Ever wondered what newspaper tastes like?
Dana Milbank, an op-ed columnist for The Washington Post, wrote an article in October 2015 of his emphatic conviction that Donald J. Trump would not secure the Republican candidacy for president, a conviction he shared with Mitt Romney.
With that idea underpinning his sentiments, Milbank made the then-not-so-bold promise to eat his words if Trump secured the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
“The day Trump clinches the nomination I will eat the page on which this column is printed in Sunday’s Post.” wrote Milbank some seven months before the last of Trump’s competitors emotionally hung up his hat.
Clockwise from upper left: grilled, julienne, beer-soaked, brunoise and pickled newspaper. pic.twitter.com/joJIB31Oud
— Dana Milbank (@Milbank) May 12, 2016
It seems Milbank was serious, because on May 12, a week after Trump became the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, Milbank indeed ate the newspaper on which his words were printed.
In a Facebook Live event, Milbank ate an eight course meal where each dish consisted of—at least in part—the Oct. 4, 2015 newspaper on which his column was printed.
