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# Donald Trump Finally Reveals Why He Trusts Fast Food Burgers

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## Melissa Locker


Sep 16, 2016 2:39 PM UTC

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THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0327 -- Pictured: Donald Trump on September 11, 2015 -- (Photo by: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0327 -- Pictured: Donald Trump on September 11, 2015 -- (Photo by: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

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## Melissa Locker


Sep 16, 2016 2:39 PM UTC

Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump stopped by _The Tonight Show_ on Thursday night to clarify his positions on a few key things. 

Trump revealed some details [about his eating habits](http://time.com/4493743/donald-trump-dr-oz-health-claims-fact-check/?iid=sr-link1), and his fast food meals. He explained that he eats fast food on the road, because he trusts it, or at least trusts the brands behind the burgers. 

“At least you know what you’re getting,” he told Fallon. He also may like the anonymity that comes with ordering from fast food restaurants: “I don’t want to go into a restaurant and say, ‘Mr. Trump would like a hamburger to go,'” he said in the clip. “Now I don’t know what they’re going to do to that hamburger. If they like me, I’m happy. If they don’t like me…” He left the end of that thought up to your imagination.

Watch below.

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