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Trump visits McDonald's branch in swing state, hands out french fries to customers

'I like this job. I'm having a lot of fun here,' said the Republican presidential candidate

Published: Mon 21 Oct 2024, 10:14 AM

Updated: Mon 21 Oct 2024, 10:15 AM

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With the US presidential election just over two weeks away, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, visited a McDonald's branch in the swing state of Pennsylvania, where he put on a yellow apron and cooked batches of french fries to customers.

At the restaurant, Trump removed his suit jacket, dipped wire baskets of potatoes in sizzling oil before salting them and handing them out to some of his supporters through the drive-through window of the venue, which had been closed to the general public. Thousands of people lined the street opposite the restaurant to watch.

He commented by saying this was something he had wanted to do "all my life."

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"I like this job," said Trump, whose adoration for fast food is well-known. "I'm having a lot of fun here", he added.

Trump has said the McDonald's visit was intended in part as a jab at his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, who says she worked at the fast-food chain during her college years in California.

He again accused Harris of lying about having previously worked at McDonald's, though he has provided no evidence to back that up.

Harris spokesperson Ian Sams said the stunt was a sign of the real-estate mogul's desperation.

"All he knows how to do is lie," he said. "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."

The Harris campaign said Trump's visit also aimed to overshadow his opposition to an increase in the federal minimum wage and his support for a rule that could make it more difficult for workers to win legal claims against the parent company if a franchise owner violated minimum-wage and overtime laws.

Both candidates were scrambling for votes in the most competitive states, with Harris, the US vice president, appealing to early voters in Georgia and Trump, the former president, campaigning in Pennsylvania ahead of the November 5 election.

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