Donald Trump walked through the golden arches and stood behind the fryer at a McDonald’s in suburban Philadelphia, in a move designed to troll Kamala Harris.
‘I’m going to look for a job right now at McDonald’s; I’ve really wanted to do this my whole life. And now I’m going to do it, of course she didn’t,” Trump said in Philadelphia before heading to the Bucks County franchise.
Inside the store, and wearing a black and yellow apron, the former president listened as an employee explained the process of making potato chips.
‘It’s a good job, isn’t it? Not bad. Do you have a good owner? -Trump asked. “Be careful, it’s there,” the former president said with a laugh. ‘Be careful. Eight years, that’s the end of all that.’
The employee said the franchise owner, Derek Giacomantonio, was fantastic.
Trump supporters learned of the event and lined the street north of the Pennsylvania Turnpike long before Trump appeared. The tractor-trailers honked their horns as they passed hundreds of supporters who cheered and raised Trump flags.
Former President Donald Trump smiles as he chats with employees at a McDonald’s in suburban Philadelphia on Sunday. Trump was taught how to make McDonald’s signature fries, in a move designed to troll Vice President Kamala Harris.
Giacomantonio posted a sign on his store, announcing the closure and writing that “while we are not a political organization, we are proud to open our doors to everyone.” He said the visit provided an opportunity to “shed light on the positive impact of small businesses.”
The Trump camp carefully protected McDonald’s employees when they were outside the restaurant and asked a photographer to delete images of them for security reasons.
The Republican candidate will spend all day campaigning in Pennsylvania, likely a state he or Harris must win.
Tonight we’re going to the Pittsburgh game. Pittsburgh Steelers. “Should be good,” Trump said at McDonald’s
The eastern part of the state has roots in the Philadelphia Eagles, but there is no strong rivalry between the teams.
Before the former president’s arrival, the first customer at the drive-thru was anything but random.
He identified himself on DailyMail.com only by his first name, Jim, and called himself a Trump supporter. He said he did not believe Harris had ever worked at the network. “I don’t believe him at all,” he said.
Former President Donald Trump chose a McDonald’s in Bucks County, a troubled area of Pennsylvania, for his turn at the fryer.
Former President Donald Trump prepares French fries at a McDonald’s in suburban Philadelphia in an attempt to troll his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump insists Harris made up that she worked at a McDonald’s when she was a student in California
Trump said he had “really wanted to do this my whole life” shortly before heading to a Philadelphia-area McDonald’s.
As for his order for a full SUV, “I think we’re going to surprise with some chicken nuggets,” he said.
A huge security presence guarded the fast food stop. Secret Service agents and local authorities secured the exurban corridor, with snipers on a nearby roof.
The crowd of MAGA fans booed loudly as cars occasionally drove by brandishing Harris-Walz flags. Fans let out chants of ‘Trump! Triumph! Triumph!’ in advance, even with little hope of seeing their favorite candidate up close.
The Trump campaign took extraordinary measures to control the event, letting in only a small “group” of reporters without any representatives from the print or online media for the photo op. It was a sign of the high-stakes symbolism the campaign is deploying in an effort to detach Blue Wall states by driving working-class voters away from the suburbs and suburbs.
Trump had been teasing the visit for weeks as a way to ramp up pressure on his rival, as he did again at a rally in Latrobe, near Pittsburgh, on Saturday night, when he once again accused his rival of falsifying his own claim to have worked there. as a student.
Trump claimed she “lied about working at McDonald’s,” then added, “That’s not a big deal, but I can be honest with you, it’s terrible,” he said at an event where he discussed golf legend Arnold Palmer’s size. . virility.
“I’m going to McDonald’s to make fries,” Trump said. “I think I’m going to do it tomorrow, and I think it’s going to be somewhere in Pennsylvania, and I’m going to stand next to those fries.”
Trump’s team has also been raising questions about Harris’ resume.
Trump’s senior adviser, Jason Miller, said Trump was making the visit “so that a candidate in this race could have worked at McDonald’s.”
Trump supporters waited hours for his visit to McDonald’s
Armed officers lined a nearby roof.
The owner put up a sign saying he welcomed all customers.
‘Since Kamala Harris hasn’t done it, President Trump by the end of tomorrow will have worked at McDonald’s. “He will have made more fries than Kamala Harris,” he said. “I think it shows that he connects with hard-working Americans.”
Harris said he made French fries and worked the cash register at a California McDonald’s while he was a student at Howard University. His campaign has said he worked at an Alameda franchise in 1983.
Harris also referenced her time working there in her 2019 presidential campaign. Her team has not provided any photographs of her youth work there, although Trump has not provided any evidence that he lied about it.
Trump’s early jobs included working for his father’s real estate company on construction sites and offices, which he did along with his brothers Fred Jr. and Robert, according to the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.
It’s just Trump’s latest effort to undermine Harris. In Atlanta last month and again during a podcast interview a few days ago, Trump raised questions about his racial identity (Harris’s father is from Jamaica and her mother was of Indian descent).
Kamala Harris said she worked in French fries while using a job at McDonald’s to finance her studies.
Then-President Donald Trump speaks behind a table filled with McDonald’s burgers, Chick fil-a sandwiches and other fast foods as he welcomes the 2018 Division I Football FCS champions, the North Dakota State Bison, in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on March 4, 2019. In Washington, DC, COVID protocols affected kitchens at the time.
Donald Trump eating McDonald’s on his plane. It looks like he ordered a Big Mac, some large fries, and a Diet Coke.
Trump has good reasons to attack Bucks County, located north of the city of Philadelphia.
It is a populous, “purple” county whose votes are at stake.
Hillary Clinton narrowly edged out Trump in 2016, beating him by 48.4 to 47.6 percent.
Joe Biden widened the margin in 2020, winning 52 percent of the vote.
Trump won the state with its 19 electoral votes in 2016, but Biden took it from him in 2020, winning by just 1 percent of the vote.
Harris highlighted her time at Mickey D’s during the Democratic convention.
She brought it up again last week when Trump accused her of faking it.
“Part of the reason I talk about having worked at McDonald’s is because there are people who work at McDonald’s in our country and they are trying to raise a family and pay rent with it,” he told MSNBC.
“And I think part of the difference between my opponent and I includes our perspective on the needs of the American people and what our responsibility is to meet those needs.”
‘But it wasn’t a small job, like making French fries. “I mean, you know, I did,” he said.
Trump has been upgrading his appearance since a rally in Reno on October 10.
‘Do you know what I’ll do next week? I’m going to work at McDonald’s!’ he told the crowd.
He mentioned it again in Arizona, saying he would work in the fryer ‘so he could see how hard his job would be that never worked out.’
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro spoke about how close the race is on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ on Sunday.
”Well, I think if past is prologue, we’re set for another close race here in Pennsylvania. Let me explain: In 2016, the race was decided by 44,000 votes. Donald Trump won here in Pennsylvania. In 2020, the race was settled by 80,000 votes. Joe Biden won. In both cases, it came down to one point or less. “So the fact that there are polls that show it’s, you know, a jump between two, a statistical tie, maybe Kamala Harris is up a point or something like that, it’s not a surprise,” he said.