A FORMER White House chef has spilled the beans on his top tips for the perfect presidential diet ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration today.
Military veteran turned expert cook Andre Rush has even revealed the one drink the soon-to-be 47th US president will never touch despite its countless health benefits.
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Andre spoke to The Sun and urged Don, 78, to bin the burgers and ditch his beloved Diet Coke ahead of his second term.
He explained what the Republican needs to be doing to get into shape both physically and mentally when he finally gets his hands on the Oval Office keys.
The popular US chef – who boasts 24-inch biceps – has worked with four different presidents during his White House stint.
He began working for Bill Clinton in 1997 before keeping his job under George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
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Andre would also serve dishes for Trump when he first became the leader of the US in 2016 – leading to him getting to know the Republican’s eating habits.
Rumours have already started to swirl around what Trump may change first when he returns to office.
One of the leading and most fascinating theories is the reemergence of his Diet Coke button.
In 2016, Trump created an infamous red button on the desk of the Oval Office that, when pressed, alerted staff to bring him in a can.
Chef Rush confirmed that Trump’s love of Diet Coke was genuine with him often having several across his busy days.
But he also revealed that the Republican – who will become the oldest ever president by the end of his four-year term – “doesn’t drink water”.
Andre said he tried a range of tricks to get Trump to drink more water including adding flavourings to it but the business mogul simply preferred his sodas.
Trump is known as a big foodie and has regularly been spotted tucking into McDonald’s chicken nuggets or take-away burgers.
He is a proud lover of American food and very often American sized portions.
In the run-up to the election he was seen spending an afternoon working inside a McDonald’s and handing out the calorific grub.
He has also been pictured with Donald Trump Jr, Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scoffing mountains of McDonald’s on a private jet recently.
Even for a State Dinner in 2019, Trump is said to have ordered in Quarter Pounders, Big Macs and Filet-o-Fish to serve a football team.
Rush told The Sun the president-elect “can still have those same eating habits” but they should be taken “very sparingly” and “not all the time”.
He added: “Nothing against McDonald’s, but do not eat McDonald’s every day.”
But the chef did cut Trump some slack as he explained the Republican was “a man that was on the go”.
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This left him often needing to pick up some fast food to get through the early mornings and late nights.
In his second term, Andre fears his schedule may be even busier than before.
Trump now has to contend with a major war in Europe between Russia and Ukraine, oversee the ceasefire in the Middle East and also focus on implementing major changes to the US.
With this stacked schedule, Chef Rush has stressed how important good, nutritious food can be in maintaining mental clarity.
He said: “You know, sitting at the state dinners or for personal meals – what you eat is going to dictate how you perform.
“So I would say to him: think about what you’re eating.”
TRUMP’S INAUGURATION
Within hours Donald Trump is due to be sworn in as the next US president.
Alongside his wife Melania, Trump will take the oath in Washington as he heads back into the White House.
The inauguration event has been labelled as one of the highest risk events in history with tens of thousands of cops, soldiers and FBI agents all forming an impenetrable “ring of steel” around Trump.
Officials are said to be bracing for “the worst”.
Two FBI command centres, a cloud of drones and 30 miles of “unclimbable” fencing will also help bolster the fortress security operation.
Hundreds of thousands of supporters are expected to flock to the Capitol to partake in the celebrations – although they will now be watching from indoor venues around the city.
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A large number of spectators will gather in the Capital One Arena to watch a live stream of Trump swearing the oath of office inside the Capitol Rotunda building.
A whopping 70 per cent of Washington’s 34,500 hotel rooms are booked for the night of the inauguration as of last week.
What does Donald Trump have planned for his first day in office?
BY Ellie Doughty, Foreign News Reporter
TODAY marks Donald Trump’s first day in his second term as President of the United States.
The President elect has vowed to “make heads spin” by signing some 200 executive orders – mere hours after reentering the Oval Office.
“Starting tomorrow, I will act with historic speed of strength and fix every single crisis facing our country,” he said last night.
“Every radical, foolish executive order of the Biden administration will be repealed within hours of when I take the oath of office. You’re gonna have a lot of fun watching television.
“Somebody said yesterday, don’t sign so many in one day, let’s do it over a period of weeks. I said, like hell … no, we’re doing them tomorrow.”
After he is sworn in at the inauguration ceremony, he’ll be granted the full powers that come with the position, leaving him free to sign directives on issues including illegal immigration, gender debates, Artificial Intelligence and cryptocurrency.
Executive orders can be overturned by the courts – or the next president – but do carry legal weight in the US.
Trump suggested a huge chunk of these would relate to immigration and border control – a key theme of his first term and election campaign.
He vowed: “The invasion of our borders will come to a halt.”
Trump also promised to become the US president behind the most deportations during his second term.
He may reinstate his “Remain in Mexico” policy which saw some 70,000 non-Mexican asylum seekers sent across the southern US border to await their hearings.
He has also vowed to scrap the law that means anyone born on US soil is an American citizen – although, protected by the constitution, this can’t be removed with just an executive order.
Trump may also try to finish building a border wall between Mexico and the US, a plan he first put into action back in 2016.
The MAGA leader is also expected to proscribe drug cartels as “foreign terrorist organisations”, placing them alongside groups like Al Qaeda, ISIS and Hamas.
His friendship with tech tycoon Elon Musk has grown alongside his efforts to champion cryptocurrency.
Some expect him to create a federal “Bitcoin stockpile” – similar to the US’ gold and oil reserves – which he has claimed would be a “permanent national asset to benefit all Americans”.
Trump last night promised to uncover a slew of classified documents on the assassination of President John F Kennedy, as well as Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King.
He is also expected to overturn President Biden’s climate policies – including on the regulation of pollution or green job efforts – including a possible ban on new wind projects or electric vehicle mandates.
And he is expected to once again pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement, which he did in 2017, before Biden rejoined in 2021.
Presidents also have the power to pardon criminals – with Trump saying he is “inclined to pardon many” of those involved in the January 6 Capitol riot.
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