Ex-White House Chef Explains Why Trump Was 'Hardest' President To Cook For
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Andre Rush also suggested ways he would "manipulate" the president-elect's diet to make it healthier if he were to serve in the next administration.
A chef who worked in the White House during four administrations said Donald Trump was the “hardest” president to cook for, because he and his wife liked their food in quite a specific way.
“Easiest by far was President Obama, because they had the garden and wanted to get everything from the garden,” chef Andre Rush told Politico’s West Wing Playbook in an interview published Tuesday.
“The hardest was Trump. There was not a lot of diversity to it. As a chef, you want to be able to explore and have more fun. With him and [Melania Trump], it was black and white.”
Trump has long been known for his love of fast food, particularly McDonald’s, and soda.
During his first term, Trump had a button on the Oval Office’s Resolute Desk that would summon a butler bringing a Diet Coke, his preferred drink. “That’s true,” Rush said.