White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attempted to explain President Donald Trump's eating habits in an unusual discussion about the Make America Healthy Again movement and her personal connection to it.
In an exclusive interview with Politico published Thursday, Leavitt — the youngest press secretary in United States history and the first serving while pregnant — talked about her relationship with the MAHA movement and as a self-described "MAHA mom." Leavitt recently announced she was expecting her second child in May with husband Nicholas Riccio and shared her thoughts on healthy eating, parental choice while raising children, vaccine mandates and accessing healthy foods.
The most notable moment in the interview was when she was asked about the president's diet, which his inner circle has reportedly expressed concerns over, questioning his preference for fast food.
Politico asked Leavitt the following question: "What does President Trump personally make of the MAHA food policies and advice? [Robert F.] Kennedy [Jr.] just said on the Katie Miller podcast: 'the president has the most unhinged eating habits.'"
Her response — and attempted spin — was surprising.
“The president has his own personal habits, but he understands the movement and the power behind all of these moms who have united in pushing for a real public health change, and he fully supports it and gets it," she said. "He’s also a huge believer in choice for parents in parental decision making, whether it comes to education or health. He knows that parents are the best people who are best suited to make decisions for their kids, and he fully empowers that mentality.”
Trump reportedly has fears about getting poisoned, which Kennedy maintained in his interview with Katie Miller earlier this week.
"He says that he only eats really bad food when he's on the road," Kennedy said. "He eats the food from big corporations because he trusts it, and he doesn't want to get sick. But when he's at Mar-a-Lago or the White House, he's eating really good food."