{"id":2623388,"date":"2026-07-03T14:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-must-be-careful-not-to-break-tafts-record-as-heaviest-president\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:17:58","slug":"trump-says-he-must-be-careful-not-to-break-tafts-record-as-heaviest-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-must-be-careful-not-to-break-tafts-record-as-heaviest-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he must be &#8216;careful&#8217; not to break Taft&#8217;s record as heaviest president"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-he-must-be-careful-not-to-break-tafts-record-as-heaviest-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2623388&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump discussed in a recent podcast his need to be cautious about his weight because he doesn\u2019t want to surpass former President William Howard Taft&#8217;s record as the heaviest U.S. president. Trump, who is 6&#8217;3&#8243; and weighs around 238 pounds, referenced Taft\u2019s weight of approximately 300 pounds, noting Taft was nearly 6 feet tall and a fan of baseball and hot dogs. Trump has previously commented on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/overweight-cumin-spice-works-better-than-obesity-drugs\/\" title=\"Over...? Cumin Spice Works Better Than Obesity Drugs\">weight loss drugs<\/a>, mentioning he has never taken such medication but probably should, and advised people to stay in good shape. during the episode, he also praised former presidents like Jimmy Carter and criticized Barack Obama, doubting his basketball skills and joking about his golf preferences. The podcast was recorded ahead of America&#8217;s 250th birthday, and trump read a children\u2019s book about sports enjoyed by U.S. presidents. The discussion also touched on his overall health and media coverage questioning his weight and health status.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> told second lady <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/usha-vance\/\">Usha Vance<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >newly released podcast episode<\/a> he has to be \u201ccareful\u201d to not \u201csupersede\u201d former President William Howard Taft\u2019s \u201crecord\u201d for being the \u201cheaviest\u201d United States president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump appeared as a special guest on Vance\u2019s podcast, \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=viuTVROSAIA\">Story Time with the Second Lady<\/a>,\u201d on Friday, ahead of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\">America\u2019s 250th birthday<\/a> on Saturday, to read a children\u2019s book titled <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.whitehousehistory.org\/products\/presidents-play?srsltid=AfmBOop-7jOF8kIwdTeKvYdn3NRFJsJx6kCbsHaCNvUAMyCz3e_ko2d2\"><em>Presidents Play<\/em><\/a>, which focuses on a variety of sports that former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/presidents\/\">U.S. presidents<\/a> liked to either participate in or watch.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4634936\/mamdani-offers-socialist-challenge-trump-vision-america\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mamdani offers socialist challenge to Trump\u2019s vision of America with July Fourth speech<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4635432\/trump-spirit-of-76-dc-exhibit-freedom-plaza\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump unveils \u2018Spirit of \u201976\u2019 DC exhibit honoring Revolutionary War \u2018heroes and martyrs\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4635211\/trump-feels-bad-sons-investment-criticism\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump \u2018feels bad\u2019 his \u2018kids\u2019 get criticized for business and investment decisions<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/viuTVROSAIA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe was a large man, very large,\u201d Trump said, referring to Taft. \u201cHe loved baseball. He would go to baseball games. [He] loved the hot dogs at the baseball games. He was our heaviest president, and I have to be careful because I don\u2019t want to supersede his record. A thing like that would be possible if I allowed it to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taft, who was the 27th president and nearly 6 feet tall, weighed around 300 pounds, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.ohio.gov\/courts\/judicial-system\/supreme-court-of-ohio\/mjc\/interest\/grand-concourse\/william-howard-taft\/\">Supreme Court of Ohio<\/a>. Trump, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-denies-report-trump-got-access-to-experimental-weight-loss-drug\/\" title=\"White House denies report ... got access to ...\">6 feet 3 inches tall<\/a>, weighs around 238 pounds, according to his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4622135\/white-house-denies-report-trump-got-access-to-experimental-weight-loss-drug\/\">May 2026 physical.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s weight and overall health have been major focal points for the left-wing media throughout his second term. The White House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4622135\/white-house-denies-report-trump-got-access-to-experimental-weight-loss-drug\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4622135\/white-house-denies-report-trump-got-access-to-experimental-weight-loss-drug\/\">denied a recent report<\/a> by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/06\/23\/eli-lilly-unusual-weight-loss-drug-trial-compassionate-use-retatrutide-trump\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/06\/23\/eli-lilly-unusual-weight-loss-drug-trial-compassionate-use-retatrutide-trump\/\"><em>STAT News<\/em><\/a>  that speculated a 79-year-old man who was given an experimental <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/weight-loss-drugs\/\">weight loss drug<\/a> from Eli Lilly was Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-counselor-admits-to-sex-with-trans-student-in-virginia-district-rocked-by-bathroom-rape\/\" title=\"School Counselor Admits To Sex With Trans Student In Virginia District Rocked By Bathroom Rape\">previously made comments<\/a> on weight loss drugs such as GLP-1s, referring to it as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3419709\/david-kessler-trump-weight-loss-glp-1-speculation\/\">\u201cfat shot,\u201d<\/a> and told the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/08\/us\/politics\/trump-weight-obesity-drugs.html\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>in January that he has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/08\/us\/politics\/trump-weight-obesity-drugs.html\">never taken<\/a> the \u201cfat drug\u201d but \u201cprobably should.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor all of you out there watching, keep yourself in good shape, right?\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLike you. You\u2019re in such good shape,\u201d he said, referring to the second lady.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4621534\/regime-change-trump-book-health-mystery\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4621534\/regime-change-trump-book-health-mystery\/\"><strong>AUTHORS OF NEW TRUMP BOOK REVEAL HIS HEALTH IS THE ONE MYSTERY THEY COULDN\u2019T CRACK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Trump was complimentary of several former presidents during the video, he couldn\u2019t resist taking a few shots at former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"360\">Barack Obama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJimmy [Carter] as a tennis player, Barack Hussein Obama as a basketball player. I don\u2019t know if he was a good basketball player. I tend to doubt it,\u201d he said. \u201cActually, his favorite sport is golf, but he won\u2019t be in the Masters anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says he must avoid surpassing Taft\u2019s weight record<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4259,"featured_media":2623389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26184564987129.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32319,38581,56207,81443,82183],"class_list":["post-2623388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-donald-trump","tag-political-humor","tag-presidential-records","tag-u-s-presidency","tag-weight-records"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26184564987129.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2623388"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2623392,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623388\/revisions\/2623392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2623389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2623388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2623388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2623388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}