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underpants

(195,228 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 09:24 AM Thursday

The $3 Trump meal! ENJOY! Sec. Rollins has run simulations 😳😂😃🥸

Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."



It took 1,000 simulations to learn this? Ask anyone on food stamps. They can tell you everything you need to know about feeding a family on pennies.

So basically every meal is 200 calories, that’ll keep them hungry

"Our simulation says you shouldn't be hungry yet!"

Only one piece of broccoli?

Wait, I can have *two* sides now? Mind blown.

One doll. One pencil. One piece of broccoli. Enjoy, peasants




































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The $3 Trump meal! ENJOY! Sec. Rollins has run simulations 😳😂😃🥸 (Original Post) underpants Thursday OP
This foo posted the Fyre Fest meal! The Internet is undefeated Prairie Gates Thursday #1
😂😂😂😂 the responses are hilarious. Sooo out of touch underpants Thursday #4
ROFL Prairie Gates Thursday #5
Can my "one other thing" please be affordable health care? Jesus Christ. underpants Thursday #14
Meanwhile, Trump eats a Big Mac, a Quarter Pounder and fries. Plus a Filet-O-Fish, for health. tanyev Thursday #2
And no doubt 'one other thing.' Xavier Breath Thursday #10
Two scoops. Hugin Thursday #24
It's worse than that. Don't forget the chocolate shake... keep_left Sunday #26
I looked up calorie counts. Efilroft Sul Thursday #3
The craziest thing is her saying "We've run simulations" and then the anchor emphasizing the simulations Prairie Gates Thursday #6
They run simulations but probably have other people doing their shopping. They know nothing about kitchen table issues. Efilroft Sul Thursday #9
They just ran it through Grok 1000x Arazi Thursday #20
They are sick people malaise Thursday #21
Well they think everyone is just sitting around smoking weed anyway underpants Thursday #8
They obviously have never heard of the munchies. Efilroft Sul Thursday #11
A line from an old Fools song comes to mind here jmowreader Thursday #7
The one other thing? peggysue2 Thursday #12
Can my "one other thing" please be affordable health care? Jesus Christ. underpants Thursday #15
That too, underpants peggysue2 Thursday #22
Let them eat cake malaise Thursday #13
Did they also simulate the cost of actually cooking these delicacies, Emrys Thursday #16
Hey, Brookie Poo... GoCubsGo Thursday #17
The peanut made me laugh - is this what the felon-in-chief eats for dinner?? Rhiannon12866 Thursday #18
Never forget... DET Thursday #19
Victory chicken lame54 Thursday #23
God... Scott Alan Swaggerty Sunday #25
Remember snap gives only $1.90 per meal questionseverything Sunday #27
Let's put Ms. Rollins on this diet for a month so she can provide proof it's satisfying. Diamond_Dog Sunday #28

underpants

(195,228 posts)
14. Can my "one other thing" please be affordable health care? Jesus Christ.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:29 PM
Thursday

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tanyev

(48,738 posts)
2. Meanwhile, Trump eats a Big Mac, a Quarter Pounder and fries. Plus a Filet-O-Fish, for health.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 09:41 AM
Thursday

All in one meal.

keep_left

(3,176 posts)
26. It's worse than that. Don't forget the chocolate shake...
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 01:36 PM
Sunday

...and the second Filet-O-Fish (which Trump calls a "Fish Delight" for some bizarre reason).

He also recently berated McDonald's executives for being too skimpy with his "Fish Delights" when it comes to the tartar sauce!

According to a book co-written by Corey Lewandowski (Trump's 2016 campaign manager), this was Donnie's "standing dinner order" on Trump Force One: two Big Macs, two Filet-o-Fish, and a "chocolate malted" (actually a shake--McDonalds doesn't serve malts).

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220792773#post27

Anyone remember this scene? (By the way, that's none other than RFK Jr in the picture, Mr. "Make America Healthy Again", with a full plate of Mickey D's and a 20-ounce bottle of Coke--about 70 g of sugar). Lewandowski said this kind of gluttony occurred on Trump Force One on the regular.


Efilroft Sul

(4,344 posts)
3. I looked up calorie counts.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 09:47 AM
Thursday

• One piece of broccoli = 3 to 5 calories
• One chicken drumstick = 100 to 250 calories
• One corn tortilla = 52 to 62 calories

So a "meal," minus this "one extra thing," could be as low as 155 calories. She must be getting recipes from the Hanoi Hilton cookbook.

Prairie Gates

(7,327 posts)
6. The craziest thing is her saying "We've run simulations" and then the anchor emphasizing the simulations
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:01 AM
Thursday

Motherfucker, I don't need any "simulations." I go to the friggin' grocery store multiple times a week and make meals for a family of four. These people need "simulations" to tell them how much a meal costs? Most people need their own damn eyes and a checking account balance.

A thousand simulations? What the fuck?

That's really the most insulting part of it, however comical their resulting meal is.

Efilroft Sul

(4,344 posts)
9. They run simulations but probably have other people doing their shopping. They know nothing about kitchen table issues.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:19 AM
Thursday

It's so damned infuriating.

underpants

(195,228 posts)
8. Well they think everyone is just sitting around smoking weed anyway
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:10 AM
Thursday

So how many calories could they really need anyway

jmowreader

(52,939 posts)
7. A line from an old Fools song comes to mind here
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:02 AM
Thursday

"Some people say that life is good, give thanks for what you have
When all you have is nothing, nothing makes you glad."

peggysue2

(12,421 posts)
12. The one other thing?
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:53 AM
Thursday

Donald J. Trump. Hum-hum, good.

Okay not so good. But we would have leftovers.

As for Rollins? What a waste. She'd be better placed in a detention/concentration camp.

Cruelty is the point!

Never forget, never forgive.

underpants

(195,228 posts)
15. Can my "one other thing" please be affordable health care? Jesus Christ.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:30 PM
Thursday

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peggysue2

(12,421 posts)
22. That too, underpants
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 09:02 PM
Thursday

Healthcare sustains and extends life and well-being as does nutritious food.

Unfortunately, nothing that actually helps people is on Agent Orange's agenda.

malaise

(293,431 posts)
13. Let them eat cake
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:16 PM
Thursday

From the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/trump-agriculture-secretary-brooke-rollins-food-guidelines

The US agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, is facing ridicule from congressional Democrats – among others – after claiming Americans can save money and have their meals align with new Department of Health and Human Services dietary guidelines by simply eating “a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli”, “a corn tortilla” and “one other thing”.

One representative even called the remarks “a slap in the face to struggling working families”.

Rollins made the remarks during an interview with NewsNation in response to a question about how average Americans will afford adapting their meals to the White House’s updated food pyramid, which emphasizes red meat, full-fat dairy and saturated fats while discouraging ultra-processed foods and sugar. The rising cost of groceries has been a major issue for Americans in recent years.

“How does cost play into this?” host Connell McShane asked. “And I guess the reason I ask is that I’m thinking back to the [consumer price index] report that just came out, and although inflation overall, as you know, kind of held steady, 2.7% an annual rate on the consumer level, we did see grocery [prices], especially month to month, jumping up. And so it still costs people a lot to go to the grocery store. When is that gonna change?”

Rollins answered: “I think the question you’re asking, and it’s a really important one, is while we’re asking Americans to reconsider what they’re eating, are we actually asking Americans – especially those who are living on the margins – are we asking them to spend more on their diet?

———.

These people are depraved


Kick

Emrys

(8,954 posts)
16. Did they also simulate the cost of actually cooking these delicacies,
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:46 PM
Thursday

or are they expecting people to eat them raw, as nature presumably intended, or perhaps skewer them on a curtain rod and char them over a bonfire under whatever overpass they've been able to secure by mortal combat?

GoCubsGo

(34,704 posts)
17. Hey, Brookie Poo...
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:56 PM
Thursday

Take that $3 meal, and shove it up your fucking, self-righteous ass. I guarantee you that disgusting, little scumbag never struggled for a minute of her useless waste of a life.

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