This is some serious bullshit

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      That’s probably some Secret Service thing, because the threat of poisoning is actually real. In America, the Secret Service goes to great lengths to vet potential restaurant stops wherever the POTUS/VP is going to be. But they don’t exactly have jurisdiction to do that when they’re in another country.

      Notably, Trump’s love of fast food has made the Secret Service’s job extremely frustrating… He apparently has a tendency to just spontaneously demand a drive-thru stop, giving the Secret Service no time to actually run security checks on the staff ahead of time.

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        1 month ago

        Yeah but that means those fast food places don’t have a chance to prep the poison, either🧠🧠

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        30 days ago

        I doubt he eats that much of the fast food himself, and that it’s more of a public image thing, he wants to look like he’s eating it.

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      30 days ago

      Btw, did test-eating ever truly help? Only a small part of the potato salad can be poisoned…