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Trump’s D.C. Hotel Served the Ex-President a Diet Coke in Seven Steps | Eater DC

"According to Washingtonian, the BLT Prime steakhouse inside the Trump International Hotel had an elaborate “Standard Operating Procedure” for serving Donald Trump a Diet Coke—because he wouldn’t drink alcohol but was so persnickety about soda from a bottle that staff followed a seven-step process. Former executive chef Bill Williamson began reserving a 40-ounce tomahawk ribeye so Trump would have the biggest steak at the table. Trump reportedly always ordered shrimp cocktail, a well-done steak with ketchup, fries, a double order of popovers, and sometimes apple pie or chocolate cake for dessert, and he required a tray of junk food and candy that included Sour Cream & Onion Lay’s; former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen even tried and failed to land a table without a reservation. The feature details how former staffers jumped through hoops to please right-wing VIPs while the hotel’s owner was in the White House." - Gabe Hiatt