MONITORING (SW) – With just two weeks before the polls, Donald Trump has taken his US presidential election campaign to a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania, where he served fries to voters and answered questions from reporters through a drive-through window.
Local police closed the busy streets around the McDonald’s — which CNN reported was closed for the event — as crowds gathered, passing motorists honked their horns and Trump supporters waved flags, held signs and took pictures.
The former president stopped by one of the fast-food chain’s Pennsylvania franchises during his Sunday swing through the Keystone State, where he swapped his suit jacket for an apron to work as a fry attendant. He later handed customers food through the drive-thru window at the restaurant — which was closed for the event — telling them he had made it himself and that it was all on him.
Manning the fry machine is the same job Vice President Kamala Harris has said she held as a young woman, a biographical detail revealed during her first campaign for president. It has since become a centerpiece of the middle-class origin story she has made key to her pitch to voters as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.
Trump over the years has repeatedly questioned the biographies of his rivals, often without merit.
During a 2007 deposition, lawyers caught Trump lying at least 30 times over two days, mostly over mundane facts about his businesses such as the size of his workforce, a payment for speaking fees and the cost of his golf membership.
