{"id":2455568,"date":"2025-07-04T07:12:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcdonalds-vs-the-media-there-will-never-be-another-political-showman-like-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T07:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:15:21","slug":"mcdonalds-vs-the-media-there-will-never-be-another-political-showman-like-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcdonalds-vs-the-media-there-will-never-be-another-political-showman-like-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s vs. the media: There will never be another political showman like Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmcdonalds-vs-the-media-there-will-never-be-another-political-showman-like-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2455568&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article examines a recent campaign event featuring Donald Trump at a McDonald&#8217;s in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Following a controversial piece by Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg criticizing Trump&#8217;s rhetoric and military views, Trump embraced the fast-food venue, stirring both excitement and protests outside. The author highlights the festival-like atmosphere of the event, where Trump supporters gathered in large numbers, seemingly unbothered by the negative media portrayal of trump as a &#8220;fascist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The coverage in prominent publications like the New York Times and Politico emphasized Trump&#8217;s divisive comments and his rally&#8217;s perceived links to fascist ideology,especially in light of his campaign&#8217;s challenges. Despite predictions of backlash from Puerto Rican communities due to Trump&#8217;s remarks, the author witnessed a strong turnout of keen supporters at his rally, contradicting the media narrative of a diminishing support base among Hispanic voters.<\/p>\n<p>The article also contrasts the responses of Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, who attempted to attack Trump in a separate speech but was overshadowed by Biden&#8217;s derogatory comments about Trump supporters.As election day approached, polls indicated a highly competitive atmosphere, yet Trump&#8217;s support remained potent in key Pennsylvania regions. Ultimately, the author asserts that Trump was likely to win Pennsylvania and later, a series of other states, suggesting a broader trend in voter sentiment toward Trump as the election drew near. The narrative concludes with the author&#8217;s prediction of Trump&#8217;s electoral success, marked by his charming interactions with supporters and the ongoing media contention surrounding his figure.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">McDonald&rsquo;s vs. the media: There will never be another political showman like Trump<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video\">\n<div id=\"Brid_26092\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One day after <em>Atlantic<\/em> Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg penned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2024\/10\/trump-military-generals-hitler\/680327\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">story<\/a> under the headline &ldquo;Trump: &lsquo;I Need the Kind&nbsp;of Generals That Hitler Had&rsquo;: The Republican Nominee&rsquo;s Preoccupation with Dictators, and His Disdain for the American Military, Is Deepening,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> was in Bucks County, putting on an apron for a day&rsquo;s work at a local McDonald&rsquo;s franchise.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3460320\/bill-clinton-north-korea-considered-bombing-nuclear-facility\/\">History lesson: The time a US president considered bombing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-times-israeli-intelligence-forces-have-shocked-enemies-with-covert-operations\/\" title=\"Six ...s Israeli intelligence forces have shocked enemies with covert operations\">nuclear facility &#038;mdash<\/a>; but blinked<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3450969\/stacey-abrams-beto-orourke-midterm-elections-democrats-comeback-gin-blossoms-band\/\">Despite being repeatedly rejected by voters, Stacey Abrams and Beto O&rsquo;Rourke are considering comeback bids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3459911\/can-trump-make-farming-great-again\/\">Can Trump make farming great again?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The streets leading to the fast-food restaurant were lined with thousands of supporters. This was in a county that had gone for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> in 2016 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> in 2020 and, in between, had also supported Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) and Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-shapiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D-PA).<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg, with whom I had appeared on several panels of CBS&nbsp;News&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>Face the Nation<\/em>, dedicated 5,000 words, as did the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-kelly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Kelly<\/a>, Trump&rsquo;s former chief of staff&nbsp;who, as the&nbsp;<em>New York<\/em> <em>Times<\/em>&nbsp;paraphrased, said: &ldquo;Trump met the definition&nbsp;of a fascist, would govern like a dictator if allowed, and had no&nbsp;understanding of the Constitution or the concept of rule of law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The mood outside the McDonald&rsquo;s was festive. Some protesters&nbsp;had shown up to taunt the Trump supporters, but the jawing back&nbsp;and forth was minimal as Trump worked the deep fryer at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-n-out-burger-customers-experience-sticker-shock-after-californias-minimum-wage-increase\/\" title=\"In-N-Out Burger Customers Experience &#039;Sticker Shock&#039; After California&#039;s Minimum Wage Increase\">favorite fast-food chain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Then-Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump hands out food while standing at a drive-thru window during a campaign stop at a McDonald&rsquo;s in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 20, 2024. (Jabin Botsford \/ The Washington Post via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was the ultimate troll, first because he loves McDonald&rsquo;s and&nbsp;he knows most Americans also do, but second, because he was also&nbsp;trolling then-Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, who said she had worked&nbsp;at a McDonald&rsquo;s in California after her freshman year of college&nbsp;but never provided evidence of that employment.<\/p>\n<p>The press and Democrats groaned, but if you were there, it was quite the move. Paul Sracic, the political scientist from Youngstown State, said in a story reported that day that if you followed the event on social media with clear eyes, you could see&nbsp;Trump was having fun &mdash; and so was everyone watching it. &ldquo;A lot&nbsp;of the coverage out of the gate after the convention about Harris&nbsp;was this forced message about joy,&rdquo; Sracic said. &ldquo;You cannot watch&nbsp;this guy, the former president of the United States, waiting on&nbsp;people at the drive-thru window and not kind of smile&nbsp;at it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In that moment, Trump wasn&rsquo;t just relatable; &ldquo;he was able to poke fun at himself,&rdquo; Sracic said.<\/p>\n<p>For the next 10 days, news outlets such as the&nbsp;<em>New<\/em> <em>York Times<\/em>, the&nbsp;<em>Atlantic<\/em>, the&nbsp;<em>Washington Post<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Axios<\/em>&nbsp;published articles repeating the charge that Trump was a fascist. It <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >filled social media platforms<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cable news grabbed it. Harris called Trump a fascist on CNN.&nbsp;On MSNBC&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>Morning Joe<\/em>, hosts Joe Scarborough and his wife Mika Brzezinski said he had fascist rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire entrepreneur and television personality Mark Cuban echoed that Trump &ldquo;absolutely&rdquo; has &ldquo;fascist tendencies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When Trump announced that he would hold a campaign event&nbsp;at Madison Square Garden, he was compared to Hitler because,&nbsp;80 years earlier, a pro-Nazi rally had been held there. Never&nbsp;mind that Franklin Roosevelt had held a campaign rally&nbsp;there, as had Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and Bill Clinton &mdash; all Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>New York Times&rsquo;s<\/em> coverage of Trump&rsquo;s rally at Madison Square Garden called the event &ldquo;a release of rage at a political and legal system that impeached, indicted and convicted him, a vivid and at times racist display of the dark energy animating the&nbsp;MAGA movement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>There were nine days left before the election, and the view from the&nbsp;<em>New York<\/em> <em>Times<\/em>&nbsp;was that Trump was closing a toss-up race that&nbsp;he now could lose because of &ldquo;a carnival of grievances, misogyny&nbsp;and racism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The outrage was focused on an insult comic who had called Puerto Rico a &ldquo;floating island of garbage.&rdquo; Harris immediately issued a statement saying that Trump &ldquo;fans the fuel of hate and division&rdquo; before she flew to Michigan for a campaign event. Biden called the rally &ldquo;simply embarrassing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It always amazes me how many think pieces can emerge within&nbsp;minutes of an event. Did these reporters go out and talk to voters?&nbsp;Seems unlikely. More likely, they picked up a phone and texted an&nbsp;activist to get the answer they wanted for the story &mdash; to support a premise they thought should be happening, not what was happening.<\/p>\n<p>The outrage machine was churning out stories. According to the&nbsp;<em>Associated Press<\/em>, the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>, and the&nbsp;<em>Washington Post<\/em>,&nbsp;Trump stood to lose not only Puerto Rican voters but also his support among all Hispanic voters.<\/p>\n<p>I was not convinced.<\/p>\n<p>Holly Otterbein penned a piece in&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>&nbsp;with two other reporters, with the initial headline (later changed): &ldquo;Donald Trump Has a Serious Puerto Rico Problem &mdash; in Pennsylvania!&rdquo; They reported, &ldquo;Many Puerto Rican voters in the state are furious about racist and demeaning comments delivered at a Trump rally.&rdquo; That dismay was&nbsp;giving Harris an opening to win over all of the state&rsquo;s Hispanic&nbsp;voters, especially the nearly half-million Pennsylvanians of Puerto&nbsp;Rican descent in Allentown &mdash; the city Trump was set to visit on Oct. 29.<\/p>\n<p>Otterbein said her evidence of a backlash came from Puerto Rican voters who were lighting up WhatsApp chats and commenting in morning conversations at their bodegas. She added there were plans for a protest at Trump&rsquo;s rally in Allentown, which&nbsp;is home to one of the largest Puerto Rican populations in the state.<\/p>\n<p>I was skeptical. I had talked to many Hispanic people in Berks&nbsp;County and the Lehigh Valley for decades about traditional values, faith, and family. Hispanic voters in Pennsylvania had been&nbsp;moving to the right for a long time, and Trump was accelerating&nbsp;that shift.<\/p>\n<p>The arena where Trump was speaking was in the middle of the&nbsp;city&rsquo;s Puerto Rican neighborhood, so I got there early and camped&nbsp;out to talk to voters.<\/p>\n<p>There was a massive crowd, many of Puerto Rican descent, but&nbsp;they weren&rsquo;t there to protest; they were in line to see Trump.<\/p>\n<p>As for&nbsp;the &ldquo;big protest&rdquo; against Trump, there was technically one about&nbsp;a block away from the event, with a few dozen people organized&nbsp;by Make the Road Action, which describes itself as the &ldquo;largest&nbsp;Latinx organization in the state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>I found no Hispanic Allentown resident who ever referred to themselves as Latinx. Instead, what I found outside the PPL Center&nbsp;were Trump supporters of all races happily waiting in line to get in.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing had changed.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time this event was going on, 200 miles straight down Interstate 95, people were waiting for Harris to speak at the Ellipse, a park in Washington, D.C. Unbeknownst&nbsp;to Harris, who was inside the White House, Biden&nbsp;was calling Trump supporters &ldquo;garbage&rdquo; on a Zoom call.<\/p>\n<p>In that moment, three things that were supposed to go one way&nbsp;went an entirely different direction, nearly all at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Harris expected to have reporters give her glowing reviews for her&nbsp;dark speech attacking Trump from the same place where&nbsp;he gave his controversial &ldquo;challenge the election&rdquo; speech on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump expected to have to navigate the fallout from a&nbsp;cheeky joke by an insult comic. And Biden expected to continue&nbsp;to attack Trump on that issue on a Zoom call.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing went as planned.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of invoking a contrast to Trump and giving people a compelling reason to vote for her, Harris reminded voters that she works in the White House, a place most voters agreed had led the country down the wrong track for the past four years.<\/p>\n<p>Harris also suffered from Biden&rsquo;s sucking all the air out of the&nbsp;room as reporters scrambled to cover his remark that half the people in the country were &ldquo;garbage.&rdquo;&nbsp;As if on cue, national political reporters shamelessly and without&nbsp;conscience told the nation that Biden hadn&rsquo;t really called Trump supporters garbage.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Lemire at&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>&nbsp;said the Biden quote was taken out&nbsp;of context. The&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;said it &ldquo;appeared&rdquo; Biden said it,&nbsp;and plenty of people on X claimed that Biden didn&rsquo;t say what&nbsp;Biden did say.<\/p>\n<p>Trump supporters with whom I talked were still in &ldquo;revival mode.&rdquo;&nbsp;They joked in our interviews that they weren&rsquo;t sure if they were supposed to be fascists, Hitler supporters, or just plain garbage.<\/p>\n<p>After years of being referred to as bitter, clinging to their guns&nbsp;and Bibles, irredeemable deplorables, racists, and extremists,&nbsp;everybody with whom I spoke believed that Biden meant it the way&nbsp;it sounded &mdash; and nobody was surprised by it.<\/p>\n<p>What I had expected to write about that day was what happened&nbsp;in Allentown: Did Trump invoke the wrath of the local Puerto&nbsp;Rican community over a joke from an insult comedian? Was there&nbsp;a visible sign of anger from the community? Were people switching their votes? Did they protest? Was Trump contrite?<\/p>\n<p>What happened instead was that Biden stole the limelight, and,&nbsp;no matter how hard the national press tried to cover for him, his use of &ldquo;garbage&rdquo; had a negative resonance.<\/p>\n<p>On the drive home, I was struck by how quickly the garbage quip stuck. People had placed Trump signs on their garbage cans&nbsp;outside. Everywhere I stopped, people were talking about Biden&rsquo;s&nbsp;remark. That night was Halloween, and I could count on two&nbsp;hands the number of people I saw wearing either garbage bags,&nbsp;orange safety vests, or McDonald&rsquo;s uniforms as costumes.<\/p>\n<p>For added measure, Trump jumped in a garbage truck in Michigan and drove it around. My goodness, he makes it look so easy&nbsp;to play them.<\/p>\n<p>It was over in Pennsylvania. I wrote the story the next day, saying, &ldquo;Whoever wins here will also win Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada because Pennsylvania is a bit more Democrat than those states.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>My boss bet me a shot of whiskey that I was wrong. I told him&nbsp;I prefer tequila.<\/p>\n<p>I was not wrong. I went on CNN, Fox News, and several podcasts, stating my opinion despite the last-minute Ann Selzer poll&nbsp;out of Iowa saying that Harris was within striking distance of&nbsp;Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Selzer is an icon in the polling world. She has done the <em>Des Moines Register<\/em> poll since 1997, and her predictions rarely miss.<\/p>\n<p>It was the Saturday before the election, and for whatever reason, she found Harris and Trump neck and neck &mdash; a shocking result in&nbsp;Iowa, a state not considered to be competitive.<\/p>\n<p>It was not to be.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3456633\/consequential-two-weeks-donald-trump-presidency-us-steel-iran-maga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">A VERY CONSEQUENTIAL TWO WEEKS FOR DONALD TRUMP&rsquo;S PRESIDENCY <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Later, I was watching the results from Erie, Luzerne, Northampton,&nbsp;and Bucks counties &mdash; the ones I knew would matter most. One by one, Trump was winning them. It was not even close. He was&nbsp;winning them far beyond 2016 numbers. By 10:00 p.m., I knew he&rsquo;d won Pennsylvania. The&nbsp;<em>Associated Press<\/em>&nbsp;did not call the race&nbsp;here until 2:24 a.m. Soon after, it called Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>My boss owed me some tequila.<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpted from&nbsp;<\/em>Butler<em>&nbsp;by Salena Zito. 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