The stop is part of Trump's effort to tamp down on his Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign message about her middle-class upbringing and time working at McDonald's.

Anyone wants to get some McDies with big fries? 🍟 🍔😏

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    2 months ago

    Given his rapidly accelerating cognitive decline, I wouldn’t let him anywhere near a deep fryer. He’s liable to accidentally burn that restaurant down if he has another ‘dancing episode’ or something similar.

  • irotsoma@lemmy.worldEnglish
    116·
    2 months ago

    He’ll take one basket out of a fryer and say he worked as a fry cook for the rest of the campaign. Make him do it for a single hour at a peak time without any help and see what happens. Bet he or someone there will end up in the hospital and no one will get any fries.

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
    72·
    2 months ago

    He won’t do a second debate release his medical records, or go on 60 Minutes, but he’ll stand in front of a fry cooker for a 20 minute photo op because he thinks Kamala Harris lied about… *checks notes* working at McDonalds? And what exactly does this prove? Is anybody really going to be fooled into believing that the dude born into wealth and living in a gilded tower will suddenly manifest some empathy for the common man’s plight by working one shift at a Mickey D’s?

    • zib@lemmy.worldEnglish
      38·
      2 months ago

      I’d be surprised if he actually works a full shift. And either way, I guarantee there is no way he gets the average employee treatment. Aside from the bad press it would generate for them with all the cameras around, there is a real danger of hurting the fuhrer’s feelings and being put on his probably-not-so-metaphorical hit list.

      • boydster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        27·
        2 months ago

        I think I heard him say at one of his appearances that he’s going to work for 30 minutes, and then said it would be longer than Kamala ever worked there. So yeah, he’s never been planning on putting in a full shift.

        • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          6·
          2 months ago

          I bet he didn’t even consult with the franchisee or mcdonalds corporate and is going to get told to fuck off when he shows up

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      11·
      2 months ago

      Is anybody really going to be fooled into believing that the dude born into wealth and living in a gilded tower will suddenly manifest some empathy for the common man’s plight by working one shift at a Mickey D’s?

      Yes. Yes they will. Faux News and Newsmax will make sure of that. :(

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 months ago

      Apparently he thinks that showing McDonald’s work would be way too easy for Kamala Harris is an attack on her.

  • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
    65·
    2 months ago

    As a general rule, I’m against harassing food service employees. But if someone were to throw a shake at him, I think we could let it slide this one time

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    581·
    2 months ago

    I hope the moron listens to his inner voices and reaches into the fryer to grab the fries.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      2 months ago

      I kinda hope he decides to listen to music and sway while it bubbles over and causes a grease fire. Which he then tries to extinguish with water.

      Hope everyone knows where the exits are.

  • notannpc@lemmy.world
    38·
    2 months ago

    It’ll probably be more like standing next to the fryer with a teenager nearby to make sure he doesn’t fuck everything up.

  • OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
    242·
    2 months ago

    Googling this, it seems like he’s trying to EMPHASIZE Harris working there when she was younger. If he actually does this, it will backfire spectacularly.

    If he says she’s lying about working there, it just looks like an insane conspiracy theory because it’s one of the most common jobs. It’s not like an impossible thing.

    If he tries to say it’s easy so no one should be impressed with her, he just insults every fast food worker in America.

    I think this is a really smart move if he never mentions Harris, it makes him look more down to Earth and humble which…he needs. If he’s doing it as a commentary on Harris, it’s going to backfire.

    • n1ckn4m3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      2 months ago

      If him standing up physically mocking and verbally mocking a disabled veteran didn’t backfire, I’m past the point of thinking anything he does at all will alienate a single member of his base.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      14·
      2 months ago

      I can’t imagine what possible reason someone would have to lie about working at McDonald’s. I really can’t.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
      1·
      2 months ago

      Best case scenario this is going to be “Vance ordering donuts” levels of kind of sad. It’s the easiest job in the restaurant, and he’ll do it kind of shitty for 10 minutes while people around him are putting in, transferring, and bagging fries. Then he’ll pretend he was a big help.

    • njm1314@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      I can’t imagine he’d care about insulting every fast food work in the country, and all of his voters love to pick on them so I don’t see how that would even hurt him.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    141·
    2 months ago

    Oh god. I hope that goes as every law in the universe demands that it must go: horribly wrong.

    But it’ll probably be another law-breaking trump act with zero consequences.

  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
    12·
    2 months ago

    Someone needs to tell them that this won’t be the win they think it would.

    Best case is a good photo op, but even then, he is already associated with McDonald’s and fast food. I feel like in terms of meme potential, it would probably backfire.