big Macs, 2 Filet-o-Fish and a diet soda. Even his being borderline obese makes him far more all-American than his trendily slim predecessor. If he has indeed swapped those burgers for Obama-type soup-and-salads, his hefty vote bank could begin to look askance.


That White House doctors may have succeeded where legions of opponents failed is almost too much to swallow. It could, of course, also be an elaborate ploy by his liberal opponents to whittle down his larger-than-life image.

Mere non-sighting does not mean that Michael Wolff ’s assertion in Fire and Fury is wrong; Potus could still be chowing down on his favourite burgers away from prying eyes every night.

Someone should check with the delivery guys around 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and even the kitchens at Trump’s own hotel a few blocks up the same street.