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(AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump manned the fry station at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania on Sunday before staging an impromptu news conference, answering questions through the drive-thru window.
As reporters and aides watched, an employee showed Trump how to dunk baskets of fries in oil, salt the fries and put them into boxes using a scoop. Trump, a well-known fan of fast food and a notorious germophobe, expressed amazement that he didn’t have to touch the fries with his hands,
JUST IN: Donald Trump shows up for his shift at McDonalds and immediately starts working the fryer.
Trump arrived at the McDonalds in PA, put his apron on and immediately got to work. pic.twitter.com/hW3M5sLJmp
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 20, 2024
“It requires great expertise, actually, to do it right and to do it fast,” Trump said with a grin, putting away his suit jacket and wearing an apron over his shirt and tie.
The visit came as he’s tried to counter Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ accounts on the campaign of working at the fast-food chain while in college, an experience that Trump has claimed — without offering evidence — never happened.
This is the crowd outside of @McDonalds in Pennsylvania where President Trump is working today.
After his shift at McDonalds today, Trump is hosting a town hall and then he’s going to the Steeler’s game. pic.twitter.com/ViRjYriv9u
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) October 20, 2024
A large crowd lined the street outside the restaurant in Feasterville-Trevose, which is part of Bucks County, a key swing voter area north of Philadelphia. Later Sunday, Trump was attending an evening town hall in Lancaster before catching the Pittsburgh Steelers home game against the New York Jets.
After serving bags of takeout to people in the drive-thru lane, Trump leaned out of the window, still wearing the apron, to take questions from the media staged outside.
PRESIDENT TRUMP:
“Now I have worked at McDonald’s. I’ve now worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala. She never worked here.”
This whole scene is masterful. pic.twitter.com/BeUSQ4ebgb
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 20, 2024
He joked about getting one reporter ice cream and when another asked what message had for Harris on her 60th birthday on Sunday, Trump said, “I would say, Happy Birthday, Kamala,” adding, “I think I’ll get her some flowers.”
Trump did not directly answer a question of whether he might support increased minimum wages after seeing McDonald’s employees in action but said, “These people work hard. They’re great.”
He added that “I just saw something… a process that’s beautiful.”
When aides finally urged him to wrap things up so he could hit the road to his next event, Trump offered, ‘Wasn’t that a strange place to do a news conference?’
HISTORICAL: President Trump is working the drive-thru window at McDonalds. pic.twitter.com/DY4PyE9SFg
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 20, 2024
Trump has long questioned Harris’ story of working at McDonald’s
Trump has fixated in recent weeks on the summer job Harris said she held in college,(NOTE, the claim has never been proven, AP, displaying clear bias, is not reporting this in it’s entirity) working the cash register and making fries at McDonald’s while in college. Trump says the vice president has “lied about working” there, but not offered evidence for claiming that.
Trump is working a shift at McDonalds right now, for no reason other than to troll Kamala for lying.
That’s it. 😂
Say what you want about him, but the man is objectively hilarious. pic.twitter.com/VBu9dVhlQR
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) October 20, 2024
AP again neglects to report that there is ZERO evidence, that Harris worked at McDonalds
“When Trump feels desperate, all he knows how to do is lie,” Harris campaign spokesman Ian Sams said Sunday. “He can’t understand what it’s like to have a summer job because he was handed millions on a silver platter, only to blow it.”
In an interview last month on MSNBC, the vice president pushed back on Trump’s claims, saying she did work at the fast-food chain four decades ago when she was in college.
NEW: McDonalds drive thru customer thanks Trump for “taking a bullet for us.”
“Thank you for taking a bullet for us.”pic.twitter.com/Z5YoWQGYoM
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 20, 2024
“Part of the reason I even talk about having worked at McDonald’s is because there are people who work at McDonald’s in our country who are trying to raise a family,” she said. “I worked there as a student.”
Harris also said: “I think part of the difference between me and my opponent includes our perspective on the needs of the American people and what our responsibility, then, is to meet those needs.”
AP neglected to report, there is no proof far left candiate Harris worked at McDonalds, AP failed to report the main point of this campaign stunt, Harris NEVER worked at Mcdonald’s. The AP writer, procedes to write 8 paragraphs of DNC anti Trump Talking points, which we have edited out
Trump’s visit created a spectacle in Pennsylvania
Police closed the busy streets around the McDonald’s during Trump’s visit. Authorities cordoned off the restaurant as a crowd a couple blocks long gathered, sometimes 10- to 15-deep, across the street straining to catch a glimpse of Trump. Horns honked and music blared as Trump supporters waved flags, held signs and took pictures.
This is amazing! Trump serving fries and working the drive-thru at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s. Already has more experience working there than Kamala! 😂 pic.twitter.com/4RLh25XYc8
— David J Harris Jr (@DavidJHarrisJr) October 20, 2024
John Waters, of nearby Fairless Hills, had never been to a Trump rally and had hoped to see the former president so close to his house after missing other nearby rallies.
“When I drove up, all the cars, unbelievable, I was like, ‘He’s here’s, he’s coming, he’s definitely coming with this all traffic,’” Waters said.
Trump is especially partial to McDonald’s Big Macs and Filet-o-Fish sandwiches. He’s talked often about how he trusts big chains more than smaller restaurants since they have big reputations to maintain, and the former president’s staff often pick up McDonald’s and serve it on his plane.
Trump wishes Kamala a happy 60th birthday while working at McDonalds.
The same guy they claim is Hitler, a threat to democracy, a racist, a dictator, an unhinged right wing extremist, etc… pic.twitter.com/s3avEY7CY1— Jay’V (@JayVTheGreat) October 20, 2024
