Donald Trump eats entire pint of Haagen-Dazs during interview

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An intimate profile of Donald Trump was published on Wednesday in the Hollywood Reporter. Written by Michael Wolff, the piece covers everything from Trump’s views on Britain potentially leaving the E.U. to his views on the Gawker Media-Hulk Hogan trial, but some sharp-eyed, health-conscious readers were more startled by another icy-sweet detail – the fact that the presidential candidate apparently plowed through an entire pint of Haagen-Dazs ice cream during the course of the interview.

It’s the very first line of the piece and, with three more references later on, Trump’s ice cream eating gives the profile a gentle rhythm:

The long day is ending for Donald Trump with a pint of vanilla Haagen-Dazs ice cream.

He hands me a water bottle from the refrigerator (it only contains water and about a dozen pints of ice cream) […]

He reclines, still in his standard boxy suit, tie slightly loosened, with his Haagen-Dazs on an overstuffed couch in the living room (he asks me not to put my water bottle on the fabric-covered ottoman).

Finishing his pint, he reflects again on the remarkableness of the campaign […]

The writer quickly confirmed the truth of the matter:

To quote “The Simpsons”: “It looks like somebody’s hoggin’ das ice cream.”

Now, taken on its own, this isn’t a big issue. Who hasn’t devoured an entire pint of ice cream while softly crying in a tattered bathrobe? However, it becomes a matter of concern when considered in the context of the nearly-70-year-old Trump’s questionable diet.

What do we know about Trump’s diet, you ask? One point in his favor is that he’s a teetotaler – he may sound like an angry drunk at times, but the man doesn’t imbibe. But move away from what he drinks and on to the foodstuffs that he foodstuffs into his face, and the picture is more grim.

We already know that Trump loves steaks – which he inexplicably prefers well-done – so much that he started his own failed mail-order steak business. We know that, despite having the money to buy the healthiest, most well-prepared food in the world, he’s prone to chowing down on happy meals and other garbage from the McBowels of McDonald’s.

(Preview of a Trump presidency?)

We also know, from a 1997 New Yorker profile, in which the Donald also professed his love for the films of Jean-Claude Van Damme, that Trump’s rapacious eating habits have been with him for some time and that he’s a big fan of “meatloaf and mashed potatoes.”  Meanwhile, a 2015 profile in the New York Times depicted Trump chowing down on “big spoons of potato au gratin” and shrimp while admitting that he was “not following any special diet or exercise regimen for the campaign.”

By all accounts Trump has the eating habits of what the French might generously call a “gourmand” and what Americans might less generously term a “lard ass.” Which makes it all the more odd that as recently as late April he was mocking Hungry John Kasich for his “disgusting” eating habits on the campaign trail.

So the question remains: Even if you (somehow) trust Trump, can you trust Trump’s health?

[Hollywood Reporter | Photo: Getty]

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