His steak wasn't the biggest thing at the table - so he let it go.
These and other anecdotes have now been told by employees from Donald Trump's hangout in Washington.
Washington, DC - There has long been no doubt that Donald Trump was not a president like any other.
But how crazy the eating rituals of the once most powerful man in the world are supposed to have turned out to be, now that Trump has left the power center Washington, through restaurant employees.
One fact alone is curious, that
the
Washingtonian
claims to have learned about Trump's eating habits: During his four years as president in the metropolis, the real estate mogul allegedly only went to a single restaurant to eat.
And that was practically his own: The "BLT Prime", a steakhouse in the Trump Hotel, which is only five blocks from the White House.
For the first time, the employees of the same hotel spoke freely about Trump's bizarre eating habits, now that the ex-president is in Florida and rumors are circulating that he is selling the hotel.
Every one of Trump's visits is said to have gone almost the same - there are even supposed to have been long manuals for the employees so that they didn't miss any of the steps.
Trump's peculiarities: table 72, disinfectant - then comes the big question
So everything started with table 72 - "Trump's" table.
An employee led the President and his company exclusively to this table, which was kept ready for him at all times.
The next step followed promptly: the discreet delivery of a bottle of disinfectant.
Standard today - Trump is said to have insisted on it long before Corona.
Next, an employee asked Trump the same question every time, word for word: “Good (time of day) Mr. President.
Would you like your Diet Coke with or without ice? ”- that is, whether he wants his Diet Coke with or without ice.
The bottle must be opened in front of Trump's eyes, "never before".
The president, notorious for his long ignoring the corona crisis, is ironically afraid of germs.
The instructions for simply opening a cola bottle were tough: a bottle opener with a long neck had to be held by the lower third of the handle, the drink, also by the lower third, in the other hand.
The glass should then be placed on Trump's right.
Serving the Diet Coke was no less than seven steps.
Shrimp cocktail is a must - and so is the pop of the ketchup bottle
Also important: at this point there was already a shrimp cocktail on the table that had to be served "immediately".
After two minutes, the staff had to pass "popovers" - a type of pastry.
The main course for him was always the same: steak with fries.
However, it came to the "steak gate" because Trump's steak wasn't the biggest at the table.
Former head chef Bill Williamson says Trump dropped his steak because of it.
A mistake that never happened a second time.
Even with ketchup (it had to be a mini bottle of Heinz ketchup) with steak, Trump wanted to see how the bottle was opened - also because he wanted to hear the pop.
There were never any other side dishes, especially no healthy ones.
Melania Trump once let go of sole because it was garnished with parsley and chives, they say.
Donald Trump: Junk food platter must always be ready
Independent of the main course, a platter of junk food always had to be ready.
This contained potato chips (seasoning mix sour cream and onions), Milky Ways, Snickers, Oreos and raisins with a chocolate coating.
Trump has not yet made any official statements on all of these details of the restaurant visits.
From a personnel point of view, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani is said to have been even worse than the president, whom the entire staff feared and who used his own regulars' table as a personal office.
The hotel staff should be happy that Trump lost the election and left DC.
A source said: "We all celebrated behind closed doors that Biden won."