AOC, media want Americans to know Trump doesn't really work at McDonald's

Prominent Democrats and wide media pundits aren’t lovin’ it. 

Former President Trump served gallic fries to customers done nan drive-thru window at McDonald's connected Sunday day successful Pennsylvania arsenic thousands of supporters surrounded nan restaurant. In nan ensuing days, Trump critics slammed nan arena arsenic "staged," contempt aggregate instances of Harris-Walz run events being likewise pre-planned, specified arsenic an August sojourn to Primanti Bros. successful Moon, Pa., and nan viral footage of Harris searching for Doritos successful a state station. 

"Squad" leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., suggested Trump was "making fun" of Americans pinch nan McDonald’s arena during a Harris run arena successful Pennsylvania connected Monday. 

TRUMP MAKES FRIES AT PENNSYLVANIA MCDONALD'S: 'I'VE NOW WORKED FOR 15 MINUTES MORE THAN KAMALA'

Many Trump critics rushed to pass Americans nan erstwhile president didn’t really judge a occupation astatine nan fast-food chain. (Getty Images/ AP Images)

"He put connected his small McDonald’s costume... Halloween came early for Donald Trump, because we cognize that man has ne'er worked a time successful his life," Ocasio-Cortez said of nan erstwhile president. 

"We cognize that man has ne'er punched a timepiece successful his life. He’s ne'er wiped down a array successful his life. He’s ne'er had to hole his ain car. He’s ne'er struggled to make end's meet. He does not cognize what it intends to cheque your paycheck each week and spot what you’ve sewage left," she added. "Donald Trump thinks that group who activity astatine McDonald’s are a joke." 

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., a Harris surrogate, joined MSNBC to mock nan event. 

"There is nary logic to it, it’s a stunt. He has not put distant an economical agenda. He, arsenic you know, appears to beryllium not well," Lee said. 

Trump was accused of pushing "phony McDonald’s sales" connected MSNBC’s "Morning Joe," while Rachel Maddow said he "pretended to activity astatine McDonald’s." 

"CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O’Donnell praised Vice President Kamala Harris for "targeting disinfected Republican voters" while Trump was "staging a run stunt" astatine McDonald’s.  

On ABC’s "The View," Whoopi Goldberg complained Trump didn’t deterioration a hairsbreadth nett while her colleagues blasted nan arena arsenic "staged."

WOMAN SERVED BY TRUMP AT MCDONALD'S DRIVE-THRU REVEALS DETAILS BEHIND VIRAL EXCHANGE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT

Donald Trump worked arsenic a fry navigator connected Sunday day astatine a Pennsylvania McDonalds, claiming he has now worked astatine nan fast-food concatenation longer than Vice President Kamala Harris. (Brooke Singman)

The New York Times recovered McDonald’s labor to knock nan erstwhile president for holding a reddish gallic fry carton backwards and throwing brackish complete his enarthrosis successful a superstitious act. The Times moreover recovered a McDonald’s wide head to propose Trump is excessively aged to grip nan fryer. 

Trump was besides mocked connected late-night programs, arsenic Stephen Colbert called nan arena "blue-collar drag" and Jimmy Fallon said it was nan first clip Trump "ran a successful business." 

The Atlantic published a portion headlined, "The Slop Candidate," which called nan arena a "hastily staged depiction of a reasonably stupid, though entertaining fantasy." 

Backlash from nan near was truthful over-the-top that "Daily Show" big Jon Stewart had immoderate criticism.

"The poor, saccharine media — oh, poor, saccharine media. They cognize they’re mad, they’re conscionable not precisely judge which point they should beryllium maddest astir anymore. But I tin show you 1 thing, media, it astir apt shouldn’t beryllium nan McDonald’s thing," Stewart said earlier playing a clip of MSNBC governmental expert Jennifer Rubin decrying that nan arena was "entirely staged" and suggesting Trump couldn’t really run nan fry machine. 

"What a pleasant counterpoint," Stewart joked. "Look, I’m each for criticizing Donald Trump but I gotta show you, I besides don’t cognize really to activity nan fryer astatine McDonald’s and would beryllium incapable of doing so."

Several pundits and organizations who are reliably captious of Trump recovered nan request to make it clear nan erstwhile president didn’t really judge a position astatine nan fast-food joint. 

"Trump did not activity a shift," erstwhile CNN newsman John Harwood astutely pointed out. "He posed for pictures astatine a closed McDonald's handing fries to pre-screened pretend-customers." 

LIBERAL MEDIA HAS MELTDOWN OVER TRUMP'S ‘FIRST DAY’ WORKING AT MCDONALD'S

Former President Trump served French fries to customers done nan drive-thru model astatine McDonald's connected Sunday day successful Pennsylvania arsenic thousands of supporters surrounded nan restaurant. (Pool)

Newsweek explored nan business pinch a communicative headlined, "Was Donald Trump's McDonald's Shift 'Staged?’" The Newsweek portion past declared, "A afloat displacement mostly implies 8 to 9 hours of work, yet posts circulating connected societal media propose Trump worked location for less."

CNN’s Brian Stelter was mocked connected X for writing, "For information reasons, Trump's McDonalds sojourn was cautiously staged up of time, pinch drive-through customers selected and screened by Secret Service, etc." 

Many sarcastically replied to Stelter noting they were stunned to study Trump doesn’t really activity astatine McDonalds, while others were baffled that nan CNN pundit felt this was newsworthy. 

NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck responded connected X: "Um, yes, that's really it useful for presidents and Secret Service protectees particularly those who've had 2 group astir execution him this year."

The Washington Post published a communicative headlined, "Trump serves McDonald’s fries to supporters successful stage-managed run stop," which noted that "motorists whom Trump served were screened by nan U.S. Secret Service and positioned earlier his arrival."

LIBERAL MEDIA HAS MELTDOWN OVER TRUMP'S 'FIRST DAY' WORKING AT MCDONALD'S

Donald Trump smiles wrong a Pennsylvania McDonald's aft moving arsenic a fry cook.  (Brooke Singman)

Seth Abramson, who agelong pushed nan debunked Russian collusion narrative, declared that Trump’s McDonald’s arena made America "sh-ttier."

"Perhaps nary stunt successful nan history of U.S. authorities deserves much ridicule than nan grotesquely embarrassing mummery Trump put connected astatine a Pennsylvania McDonald’s coming The full state sewage sh*ttier because of this The McDonald’s was closed, nan customers were fake, Trump did nothing," Abramson posted connected X. 

The anti-Trump Lincoln Project accused Trump of "cosplayng arsenic a accelerated nutrient worker while you're trying to trim overtime salary for workers," citing nan Project 2025 moreover though Trump has many times insisted he has thing to do pinch Project 2025. 

Republican Gov. Kristi Noem appeared connected "Hannity" Monday to talk outrage from nan left. 

"I deliberation nan logic that nan Democrats and liberals are truthful upset is because this sojourn was truthful powerful… nan quality betwixt Donald Trump and different politicians is that he doesn’t deliberation he’s amended than you. He doesn’t deliberation he’s amended than nan America people," Noem said. 

The proprietor of nan Feasterville McDonald's shared a connection pinch Fox News Digital, highlighting nan value of nan erstwhile president's visit.

"As a small, independent business owner, it is simply a basal worth of my statement that we proudly unfastened our doors to everyone who visits nan Feasterville community. That’s why I accepted erstwhile President Trump’s petition to observe nan transformative moving acquisition that 1 successful 8 Americans person had: a occupation astatine McDonald’s," proprietor and usability Derek Giacomantonio said. 

"As a erstwhile unit member, I tin attest this occupation is much than burgers and fries, but a meaningful pathway to opportunity. Local Pennsylvania franchisees for illustration maine are proud to supply much than 25,000 jobs crossed nan authorities and I'm honored to showcase my edifice and nan unthinkable effect of nan franchise business exemplary present today," Giacomantonio continued. 

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Fox News Digital’s David Rutz, Stepheny Price and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.