{"id":108632,"date":"2026-04-16T00:51:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/mehmet-oz-says-trump-told-him-that-diet-soda-might-help-kill-cancer-cells\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T00:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:51:47","slug":"mehmet-oz-says-trump-told-him-that-diet-soda-might-help-kill-cancer-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/mehmet-oz-says-trump-told-him-that-diet-soda-might-help-kill-cancer-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Mehmet Oz says Trump told him that diet soda might help kill cancer cells"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s not exactly a secret that Donald Trump has weird ideas about health and science. In fact, it was earlier this year when the president told The Wall Street Journal<\/a> he routinely ignores the advice of physicians<\/a> on daily aspirin use, in part because he\u2019s \u201csuperstitious\u201d and in part because he wants \u201cnice, thin blood pouring through my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is the same Republican who also famously recommended research<\/a> into treating Covid-19 patients with disinfectant injections and shining \u201cvery powerful\u201d lights inside their bodies.<\/p>\n

So it doesn\u2019t come a great surprise to learn the president also apparently believes diet soda possesses implausible health benefits. The New Republic noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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During the latest episode of Donald Trump Jr.\u2019s \u2018Triggered\u2019 podcast, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the daytime television host the president picked to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, revealed some of the president\u2019s unorthodox beliefs about health.<\/p>\n

\u2018Your 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,\u2019 Oz said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The former television personality went on to share an anecdote about seeing the president drinking an orange-flavored soft drink. Oz said the president \u201cstarts to, like, sheepishly grin. He goes, \u2018You know this stuff\u2019s good for me. It kills cancer cells.\u2019 And then he tells me, \u2018It\u2019s fresh squeezed, so how bad can it be for you?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s son, the host of the podcast, laughed at all of this, which was understandable. It was funny to hear fresh evidence of the president\u2019s odd beliefs.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSteve Benen is a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the editor of\u00a0MaddowBlog\u00a0and an MS NOW political contributor. He’s also the bestselling author of “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past.”\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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