Former President Trump, who spent part of the afternoon serving food through the drive-thru window at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania, wished Vice President Kamala Harris a happy birthday and joked she might get flowers and fries. said.
President Trump stopped by Feasterville Trevose, Pennsylvania, on Sunday afternoon to operate a fryer and serve McDonald's orders to drive-thru customers. He even said that he was in charge of the order when handing the food to the customer.
Throughout the afternoon, the former president and current presidential candidate spoke to people standing on opposite sides of the drive-thru lane, including members of the press and photographers.
After President Trump finished serving Big Macs and fries, he answered several questions from reporters, including one who mentioned that today was the vice president's birthday.
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Trump works in the drive-thru at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania. (pool)
“Is it Kamala's birthday?” Trump replied. “Is she 60? Yes, I would say, 'Happy birthday, Kamala.'”
“She's turning 60? I'm going to give her flowers. Maybe I'll buy her fries…I'll give her McDonald's fries,” he added. “Happy birthday, Kamala. Happy birthday.”
Trump congratulated Harris on Sunday at Truth Social.
“Happy 60th Birthday, Kamala!” he wrote.
Fox News Digital has reached out to both the Harris and Trump campaigns for comment.
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Donald Trump smiles inside a McDonald's in Philadelphia after working as a fry cook. (Brook Singman)
With just over two weeks left until Election Day, President Trump remains embroiled in a close race with Harris, with the vice president continuing to insist she never worked at McDonald's.
Harris is campaigning to succeed President Biden in the White House, highlighting her middle-class upbringing and working at McDonald's in the 1980s while earning a bachelor's degree. .
During an appearance on Howard Stern's show earlier this month, the radio host asked Harris about her time working at McDonald's.
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Vice President Kamala Harris appeared in a live interview on SiriusXM's “The Howard Stern Show” earlier this month. (Getty Images)
“I mean, I was making fries and I had to watch the timer. It was a lot of work,” Harris told Stern. “But honestly, Howard, seriously, the whole point of McDonald's to me was…I was in college and it was about spending money.
“There were people working there and it was a source of income for their families…and I think that's the lesson I took from that experience more than anything: that we still have a lot of work to do. 'It should be done so that people can move forward and not just get by,' Harris said.
But President Trump claims he's not telling the truth about working in the fast food industry.
He told “Fox & Friends” on Friday that he was going to work at McDonald's on Sunday “because she lied to me.”
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“Do you think she's never worked at McDonald's?” co-host Brian Kilmeade asked.
“We know she didn't do that. We looked into that,” Trump said. “They said she never worked here.”
FOX News' Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
