WHITE HOUSE DEBUNKS FAKE NEWS CLAIMS — PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES NOT DRINK ALCOHOL, NEVER HAS
The White House slammed media insinuations that President Trump was drinking alcohol during a toast with President Xi in Beijing.
Steven Cheung stated clearly: “The insinuation here is false by suggesting that he would somehow compromise himself for a toast. President Trump doesn’t drink alcohol.”
It is a well-known fact that Trump has refused to ever drink alcohol because of his brother Fred’s death due to alcoholism.
The video shows Trump participating in the formal toast with a glass in hand, as is customary in such diplomatic settings, but the substance was not alcohol — consistent with his long-standing personal rule.