Constitutional crisis, abuse of justice and personal excesses in the White House
President has been President since the beginning of his second term Donald Trump dealt with constitutional crises to trigger. Ordinary procedures and other basic right to set fire. The US economy with one Trade war On the basis of frighteningly worse mathematics to falter. The Ministry of Justice and other authorities to use his political enemies to target. And a measure of Lawlessness and corruption to bring to the federal government as it has been, well, maybe never before was seen. ´únd all of this, while his followers work around the clock, the authoritarian Powers of a crazy “Königs” to be provided.
He also consumes like a White house employee said “A lot of sweets – just an incredible amount of sweets”.
Trump’s “Candy Addiction” in the Oval Office
It is generally known that Trump is such an enthusiastic Diet Coke-Drinker is that he is one “Diet Coke-Knopf” on the resolute desk in the Oval Office of the White House. Which many of his voters and greatest fans may not even be about their favorite “dictator“On “First day” Knowledge is that Trump-according to various current and former government officials and campaign helpers as well as other informal consultants and friends-is a long-time, self-proclaimed “sweets addict”.
TOTOSTIE Rolls, M & MS and Diet Coke on the Resolute Desk
During his two terms and forces of office and his presidential campaigns, Trump, according to seven sources, ensured that he always has plenty of sweets around him. In his two presidencies, he had his employees or baskets with various sweets-Totsie Rolls, Reese’s, Caramel Bonbons, Life Savers, M & MS, Starburst, Hershey’s, Mars-Riegel, Milky Ways, just everything-in the west wing.
Sometimes there is a bowl or basket with sweets right in front of the Oval Office. And when he has cravings, he calls close employees to bring them to the Oval Office.
Shells full of sugar: Trump’s everyday life ran with chocolate bars and caramel
According to three of the sources, the president, who describes himself as lifelong abstinence, sometimes jokingly describes his sweets as “my alcohol”. When Trump demands sweets during his two terms in the White House, he supposedly calls things like “Bring the alcohol!” or “Give me the alcohol!”.
Political meetings with Starburst and Milk Duds
For years, certain top consultants alternately took on the role of the “candy messenger”, as two Trump-related sources report. Everything so that Trump could get his treats quickly and easily. As President, Trump has made it a habit to downplay his candy love in front of high-ranking government officials and other allies during numerous important political sessions, including those in which possible bomb goals and military reaction plans or the number of covid 19 deaths. All of this while he unpacked and nibbled sweets. This is what two sources say with direct knowledge of the matter.
Sweets in the center of power during crucial cabinet sessions
Some of these current and former Trump officials say that the president sometimes eats sweets out of stress. A former high -ranking consultant remembers that during his months of crusade to cancel the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to Joe Biden, had “eaten” unusually large “amounts of sweets.
“He eats tons of sweets,” summarizes another former high-ranking Trump employee.
Art Laffer, Economic Policy and Totsie Rolls in the White House
On March 10th, a few weeks before Trump on his so -called “Liberation Day” a massive new one Trade war started, the president met in the Oval Office Art Laffer. A famous Reagan economist that has been an informal consultant and friend of Trump for years. Laffer says it was a one -hour conversation in which they had spoken about economic policy and a variety of other topics.
Meeting with the President: Economic plans between caramel candies
Laffer tells Rolling StoneThat the president on his arrival at the Oval Office, when they sat down at the Resolute desk, asked: “Do you like Totsie Rolls?” At this point, Trump waved something that Laffer referred to as a “big cocky”.
“There was a lot in it. He rummaged around in it,” he says. “He threw two TORSIE Rolls to me. And hurled them across the desk.”
Trump also asked: “Oh, do you like Milk Duds?”. And pushed the economist a “little box of Milk Duds”. Laffer says that he later “somehow” got a few caramel candies. Although he is not sure whether and when the president has postponed it. “Of course he also ate sweets,” he says. “It was very charming.”
“He said to me: ‘You know there are people who are alcohol. But I’m addicted to sweets.’ I jokingly answered him: ‘I’m addicted to both!’ “
The president then laughed, reports Laffer.
When we asked for a statement on Wednesday, the staff of the White House was not amused. Or?
Reactions from the Trump camp: Candy Corn instead of criticism
“While President Trump tirelessly works to make America big again every day, there are fake news media such as Rolling Stonewho are obviously more interested in spreading untruths and inventing stories. So nobody reads them anymore and they are rated worse than Candy Corn, ”says Steven Cheung, Communication Director in the White House under Trump.
Trump – who is now an international Movement of right -wing authoritarianism – and his preference for sweets have already been indicated in previous reports.
White-house spokesman reacts to media reports with a mockery
For example, the Washington Post in January 2018 ,, that the then majority leader in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy (R-Kalifornia), acted as “Trump’s problem solving, friend and candy man”. And had noticed that “the president, when he reached for a handful of the thousand, made sure to pick and eat two varieties. Cherry and strawberry”.
The post Added to the fact that McCarthy – eager to get involved – a few days after he had learned from Trump’s preference, “bought a large amount of dying courses. And asked for an employee to sort the supply. And only to fill these two flavors in a glass.
Hypocrisy in the cabinet: candy ban for poor, stock for Trump
However, not all in the upper ranks of the second Trump government share the preference of the President of sweets. Last month Robert F. Kennedy JR., Trump’s Minister of Health and Social Affairs, said Trump during a cabinet session broadcast on TV that he is working to ban recipients of food brands to use their services for the purchase of sweets.