Customers at the McDonald's Trump visited applaud him for making ‘contact with the little guy’

A McDonald's location successful Feasterville, Pennsylvania has garnered nationalist attraction aft erstwhile President Donald Trump visited nan accelerated nutrient concatenation connected Sunday. Fox News Digital said pinch customers astir their guidance to his sojourn and nan backlash it has received successful caller days.

Trump spent portion of his Sunday afternoon making gallic fries and serving nutrient from a drive-thru model astatine nan Pennsylvania McDonald's. The erstwhile president said pinch group successful nan drive-thru, including members of nan property and photographers, arsenic thousands of Trump supporters surrounded nan McDonald's restaurant. 

William, a section of Feasterville, who donned a Trump chapeau for his question and reply pinch Fox News Digital connected Friday, said he loved that nan erstwhile president visited nan accelerated nutrient chain, adding "most group had a awesome guidance to it."

"The full logic I'm coming present is because Donald Trump was here," he said. "I haven't been present for years, and I figured I'm backmost now." 

Miguel, a longtime resident of Feasterville who said he lives crossed nan thoroughfare from nan McDonald's, told Fox News Digital that while he won't beryllium voting for Trump, nan sojourn showed nan erstwhile president cares astir nan American people. 

FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 20: Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump useful nan drive-through statement arsenic he visits a McDonald's edifice connected October 20, 2024 successful Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania.  (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

"Any benignant of publicity is good," he said. "It was bully that he was here. Okay, they were closed that day, truthful location were nary business transactions, but it was a bully show up for Trump."

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Joe, a 3rd section from Feasterville told Fox News Digital it was "outstanding" that Trump came to municipality and worked astatine nan section McDonald's. 

"A batch of group are happy pinch it," he said. "It's bully to person a president who seems down to world and tin make interaction pinch nan small guy."

"They were hoping he would extremity successful nan section tavern and person a cocktail pinch us," he added. "But yeah, they were happy to spot him."

The Bucks County McDonald's had its Yelp reviews abnormal aft it received a bombardment of politicized comments successful consequence to nan visit, CBS reported. Yelp placed an "unusual activity alert" connected nan McDonald's location and decided to artifact immoderate caller reviews connected its Yelp page to guarantee that personification comments bespeak "genuine, firsthand" experiences pinch nan establishment, nan institution told CBS MoneyWatch. But, astir 145 caller reviews were already posted anterior to Yelp's limiting comments. 

"When we spot nan activity dramatically alteration aliases stop, our moderators will cleanable up nan page truthful reviews describing only firsthand user experiences are reflected," Yelp told CBS. 

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

McDonald's customers respond to Trump's visit.  (Nikolas Lanum/Fox News Digital)

"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," proprietor and usability Derek Giacomantonio said. "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."

"As a erstwhile unit member, I tin attest this occupation is much than burgers and fries, but a meaningful pathway to opportunity," Giacomantonio added. "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." 

The visit sparked peculiar attraction because Vice President Kamala Harris has claimed that she worked astatine McDonald's while she sewage her undergraduate grade successful nan 1980s. Trump has many times claimed Harris is lying astir moving successful nan fast-food industry.

"I've now worked for 15 minutes much than Kamala astatine McDonald's," Trump said done nan drive-thru model arsenic he handed retired orders. 

"I've really wanted to do this each my life. And now I'm going to do it because she didn't do it," he added. 

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Trump besides claimed he said pinch McDonald's astir Harris' claims that she worked at nan fast-food chain.

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump hands retired nutrient while opinionated astatine a drive-thru model during a run extremity astatine a McDonald's successful Feasterville-Trevose, PA connected Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

"She shouldn't dishonesty astir it," Trump said. "McDonald's confirmed 4 times that she ne'er worked here. But, let's not talk astir that. It's an astonishing business. It's an astonishing country. And we're going to make America greater than ever before."

Harris has not provided impervious she worked there, but McDonald's has said it doesn't person employment records that day backmost that far. The Harris-Walz run has besides rebuked Trump's claims. 

"Vice President Harris and I grew up mediate class, we understand that. She really worked astatine a McDonald's," Tim Walz, nan Democratic vice-presidential candidate, said connected "The View."

Trump critics person besides taken power online for trying to downplay nan McDonald's sojourn arsenic "staged" while supporters highlighted nan evident information measures taken for nan erstwhile president, who has had aggregate assassination attempts against him.

Fox News Digital reached retired to McDonald's for comment. 

Fox News' Stepheny Price, Yael Halon and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.

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