[lawlorino]

Not trying to sound pernickity here but do you have a source on that? I find minor details like that really interesting and I couldn't think of good reasons why except PR, and if that was the only reason why would it be up to the secret service to decide? I tried Googling but couldn't find much.

[ceejayoz]

There's no way the Secret Service could enforce that rule. Freedom of the press applies - the best they can do is avoid having the President eat in public.

Politicians looking goofy eating (eating pizza/hot dogs with a fork is a pretty common gaffe) has a long history. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/19/photo-p...

[larnmar]

The funny part is that Obama smoked through most of his presidency and no photos ever emerged.

[wutbrodo]

The administration claimed a couple times that he quit for long stretches.

[wardbradt]

How do you know this?

[wutbrodo]

I saw it quite a few times in reputable publications. I'm the last person to have a high opinion of the press's honesty, but multiple orgs lying about it would be a bizarre and easily-defeated conspiracy.

[knzhou]

There's a scandal every month about some politician eating wrong -- whether it's them being too messy, or not messy enough. It's especially bad in UK politics.