Former President Donald Trump served McDonald’s French fries two days after the Wall Street Journal published a feature on the Republican nominee’s new crusade to “Make America Healthy Again.”
“Trump Adopts RFK Jr.’s War on Junk Food to Win Over His Fans,” the headline read.
Fast-forward to Sunday, when Trump greeted customers at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s drive-thru and passed out goodie-bags of the industry’s most iconically-addictive “junk food.”
Several online X users said the split images reflected an inherent contradiction between Trump’s endorsement of efforts promoting sound nutrition and his championship of the fast food menu.
The images of Trump, however, proudly parading as a presidential mascot of Ronald McDonald show why a Trump-led initiative to reinvigorate health and wellness holds potential to be far more successful than former First Lady Michelle Obama’s.
There might seem like a contradiction between “Make America Healthy Again” and Trump’s shift at McDonald’s, but there’s not.
Obama recruited a bunch of celebrities to lecture Americans about vegetables. Trump can acknowledge the problem without wagging the nanny-state finger. pic.twitter.com/3DR7Emgw7C
— Tristan Justice (@JusticeTristan) October 21, 2024
In 2010, the Obamas did what Democrats always do: recruit Hollywood talking heads to participate in elite-driven initiatives compromised by corporate actors. Michelle Obama’s signature program, “Let’s Move,” was launched as Americans were growing more aware of ever-expanding child waistlines. By 2009, nearly 17 percent of children aged 2-19 were obese, representing a striking increase from just 5 percent in 1971, according to the Centers
