Did Donald Trump Fake his Shift at Mcdonalds?

Question

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Reporter, B. R. L. N. (2024, October 21). Was Donald Trump’s McDonald’s shift “staged”? Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-mcdonalds-work-staged-fake-1972058

Answer 1

This is true, as Donald Trumps "Mcdonald's shift" was used as a publicity stunt for one of many reasons. Which was to promote his claim that Kamala Harris never worked at a Mcdonalds in her college days.  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/20/trump-mcdonalds-minimum-wage/

Comments

This is somewhat misleading.  While yes, Trump worked a shift at McDonald's to boost his public image by seeming more relatable, it was not fake in any way. The CNN article discusses how each individual location is allowed to invite him in to work. It is fine to question the methods behind him working there, is wasn't fake.

Answer 2

This event was a campaign photo opportunity for Trump's presidential bid, as reported by multiple sources including Reuters, AP News, the New York Times, and BBC. In fact, C-SPAN recorded and published Trump's 30-minute appearance at a Pennsylvania McDonald's. As Snopes notes in its analysis of the event, photo ops and publicity stunts are inherently staged by their very nature. The controlled circumstances of the visit underscore this point. According to The Washington Post, "the motorists whom Trump served were screened by the U.S. Secret Service and positioned before his arrival. No one ordered food. Instead, the attendees received whatever Trump gave them."

Given these arrangements, it would be difficult to characterize the 30-minute appearance as genuine work experience. However, Trump did not appear particularly interested in presenting it as authentic employment. Instead, he seemed focused on elevating the claim that Kamala Harris never worked at McDonald's during college. "Now I've worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala," Trump said as he concluded his time at the fryer, according to the same WaPo reporting.