Trump's Promise on Coke Recipe Fizzles Out Immediately as Coca-Cola Blanks Him

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Daily Beast

Published Jul. 17 2025 9:16AM EDT


President Donald Trump’s seeming attempt to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein debacle by claiming he had single-handedly changed the recipe of Coca-Cola has quickly turned from sweet to sour.

Days after he longingly wondered what was going on with his “‘boys’ and, in some cases, ‘gals,’” the long-time Diet Coke aficionado announced on Wednesday that Coca-Cola had agreed to use real sugar rather than corn syrup in its drinks made within the U.S.

“I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they have agreed to do so,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Wednesday. “I’d like to thank all of those in authority at Coca-Cola. This will be a very good move by them — You’ll see. It’s just better!”

However, on Wednesday, the Atlanta-based soft drink giant did not confirm the critical change the president said he’d negotiated with the company or elaborate on any switch-up of their recipe. A Coca-Cola spokesperson told the Daily Beast, “We appreciate President Trump’s enthusiasm for our iconic Coca‑Cola brand. More details on new innovative offerings within our Coca‑Cola product range will be shared soon.” It remains unclear whether the proposal has been accepted.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tries-to-distract-base-from-epstein-disaster-with-mexican-coke/

[questionseverything]

1. And tens of thousands of corn farmers bang their heads against the wall!

[JoseBalow]

11. And Florida's Big Sugar industry rejoices!

[Ritabert]

67. Florida doesn't grow nearly enough sugar cane to satisfy the demand

Hawaii gave up commercial growing in 2016 and Puerto Rico only has enough for artisanal rum brands.

[womanofthehills]

25. What's gross - 94% of US corn is GMO

The majority is genetically engineered for herbicide tolerance and insect resistance. - USDA info.

[LiberalArkie]

51. That is what has really worried me about the HFCS.

When it was first invented, it was tested and tested and found to be safe. I agree.
But then the corn was modified and bred to be abled to be used for Ethynol and then rebred to be herbicide resistant and then rebred to be insect resistant.
The factory corn is no longer the same product that was tested and found safe.

I watch a lot of Asian shows. I have noticed in Thailand the shift to HFCS in the drinks and food. And they use a lot of sugar. The youth stayed skinny until just recently.

Just my stupid opinion.

[Escurumbele]

2. "The United States produces approximately 2% of the world's sugarcane."

Who is he trying to help? Besides him?

"The United States produces roughly one-third of the world's corn. Specifically, in 2023/2024, the US accounted for approximately 31.54% of global corn production. This is a significant portion, with the US being the world's largest corn producer. "

Well corn growers, enjoy what your vote got you.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. I speculated it may have been a brainworm host suggestion

for "MAHA".

[wolfie001]

9. This picture of morbidity himself

[BumRushDaShow]

10. LOL

It's the worm's body spread down below the neck!

[Alice Kramden]

24. Oh, my eyes!

SO Twisted, literally and figuratively

[wolfie001]

60. He's a sick bastard.....

....who's ruined the Kennedy name.

[niyad]

30. That is for real???

[wolfie001]

61. I believe it is

He was probably moving around one of those "health chews" he likes to put in his mouth all the time. Such a kook.

[Attilatheblond]

66. Reminds me of those funny wrinkly faces we used to make with peeled apples

[JoseBalow]

12. "Who is he trying to help?" ... Florida's 'Big Sugar' industry

The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ contains an ugly favor for Florida’s sugar industry
Big boost in subsidy for the polluters from Big Sugar will make the cost go even higher for consumers already battered by high prices.

The feds already prop up our sugar industry with expensive government subsidies. This bill boosts that subsidy even higher, from 19.75 cents per pound to 24 cents per pound.

Bear in mind that the sugar industry produces about 8 million tons of sugar every year. A hike of a nickel on a pound of sugar equals an awful lot of dough.

“It’s egregious that this polluting industry — which Florida taxpayers have paid well over $2 billion to clean up after — is poised to reap even more profits if this budget bill passes the U.S. Senate,” said Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades.

Samples questioned how boosting the profits of the sugar industry fits in with the goals of an administration that says it’s going to “Make America Healthy Again.”

Maybe in this case the slogan should be altered to “Make Big Sugar’s Profits Healthy.”

[womanofthehills]

26. If corn syrup is less healthy than sugar

Are not the people who consume it more important than the farmers. Plus the farmers have little choice but to grow GMO corn with Roundup?
Roundup is cancer causing so the farmers are screwed either way. Many have joined the cancer class action glyphosate lawsuits but Trump wants to pass laws that would stop lawsuits against pesticide companies.

[ShepKat]

39. nasty in so many ways

the endocrine disrupter part is horrific. It's been sprayed on our food since the 80s. The nightmare effect on fish and wildlife is noticeable with the deer's cycle being messed up having fawns throughout the year, etc- Some babies not making it through the winter being too young to survive- passing the poison to offspring. Just imagine what it's ben doing to the human genome since then by consuming big ag processed foods. Big Ag, Pharma corporations are supposed to be people ? All these things know is 'gimme gimme grift' - no empathy, no heart, no soul.

[Captain Zero]

34. Is there a tarriff on CANE SUGAR? That is what he wants from Coke. Tarriff Revenues.

It's always about the Benjamins with this charlatan.

[travelingthrulife]

48. Probably an old whine of his. "Coke never tasted the same after they changed

the original formula."

He NEVER forgets what he views as a slight.

[wcmagumba]

3. Trump's plan would have each can or bottle have the mark of Cane printed on it...

It might be a large T or something as the original mark of Cain's appearance is unknown...

[lonely bird]

4. Brand of Cane

I see what you did there!

[PatSeg]

6. "Yeah, just put Trump's request in the to do pile."

"He won't be around all that long and next week he'll be off on a different diversionary tangent."

[FakeNoose]

7. If Diet Coke is slimming, why is Chump so fat?

Answer: I don't think they have an intention of giving America a "diet" beverage. What's fattening in regular Coke is also present in Diet Coke, so why does he drink the product that tastes inferior?

[IronLionZion]

8. They should pat him on the head and call him "Sugar"

[Bluetus]

13. Coke: "Dear Trump, Go F youself. Thank you for your attention to this matter."

P.S. Thanks for the free advertising where we can once again point out that Coke will forever be a SECRET FORMULA.

[iemanja]

14. Real cane sugar is why people buy Mexican coke.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Or they can buy Pepsi

with cane sugar!

[efhmc]

21. This is why Pepsi is my cola. Preach ahead.

[Irish_Dem]

40. We are gonna have a Coke vs Pepsi fight.

I do not understand why people like Pepsi.

It tastes like medicine.

[BumRushDaShow]

49. I have been trying to come up with a way to describe the difference - at least to me

but I think that Coke is "spicier" and "sharper" with a "kick" right at the first sip vs Pepsi, which is more "mild" and "smoother", with just a little "kick" at the end.

(of course that is the canned/bottled version - I expect the fountain versions may vary depending on how they set the syrup to carbonated water mix ratio)

[Irish_Dem]

50. Oh yes. That first swallow, the Coke slightly burns the back of the throat.

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The carbonation is perfect.

Then a delicious sweet and wonderful iconic taste.

The same with fountain coke which is by far the best.
Then bottled coke in glass bottles.

The rest of it in cans and plastic bottles are not worth mentioning.

Pepsi, right a bland medicinal taste. No carbonation.

[mahina]

52. I actually think it's interesting to hear you folks describe how it tastes

All of it makes me nauseous, even in really low doses, so I never developed a taste for it and wondered why anybody liked it. Thanks for helping me understand.

[Diamond_Dog]

54. Sipping on Coca Cola actually helps me with nausea

When I was pregnant and was nauseous for the entire 9 months my OB suggested I take small sips throughout the day and it did help a little. I still do that if I have the flu and can’t eat anything. When I was a child, parents used to give Coke syrup to kids to “settle their stomachs.” You could but it in a little bottle at the drug store. Do they still sell it, I wonder.

[mahina]

55. Man, when I was pregnant that would have done me in.

As it was, I was untouched by morning sickness until one day when my friend and I went to the North Shore and stopped off on the way back for luch of delicious ahi poke. My favorite kind, from my favorite spot. Big mistake 😳😂. After that treat, it was on.

Iʻm glad you found something that gave you some relief!

Aloha

[Diamond_Dog]

58. Lol

Aloha to you too!

[mahina]

70. Hiya

[BumRushDaShow]

56. I think nowadays

it's a syrupy mix that is heavy in one of the types of cinnamon (and there are many) that is spicy, with vanilla to soften it, along with a light blend of citrus (but not "citrus" enough to really compare to Sprite or lemon-lime soda, etc). There may even be ginger in it too.

Sounds like a description of a fine wine! LOL

I don't drink it much anymore - I drink mostly coffee, tea, or water (mostly the latter). I hate that I don't even drink fruit juice anymore (I always loved pineapple juice). When I was younger, it was my "cold caffeine".

[mahina]

57. You make it sound delicious!

Cinnamon, citrus and vanilla- yum!

Unrelated, but pineapple juice-wise, are you up on the research showing that 10 minutes of a brisk walk or lifting weights reduces blood sugar spikes? Pretty cool. Aloha BRDS

[BumRushDaShow]

63. The early formulas used to use kola nuts (for caffeine)

but I don't think they use that anymore since they have other stuff they can use to add that.

And yes - any type of aerobic exercise (where the strength training hits the muscles) will get the blood flowing and any metabolites processed faster. Mahalo!!

[Diamond_Dog]

62. You do better to only drink fruit juice occasionally

As you are losing the fiber from eating the actual fruit and consuming concentrated sugar and calories with just the juice. Really, drinking 100% fruit juice isn’t much different than drinking soda pop, except for the vitamin content.

I used to love pineapple juice and grapefruit juice many years ago,but boy it did a number on my stomach!
Had to quit.

[Irish_Dem]

59. Just as well you never liked it.

It is not healthy.

I eat a healthy diet most of the time.
Cole is one indulgence.

[Irish_Dem]

69. yes getting in the deep weeds of the addictive process can be fascinating. :(

[niyad]

64. Because Pepsi does not make me ill, and coke does, for one.

[RoseTrellis]

15. Bahamas - real coke

I have to admit in not a fan of HFCS. I usually buy Mexican coke for my rum mixings.
Spend a little time in the Bahamas recently and was pleasantly surprised they you can’t get HFCS laced coke there, only coke with pure cane sugar - like the Goddess intended!

[PJMcK]

45. Coke only tastes good to me when mixed with rum

Otherwise, I prefer root beer.

Or just rum!

[Paladin]

17. Big law firms and premier universities have strapped on kneepads to service trump.

Don't get your hopes up about any possibility of Coke doing the right thing...

[womanofthehills]

27. Coke will probably offer cans with sugar

But still have the corn syrup cans too. Like it will some new promotion- so you will have a choice.

Mexican coke - always buy the bottles with the red caps as they are made with sugar & it’s listed on the bottles

Occasionally here in NM they have the green caps. Green cap bottles send you to their web page for ingredients- and green cap bottles have corn syrup.

[OKIsItJustMe]

18. I expect they were hoping to have an actual advertising campaign to announce it

Not some bozo on social media, taking credit for it.

I hope they sell it in glass bottles too.

[tinrobot]

19. Coke with cane sugar already exists. It is called MEXICAN Coke.

You can buy it at most grocery stores here on the West Coast.

[mwb970]

20. The last time they changed their recipe we ended up with New Coke.

[xuplate]

22. It is Pepsi that has announced it is going to be using sugar not Coca-Cola.

[cstanleytech]

23. Unless corn syrup is outright banned that's not going to happen.

[womanofthehills]

28. Besides their bottles

Probably a new campaign offering it in cans too so you have a choice

[niyad]

29. This from a person who drinks. . .shudder. . .diet coke???

[Irish_Dem]

41. Maybe he secretly drinks real coke with the corn syrup.

[usonian]

31. I was busy today. Did I miss something? Did he ask that Coca Cola use real coke? or was that real sugar?

Asking for A LITTLE FRIEND.

[Irish_Dem]

44. Ha, yep. Trump wants Coke to contain cocaine like the old days.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

32. I'm sure I'll piss off every one here by suggesting

you NOT drink any soft drink of any kind, no matter how it is sweetened.

I know, it's almost like suggesting you drive a car with a stick shift.

I gave up soft drinks of all kinds some thirty years ago, because my son had gotten to the point where he would not drink anything else, not even water, so I got rid of all soft drinks. Which pissed me off at the time, because I didn't think I should also be giving them up, but realized I couldn't keep some in the house just for me. After a while I got used to no soft drinks, and I'm glad. I think there are probably a lot of subtle effects from soft drinks that we don't yet understand, sort of like it took far too long for everyone to understand how bad cigarettes are.

[William Gustafson]

33. I heard that Coke is great to loosen a rusted bolt...

Imagine what that does to your system?

[BumRushDaShow]

36. Most of those colas

have a pH of 4 (acidic). Plain water is generally considered "neutral" (with a pH ~6/7 on a scale of 0 - 14)

[Irish_Dem]

42. When my uncles had rusted nails, they left them in a can of coke overnight.

Nails came out perfectly clean.

But I still drink coke.

[Owl]

65. I once soaked some old hydraulic valves in Coke.

Freed them up from some light rust perfectly.

[no_hypocrisy]

35. Folks, this is what he does.

He makes statements as though they're facts, only to be contradicted at a later time.

EXHIBIT ONE: Remember how TSF announced that Elton John was going to perform for his Inaugural in 2017? The whole ruse was to put EJ in a position where it would be embarrassing (in theory) for him to deny and "back out", thereby agitating the MAGA fans. And EJ would then have to perform (likely without being paid). But EJ did deny and deny vociferously. He wasn't going to be blackmailed. (Likely he spoke to Mick Jagger and The Stones about how to handle TSF.)

[Irish_Dem]

43. Typical narcissist manipulation. Put people in no win situations, force them to do your bidding.

[EuterpeThelo]

37. I just avoid all of the sugar/HFCS dilemma

by drinking Zevia sodas exclusively. If you can't stand the aftertaste of stevia, you won't like them, but I'm used to it and this former Diet Coke addict hasn't had any other kind of soda since 2007 (other than a Mexican coke now and again). You can get them at most supermarkets, but Sprouts and Whole Foods carry a wider range of their delicious flavors. Cherry Cola, Orange, Cran-Raspberry, Strawberry Lemonade, Cream Soda, Vanilla Cola...yum!

[BoRaGard]

38. "Lie, lie, lie, lie." - G.O.P. Liar-in-Chief

[Bernardo de La Paz]

46. "blanks him"? Is that new slang? I get that it means they did not confirm. . . . nt

[mathematic]

47. Lies about HFCS and "real" sugar directly led to someone like RFK Jr getting in power

If you like the taste of sugar cane then by all means buy the sugar cane product.

But health? No, the sugar cane product is no healthier than the equivalent HFCS product. You have been propagandized by by a vast political network that doesn't care one bit about your health.

[Historic NY]

53. Its been on my grocers shelves for years.

It comes in glass bottles and there is even a Christmas edition.

Dr Pepper even has a real sugar product.

https://www.amazon.com/Mexican-Coke-Fiesta-Glass-Bottles/dp/B01CP6ROH8?th=1]

[bmichaelh]

68. Coca-Cola Life

Not sure this will happen.

Coca-Cola tried a variation of this before with a product called Coca-Cola Life.
It has since been discontinued because of under-performance.

This was their ingredients.
carbonated water, cane sugar, caramel color, natural flavors, phosphoric acid, potassium benzoate (to protect taste), caffeine, and stevia leaf extract (steviol glycosides processed from stevia leaf)

Notice more cane sugar than stevia.

It came in green cans; some critics said Coca-Cola was using "greenwashing"

Not sure why he cares.
He drinks Diet Coke, which is sweetened with aspartame.

For me, I avoid anything with aspartame.