Trump jokes he’s very first previous McDonald’s fry cook to end up being president, hailing the chain’s spirit

President Donald Trump stated Monday that he was the very first previous McDonald’s fry cook to end up being president– a 30-minute shift, he joked, that lasted “longer than Kamala’s.”

Speaking at the McDonald’s Effect Top 2025 in Washington, D.C., Trump utilized his fast-food experience to get in touch with franchisees and enhance a style he presented on the project path last fall– that his humor and work ethic set him apart from previous Vice President Kamala Harris.

The president informed the crowd his brief stint behind the fryer offered him boasting rights as the only leader in chief to have actually used an apron under the golden arches. He likewise thanked the McDonald’s worker who confirmed that Harris never ever worked there.

” I’m honored to stand before you as the really first previous McDonald’s fry cook ever to end up being President of the United States,” Trump stated. “And I really was there for about thirty minutes, which was thirty minutes longer than Kamala existed, regardless of her task at McDonald’s. That didn’t exercise too well.”

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The joke rollovered from an October 2024 project drop in Pennsylvania, where Trump placed on a McDonald’s apron and worked the fryer while cams rolled. He utilized the see to rib Harris and highlight what he called his connection to working Americans.

He went into the dining establishment to cheers, welcoming workers and advocates as he got a spatula and headed for the fry station.

” Hey there, everyone. It’s my very first day at McDonald’s– I’m trying to find a task,” Trump stated as he shook hands with the owner. “I have actually now worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala at McDonald’s.”

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President Donald Trump works behind the counter throughout a project occasion at a McDonald’s dining establishment in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 20, 2024. ( Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

He distributed french fries, took drive-thru orders and talked with press reporters about earnings and what he called his long-lasting dream to turn french fries under the golden arches. He likewise wanted Harris a pleased birthday while tossing another jab her method.

At the Effect Top, Trump applauded McDonald’s as a sign of price and American success, calling himself among the business’s most faithful consumers and keeping in mind that his airplanes were equipped with hamburgers and french fries rather of pricey catering.

He credited the chain’s worldwide reach and worth meals as evidence of American development, stating McDonald’s had actually done more than many corporations to support employees and keep rates stable for households.

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President Donald Trump works the drive-thru line throughout a project media event as he goes to a McDonald’s dining establishment in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 20, 2024. ( Win McNamee/Getty Images)

” I’m likewise among your all-time most faithful consumers,” Trump stated. “Other political leaders fly around on project airplanes equipped with pricey catering. When Trump Force One– previous to rising to Flying force One– flew throughout the project, we served just McDonald’s nearly whenever. On celebration we could not discover one, which is quite difficult to think, however we truly did. You fed us effectively, and I even got Bobby Kennedy to consume a Huge Mac. He informed me he enjoyed it.”

Trump connected his appreciation for McDonald’s to his wider argument that the economy had actually rebounded and rates were reducing. He stated McDonald’s was assisting lower expenses for customers while keeping tasks in the U.S.

” In the previous 6 months, the cost of breakfast products has actually fallen 14%,” Trump stated. “Bread rates are down, dairy rates are down, and the cost of eggs has actually decreased 86% considering that March. I wish to provide an extremely unique thanks to McDonald’s for slashing rates for the most popular products. We’re getting rates down for this nation, and there’s no much better leader or supporter than McDonald’s.”

He nearby advising franchise owners to remain concentrated on quality and price, calling McDonald’s a “foundation of the American dream.”

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” From the cashier beginning her very first task, to a franchisee opening his very first area, to the young household in a drive-thru line– that’s the American dream,” Trump stated. “I made the French french fries, and the reaction was love.”

Fox News Digital’s Stepheny Cost added to this report.