Donald Trump’s marketing campaign’s large spending at quick meals retailers has been revealed – and the president is clearly lovin’ it.
Between January 2023 and September 20, 2024, the Republican nominee’s marketing campaign spent a whopping $31,000 at McDonald’s, in accordance with the Washington Post.
The outlet reviewed FEC filings for federal candidates in that interval. In whole, filings confirmed $35,900 was spent at McDonald’s, that means the Trump marketing campaign made up for 86 p.c of all candidates’ spending on the chain in that timeframe.
Trump’s admiration for McDonald’s isn’t new, with two of his former aides revealing his typical meal in a 2017 ebook: “two Huge Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish and a chocolate malt.” The previous president additionally famously ordered McDonald’s to the White Home as he welcomed Clemson College’s soccer group after their win within the Faculty Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship amid a authorities shutdown.
Nevertheless it wasn’t solely Huge Macs and McFlurries that Republicans have been chowing down on. The whole GOP operation additionally spent $200,000 Chick-Fil-A, roughly 20 occasions greater than Democrats, The Publish’s evaluation discovered. The Biden-Harris marketing campaign, in the meantime, particularly spent over $7,000 at Panera Bread, topping the record of fast-casual eating places visited by the Democratic group, in accordance with the outlet.
Republican campaigns spent 18 occasions as a lot as Democrats fast-food eating places.
Democrats is probably not visiting fast-food joints as usually, nevertheless it doesn’t imply they don’t need their meals rapidly. Democrats outspent the GOP by about $80,000 by getting their grub delivered on apps like Uber Eats and DoorDash.
The Publish additionally discovered that there was a partisan divide over cuisines. Democrats frequented Mexican, Spanish and Chinese language meals, whereas Republicans spent greater than twice as a lot as Democrats on BBQ.
Campaigns on each side of the aisle appear to equally get pleasure from Italian, French and, after all, American meals.
All in all, the Publish’s evaluation checked out a complete of 21,000 receipts price a collective $13 million.
McDonald’s has been talked about a number of occasions on the marketing campaign path, with Trump usually refusing to consider that Harris labored there.
The vice chairman repeatedly talked about her time working at McDonald’s earlier than her first regulation job within the Nineteen Eighties. If elected in November, she’d make history as the first US president to have labored on the fast-food restaurant.
On August 31, she posted on X: “Two middle-class youngsters. One, a daughter of Oakland, California, who was raised by a working mom and had a summer season job at McDonald’s.”
Later that day, he took to Reality Social to write down: “Comrade Kamala Harris lied about working at McDonald’s. SHE NEVER WORKED THERE, they suppose she’s ‘nuts.’”
Weeks later, he repeated the accusation. “She by no means labored at McDonalds, it’s a lie,” Trump declared at a California rally. “She mentioned she stood over these french fries once they have been being fried, and it was so robust work.”
