Trump reportedly refused a vegan charity challenge: 'If I lose even one brain cell, we're f---ed'

Donald Trump.
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Looks like former President Donald Trump is a carnivore through and through — but not for exactly the reasons you might think.

According to ex-Trump Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham's new administration tell-all I'll Take Your Questions Now: My Time in the Trump White House, Trump once denied a challenge to go vegan for charity because he worried it would mess with his brain function.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.