Donald Trump may have lost weight recently and received positive medical reports from his doctors, but according to a new report, he’s been scarfing candy in the White House.
According to a Rolling Stone report, Trump has developed a “hardcore candy addiction” during the early goings of his second presidency, although there were signs of both during his first term and at other times in his political career. The president has been consuming “an insane amount of candy—just so much candy,” one White House official told the magazine.
“He eats a ton of candy.”
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— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) May 8, 2025
Citing seven sources, Rolling Stone states that “Trump has ensured that there is plenty of candy surrounding him” during both presidencies and his campaigns. Candy that he favors includes ” Tootsie Rolls, Reese’s, caramels, Life Savers, M&Ms, Starburst, Hershey’s, Mars bars, Milky Ways, the works,” kept in bowls throughout the West Wing.
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According to the report, sometimes a bowl of candy will be waiting outside the West Wing, and Trump will summon an aide to retrieve it. The president, who does not drink, refers to candy as “my alcohol,” sometimes even using “alcohol” as a euphemism for sweets.
Like many people, Trump has been known to overindulge in candy during stressful times, including consuming an “unusually big” amount of such food during his quest to overturn the election in 2020.
The only person quoted on the record in the story is Art Laffer, the 84-year-old Reagan-era economics adviser who met with Trump following the “Liberation Day” tariff announcement. He remembers Trump asking him, “Do you like Tootsie Rolls?” and offering him a “big candy basket.”
Speaking of the tariffs, there are signs that they could affect the price and availability of candy.
Great example of how insane it was for Trump to hit raw food with tariffs
Ingredients that grow abroad are getting more expensive—a Feastables bar has sugar (hit by a 10% tariff), chocolate (6-15%), cocoa butter (21%), & vanilla (41%)—and those tariffs also hit coffee, fish, etc https://t.co/reYbRp09hi pic.twitter.com/z4DwiTFXDs
— Joey Politano 🏳️🌈 (@JosephPolitano) April 8, 2025
Food Business News reported earlier this week that The Hershey Co. is “seeking an exemption from the federal government to help mitigate tariff impacts on its business—particularly with cocoa—that could cost the company $20 million in the second quarter and $200 million later this year.”
Meanwhile, Fortune, a third-generation candy shop owner in New York City worries that Trump’s tariffs will “devastate” his business.
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