Overview

• On Oct. 15, RNC chair Joe Gruters described on the Chambers, Changes & Conversations podcast witnessing the president’s McDonald’s meal aboard his plane in 2024.
• Gruters said hot fries were waiting and listed a Filet-O-Fish, a Quarter Pounder, and a Big Mac, adding that Trump combined two sandwiches and ordered an orange soda.
• Gruters said he tried two sandwiches himself and felt “sick as a dog” for about 24 hours.
• Raw Story estimated the items at about 2,372 calories using McDonald’s nutrition information and relayed The Daily Beast’s “hideous Franken-burger” label for the combined sandwich.
• Coverage situates the account within Trump’s long-documented preference for McDonald’s, noting prior reported orders and his 2024 photo-op at a Pennsylvania restaurant.