George W. Bush: Cheeseburger Pizza
The forty-third president was called a lot of things, but—presumably—food snob wasn't one of them.
“For dinner, the President loves what we call homemade ‘cheeseburger pizzas’ because every ingredient of a cheeseburger is on top of a margherita pizza," Cristeta Comerford, a White House chef since 2005, explained to reporters in 2007.
The junk-food tour didn't stop there: "For lunch he loves cinnamon bread with peanut butter and organic honey, with home-made potato chips and pickles," Comerford also said, before assuring the press the Bush exercised daily and watched his portion control.
Bill Clinton: Jalapeño Burgers
Clinton's love of junk food was well-documented during the course of his presidency, to the point where his dedication to McDonald's Big Macs was a frequent "SNL" punchline. It's been said the former president also favored chicken enchiladas, barbecue, ice cream, and greasy jalapeño cheeseburgers with lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, pickles, and onions from Doe’s Eat Place in his home state of Arkansas.
Things changed after heart-related surgeries in 2004 and 2010, when Clinton became a vegan in 2011, a move he credits with keeping him alive. “[It] changed my life,” he said, according to Politico. "I might not be around if I hadn’t become a vegan. It’s great."
