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underpants

(195,100 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 09:24 AM Yesterday

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 Yesterday OP
This foo posted the Fyre Fest meal! The Internet is undefeated Prairie Gates Yesterday #1
😂😂😂😂 the responses are hilarious. Sooo out of touch underpants 23 hrs ago #4
ROFL Prairie Gates 23 hrs ago #5
Can my "one other thing" please be affordable health care? Jesus Christ. underpants 16 hrs ago #14
Meanwhile, Trump eats a Big Mac, a Quarter Pounder and fries. Plus a Filet-O-Fish, for health. tanyev Yesterday #2
And no doubt 'one other thing.' Xavier Breath 23 hrs ago #10
Two scoops. Hugin 11 hrs ago #24
I looked up calorie counts. Efilroft Sul 23 hrs ago #3
The craziest thing is her saying "We've run simulations" and then the anchor emphasizing the simulations Prairie Gates 23 hrs ago #6
They run simulations but probably have other people doing their shopping. They know nothing about kitchen table issues. Efilroft Sul 23 hrs ago #9
They just ran it through Grok 1000x Arazi 14 hrs ago #20
They are sick people malaise 14 hrs ago #21
Well they think everyone is just sitting around smoking weed anyway underpants 23 hrs ago #8
They obviously have never heard of the munchies. Efilroft Sul 23 hrs ago #11
A line from an old Fools song comes to mind here jmowreader 23 hrs ago #7
The one other thing? peggysue2 22 hrs ago #12
Can my "one other thing" please be affordable health care? Jesus Christ. underpants 16 hrs ago #15
That too, underpants peggysue2 12 hrs ago #22
Let them eat cake malaise 16 hrs ago #13
Did they also simulate the cost of actually cooking these delicacies, Emrys 15 hrs ago #16
Hey, Brookie Poo... GoCubsGo 15 hrs ago #17
The peanut made me laugh - is this what the felon-in-chief eats for dinner?? Rhiannon12866 14 hrs ago #18
Never forget... DET 14 hrs ago #19
Victory chicken lame54 12 hrs ago #23

underpants

(195,100 posts)
14. Can my "one other thing" please be affordable health care? Jesus Christ.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:29 PM
16 hrs ago

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tanyev

(48,705 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
Yesterday

All in one meal.

Efilroft Sul

(4,339 posts)
3. I looked up calorie counts.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 09:47 AM
23 hrs ago

• 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

(7,269 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
23 hrs ago

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

(4,339 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
23 hrs ago

It's so damned infuriating.

underpants

(195,100 posts)
8. Well they think everyone is just sitting around smoking weed anyway
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:10 AM
23 hrs ago

So how many calories could they really need anyway

jmowreader

(52,917 posts)
7. A line from an old Fools song comes to mind here
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:02 AM
23 hrs ago

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

peggysue2

(12,407 posts)
12. The one other thing?
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:53 AM
22 hrs ago

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

(195,100 posts)
15. Can my "one other thing" please be affordable health care? Jesus Christ.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:30 PM
16 hrs ago

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peggysue2

(12,407 posts)
22. That too, underpants
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 09:02 PM
12 hrs ago

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

(293,125 posts)
13. Let them eat cake
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:16 PM
16 hrs ago

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

(8,942 posts)
16. Did they also simulate the cost of actually cooking these delicacies,
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:46 PM
15 hrs ago

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

(34,685 posts)
17. Hey, Brookie Poo...
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:56 PM
15 hrs ago

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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