Donald Trump Claims He’s Healthier Than Obama—and Takes a Swipe at His Salad Habits

Donald Trump used a Texas rally to boast about his health and golf game, while taking a playful jab at former President Barack Obama’s food preferences. Speaking to supporters in Corpus Christi on October 27, Trump recalled asking former White House physician Ronny Jackson which president had been the healthiest. Trump said Jackson had treated several presidents and claimed the doctor chose him as the healthiest. The account needs a qualification: although Jackson served in the White House Medical Unit during George W. Bush’s administration, the article says he was a personal physician to Obama and Trump, not Bush. Trump also credited Jackson with saying he was a better golfer than Obama. “I am a much — that I will agree to,” Trump said, before shifting to the former president’s eating habits. He joked that Obama was so selective that “every piece of lettuce he eats has to be perfect,” adding that he himself was “not that choosy.” The comments came during Trump’s fourth visit to Texas in two months, according to the article. He had stopped in Corpus Christi for an afternoon rally and then traveled to Lubbock for an evening event. The source notes that Trump continued campaigning in a state he had won by the widest margin for a presidential candidate in two decades. The food joke arose as Trump promoted his proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, as well as Lake Ontario “Lake America.” He pointed to Jackson in the audience, praising the former physician’s medical service and subsequent career in Congress. The article contrasts Trump’s teasing of Obama’s diet with reports that Trump himself favors fast food, including a McDonald’s order. It does not provide further details about that meal, and the central anecdote remains Trump’s account of Jackson’s assessment and his comparison with Obama.