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On March 23, 1990, President George H.W. Bush made an unexpected statement during a White House press conference: he disliked broccoli. With the simple words, “I do not like broccoli and I haven't liked it since I was a little kid,” he initiated a conversation that would stretch well beyond culinary preferences. This first public acknowledgment marked not only a humorous moment in political history but also revealed a personal trait of a sitting president—his unabashed honesty about his palate.