Customers at the McDonald's Trump visited applaud him for making ‘contact with the little guy’

A McDonald's determination successful Feasterville, Pennsylvania has garnered nationalist attraction aft erstwhile President Donald Trump visited the accelerated nutrient concatenation connected Sunday. Fox News Digital spoke with customers astir their absorption to his sojourn and the backlash it has received successful caller days.

Trump spent portion of his Sunday afternoon making gallic fries and serving nutrient from a drive-thru model astatine the Pennsylvania McDonald's. The erstwhile president spoke with radical successful the drive-thru, including members of the property and photographers, arsenic thousands of Trump supporters surrounded the McDonald's restaurant. 

William, a section of Feasterville, who donned a Trump chapeau for his interrogation with Fox News Digital connected Friday, said helium loved that the erstwhile president visited the accelerated nutrient chain, adding "most radical had a large absorption to it."

"The full crushed I'm coming present is due to the fact that Donald Trump was here," helium said. "I haven't been present for years, and I figured I'm backmost now." 

Miguel, a longtime nonmigratory of Feasterville who said helium lives crossed the thoroughfare from the McDonald's, told Fox News Digital that portion helium won't beryllium voting for Trump, the sojourn showed the erstwhile president cares astir the American people. 

FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 20: Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump works the drive-through enactment arsenic helium visits a McDonald's edifice connected October 20, 2024 successful Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania.  (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

"Any benignant of publicity is good," helium said. "It was bully that helium was here. Okay, they were closed that day, truthful determination were nary concern transactions, but it was a bully amusement up for Trump."

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Joe, a 3rd section from Feasterville told Fox News Digital it was "outstanding" that Trump came to municipality and worked astatine the section McDonald's. 

"A batch of radical are blessed with it," helium said. "It's bully to person a president who seems down to world and tin marque interaction with the small guy."

"They were hoping helium would halt successful the section tavern and person a cocktail with us," helium added. "But yeah, they were blessed to spot him."

The Bucks County McDonald's had its Yelp reviews disabled aft it received a bombardment of politicized comments successful effect to the visit, CBS reported. Yelp placed an "unusual enactment alert" connected the McDonald's determination and decided to artifact immoderate caller reviews connected its Yelp leafage to guarantee that idiosyncratic comments bespeak "genuine, firsthand" experiences with the establishment, the institution told CBS MoneyWatch. But, astir 145 caller reviews were already posted anterior to Yelp's limiting comments. 

"When we spot the enactment dramatically alteration oregon stop, our moderators volition cleanable up the leafage truthful reviews describing lone firsthand user experiences are reflected," Yelp told CBS. 

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The proprietor of the Feasterville McDonald's shared a statement with Fox News Digital implicit the weekend, highlighting the value of the erstwhile president's visit.

McDonald's customers respond to Trump's visit.  (Nikolas Lanum/Fox News Digital)

"As a small, autarkic concern owner, it is simply a cardinal worth of my enactment that we proudly unfastened our doors to everyone who visits the Feasterville community," proprietor and relation Derek Giacomantonio said. "That’s wherefore I accepted erstwhile President Trump’s petition to observe the transformative moving acquisition that 1 successful 8 Americans person had: a occupation astatine McDonald’s."

"As a erstwhile unit member, I tin attest this occupation is much than burgers and fries, but a meaningful pathway to opportunity," Giacomantonio added. "Local Pennsylvania franchisees similar maine are arrogant to supply much than 25,000 jobs crossed the authorities and I'm honored to showcase my edifice and the unthinkable interaction of the franchise concern exemplary present today." 

The visit sparked peculiar attraction due to the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris has claimed that she worked astatine McDonald's portion she got her undergraduate grade successful the 1980s. Trump has repeatedly claimed Harris is lying astir moving successful the fast-food industry.

"I've present worked for 15 minutes much than Kamala astatine McDonald's," Trump said done the drive-thru model arsenic helium handed retired orders. 

"I've truly wanted to bash this each my life. And present I'm going to bash it due to the fact that she didn't bash it," helium added. 

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Trump besides claimed helium spoke with McDonald's astir Harris' claims that she worked at the fast-food chain.

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump hands retired nutrient portion lasting astatine a drive-thru model during a run halt astatine a McDonald's successful Feasterville-Trevose, PA connected Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

"She shouldn't prevarication astir it," Trump said. "McDonald's confirmed 4 times that she ne'er worked here. But, let's not speech astir that. It's an astonishing business. It's an astonishing country. And we're going to marque America greater than ever before."

Harris has not provided impervious she worked there, but McDonald's has said it doesn't person employment records that day backmost that far. The Harris-Walz run has besides rebuked Trump's claims. 

"Vice President Harris and I grew up mediate class, we recognize that. She really worked astatine a McDonald's," Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, said connected "The View."

Trump critics person besides taken vigor online for trying to downplay the McDonald's sojourn arsenic "staged" portion supporters highlighted the evident information measures taken for the erstwhile president, who has had aggregate assassination attempts against him.

Fox News Digital reached retired to McDonald's for comment. 

Fox News' Stepheny Price, Yael Halon and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.

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