Newsman: Former President Donald Trump’s recent appearance at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania has gone viral as the 2024 candidate makes his appeal to swing state voters less than three weeks from the election.
“I’m looking for a job, and I always wanted to work at McDonald’s. I never did,” Trump said in a video posted on X. “I’m running against somebody that said she did but it turned out to be a totally phony story.”
His appearance at the restaurant in Bucks County, just outside of Philadelphia, was prompted by Vice President Kamala Harris, who has burnished her middle-class roots by sharing that she worked for McDonald’s in the 1980s to pay her college tuition. Trump said he doesn’t believe her, and agreed to “work the fries” at a location.
In the video, Trump could be seen at the drive-thru window handing out bags and waving at the crowd, stating that he’s “having a lot of fun.” According to a Washington Post report from the scene, the McDonald’s location was closed at the time, and the customers who the Secret Service prescreened did not place an order, essentially just taking what Trump handed them.
On social media, fans of the former president applauded the campaign stop as an appeal to the working class, while others criticized it for being “staged.”
Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., was one of those celebrating the appearance on X, posting a Trump-ified mash-up of the McDonald’s logo.
The appearance landed Trump on the cover of the New York Post, with the all-caps headline “Hail to the Chef.”
The hosts of “Fox & Friends” lauded Trump’s visit during the show Monday morning.
“He likes sales. He likes to stay busy, so when you go for a McDonald’s shift…you work non-stop. He loves the pace. I wouldn’t be surprised if he picks up shifts,” host Brian Kilmeade said.
