Donald Trump’s entire “work at McDonalds” shtick was a staged photo-op—and his refusal to answer one major question is grabbing headlines.
Hafiz Rashid at The New Republic:
After manning the fry station at a McDonald’s restaurant on Sunday, Donald Trump didn’t answer a point-blank question about whether he would raise the minimum wage.
Trump took off his suit jacket, put on an apron, and watched an employee show him how to put the fries in oil, salt them, and then scoop them into boxes. Later, he took questions from reporters from the drive-through window. CBS’s Olivia Rinaldi asked the former president if “the minimum wage should be raised.” “Well, I think this: I think these people work hard, they’re great, and I just saw something, a process that’s beautiful. It’s a beautiful thing to see, these are great franchises and produce a lot of jobs, and it’s great, and great people working here too,” Trump replied, avoiding the topic altogether. Trump has obsessed over the fact that Kamala Harris worked at a McDonald’s while she was a student at Howard University, repeatedly claiming that it’s not true despite providing no evidence for his claim. Harris has often spoken of her time working at the restaurant, even telling the story in a campaign ad. [...] Trump’s McDonald’s stunt is part of a pattern of appearing to sympathize with working people while enacting policies that benefit the wealthy at workers’ expense.
Yesterday at the Feasterville, PA McDonald’s location, Donald Trump hosted his staged stunt event in a bid to upstage Kamala Harris’s McD’s career where he cosplayed as a fry cooker and handed food to his supporters. The event was closed to the public.
The Feasterville location has had a history of health issues.
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