FROM THE FOUNDING TABLE TO YOUR KITCHEN
POTUSPLATETHE PRESIDENTIAL TABLEHISTORY IS SERVED.
Presidents/The modern table

PRESIDENT 45 & 47 · 2017–2021 · 2025–present

At the table with
Donald Trump.

The forty-fifth and forty-seventh president came from business and television.

Choose a dish ↓
The make-it-yourself cheeseburger — the modern table

THE HISTORICAL TABLE

A steak answer, and a burger order

Documented meal / preference

Trump named steak as his favourite food in a published 2017 interview. A later White House account of his fast-food order identified hamburgers and French fries. Separating those statements is more useful than reducing his food habits to one internet anecdote.

Our two recipes follow the straightforward connection: a steak with onions or a homemade cheeseburger. The toppings and cooking methods are for your kitchen. The historical basis is the stated preference for the foods themselves, across two periods of his public life.

Behind this story

Published Trump interview, 2017; White House briefing with Karoline Leavitt, May 2025.