I guess he thinks he’s one upping Harris or something? Weird.

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Totally. He’s mocking them on a number of different levels, and it’s extra fucked up:

  • he’s been wealthy his entire life and never worked a job
  • he’s doing this to mock Harris
  • it’s not an actual representation of all the bullshit and hard work the people working there have to deal with
  • it’s a campaign stunt
  • he’s probably never even ordered in an actual McDonald’s before
  • he has absolutely no clue what those people get paid
  • those workers won’t even be eligible for the “no tax on tips” bullshit he’s trying to win people over with

There’s like a dozen more I could pick out, but these are just the most egregious.

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it’s not an actual representation of all the bullshit and hard work the people working there have to deal with

This is the one thing from the list I think many* people don’t understand. Unless you’ve worked in some sort of retail environment, it’s hard to relate to the shitshow they can be.

*I say many because I have no idea how many people have had a touch of the wonderful world of retail. Maybe a lot have, and some people just are assholes anyway afterwards.

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If you’ve ever seen someone like a reality TV personality or aging pop star try to start a restaurant, this is that exact same thing. There’s always some SUPER awkward PR footage of these folks working someone else’s job at this new business and trying to show they understand it. They have zero fucking clue. Most recent I can think of was the Eminem fried chicken restaurant he started. So bad.

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One out of eight Americans have worked at McDonald’s, so that’s quite a lot.

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That is an insane figure, that’s like 41.5 million Americans.

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It was entirely staged. Apologies in advance for the Reddit link:

https://old.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1g88apd/it_was_all_staged_trump_did_not_work_mcdonalds/

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Of course. They’re all staged. His barbershop bullshit last week was the same thing.

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It’s so disrespectful to working class people. Of course most Americans won’t realize this.

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