Karoline Leavitt Says Trump ‘Has His Own Personal Habits’ but ‘Gets’ the MAHA Agenda After RFK Jr. Says ‘I Don’t Know How He’s Alive’

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump “has his own personal habits” when asked about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent comments criticizing Trump’s diet.

Speaking with Politico, Leavitt, 28, discussed the administration’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) push after Trump, 79, announced on Wednesday, Jan. 14, that children would once again have access to whole milk in schools.

Trump’s eating habits have been a frequent topic of public discussion — and the day before Leavitt’s remarks, Kennedy, 71, made blunt claims about the president’s routine while appearing on Katie Miller’s podcast.

“He eats really bad food, which is McDonald’s, and candy and Diet Coke. But he drinks Diet Coke at all times,” Kennedy said, before adding, “He has the constitution of a deity.”

“I don’t know how he’s alive,” Kennedy continued. “He’s just pumping himself full of poison all day long.”

Leavitt was asked about the interview during her Politico conversation on Wednesday, particularly whether Trump welcomes MAHA-related advice — and how the White House views Kennedy’s remarks about the president’s “unhinged eating habits.”

“The president has his own personal habits, but he understands the movement and the power behind all of these moms who have united in pushing for a real public health change, and he fully supports it and gets it,” Leavitt said.

She added that Trump strongly backs parental choice, describing him as “a huge believer in choice for parents in parental decision making, whether it comes to education or health.” Leavitt said he believes parents are best positioned to make decisions for their children and “fully empowers that mentality.”

Even while highlighting Trump’s less healthy preferences, Kennedy also said the president eats “really good food” when he’s back at Mar-a-lago or at the White House. He suggested Trump tends to rely on major corporate food brands while traveling because he “trusts it and he doesn’t want to get sick.”

The White House didn’t immediately respond when contacted for comment.

White House spokesman Kush Desai previously responded to Kennedy’s claims in a statement, saying, “Secretary Kennedy is right: as his golf championships and flawless physical report results indicate, President Trump has the constitution and energy levels most young people could only dream of having.”

Trump also referenced his health while speaking Wednesday about whole milk, after signing the “Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act” in the Oval Office, according to a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) press release.

He told reporters that drinking milk has helped him perform well on cognitive tests.

“I’ve taken a lot of them,” Trump said. “I’ve aced every one of them because I drink milk.”

The president’s remarks came after he posted on Truth Social on Jan. 2 that he had once again “aced” a cognitive exam.

“The White House Doctors have just reported that I am in ‘PERFECT HEALTH,’ and that I ‘ACED’ (Meaning, was correct on 100% of the questions asked!), for the third straight time, my Cognitive Examination, something which no other President, or previous Vice President, was willing to take,”‘ he wrote.

“P.S.,” he added, “I strongly believe that anyone running for President, or Vice President, should be mandatorily forced to take a strong, meaningful, and proven Cognitive Examination. Our great Country cannot be run by ‘STUPID’ or INCOMPETENT PEOPLE! President DJT.”

Trump’s claim of acing three cognitive exams is not new, leaving uncertainty about whether he was referencing a newly issued report.