Did Trump stage working at McDonalds for publicity

Question

There is an article linked that suggests Trump faked and staged working at McDonalds for publicity and the customers were just actors.

Answer 1

The claim made that Donald Trump working at McDonald for a couple of hours was ‘staged’ is true. If we look at the article posted from the claim Trump Working McDonalds , the specific McDonalds made an announcement stating that the store was going to be closed for a period of time because of President Trump and his campaign. There’s also a reddit post (Reddit Post) with a tik tok explaining that the “customers” coming through the drive-through line had been paid (were basically actors/actresses) to go through the line and act as a normal customer would.

Comments

Reddit is a well-known for being an opinion based website, so that makes it unreliable while talking about the facts of this claim. However, the article does list that the Washington Post had also claimed the same thing as the Reddit post. So that may have been a better source to mention rather than Reddit. It would also be a bit more helpful to add resources other than the ones listed in the article to back up your claim.

Answer 2

The claim is that Trump showing up to McDonalds was staged and a publicity stunt. After reading the article this claim is true. The article talks about how Trump had an impromptu visit to McDonals. The article brings up the fact that all the customers that the former president served were screened by the secret service and the McDonalds was closed to the pubic that were not screened. Overall the claim is true, Trumps impromptu visit to McDonalds was a publicity stunt.

Comments

This is a good summary of the situation. True, such gatherings frequently require some sort of planning for security concerns. While it was dubbed 'impromptu,' the screening procedure certainly adds a layer of coordination.

Answer 3

This is true, I believe that it was staged. In the article below, it states "The franchise in Feasterville was closed for normal business during Sunday’s photo op. The customers who went through the drive thru were pre-selected by the franchise and the local Trump campaign team, according to a person familiar with the event. The cars were also screened and searched, and the people in them were wanded down, according to the source." 

This information was collected by NBC news. 

source: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/difference-work-trumps-staged-mcdonalds-theatrics-rcna176365

Answer 4

The claim that this was staged stays true as in the news week website it shows that the restaurant is closed for the day and as it gives apologies to the reader that it would be closed, it says how Secret service screened each person that were able to but the McDonalds was closed to the public as this was a publicity stunt.

Answer 5

The claim is that Donald Trump's visit to a McDonalds in Pennsylvania was staged. According to an NBC News report, "The franchise in Feasterville was closed for normal business during Sunday’s photo op. The customers who went through the drive thru were pre-selected by the franchise and the local Trump campaign team, according to a person familiar with the event. The cars were also screened and searched, and the people in them were wanded down, according to the source." Based on the published account of a source at the event by NBC, we can see that this claim is true.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-tries-troll-harris-serving-french-fries-mcdonalds-rcna176294