Emmanuel Edward – Unsplash Diet soda joins the list of Dr Shortfingers’ Miraculous Nostrums. President Donald Trump justifies his habit of drinking diet soda by suggesting the beverage may prevent cancer, Dr. Mehmet Oz revealed during an interview with Donald Trump Jr.

“Your dad argues that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass — if poured on grass — so, therefore, it must kill cancer cells inside the body,” Oz told the president’s eldest son during an episode of his podcast, Triggered with Don Jr., on Monday, April 13. [] “You know, we were on Air Force One the other day, and I walk in there because he wants to talk about something, and he’s got an orange soft drink on his desk. He’s got a Fanta on the desk,” Oz said. “And I say, ‘Are you kidding me?’ So he starts to, like, sheepishly grin.

He says, ‘You know, this stuff’s good for me, it kills cancer cells.’ ” [] “OK, OK,” Don Jr. interjected, “but then maybe he’s onto something. Because I will say this: I know a lot of guys pushing 80 — not a lot have his level of energy, recall, stamina.” I too know some men who are pushing 80 and older who aren’t absolute wrecks, but Junior probably meant it as a compliment when he suggested that diet soda also prevents aging. You can read the rest of the article, but don’t hold your breath for the moment when the cardiothoracic surgeon and current head of the Medicare and Medicaid program says of course diet soda doesn’t prevent cancer.

If he had the decency to do something like that he wouldn’t be on Junior’s podcast. Or working for this administration. You won’t hear a peep out of HHS Sec.

Freddie Dunning Kruger either. The imperative to eat right or die only applies to the faceless masses.