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Donald Trump surprises at McDonald's drive-thru as he serves unsuspecting customers

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pulled on an apron and worked at a drive-thru as aghast customers pulled up to collect their dinner. The ex-President took on the temporary "job" as part of his campaigning in Pennsylvania.

Piers Morgan took to X to hail the photo op in Bucks County as "one of the best political stunts of all time". Trump served customers in the crucial swing state as the Republican Presidential candidate continues a busy schedule ahead of the Presidential Election on November 5.

The former President, who is vying for a second term, was shown how to dunk baskets of fries in the oil, and helped fill take away bags, acknowledging the skill of staff. Speaking with a grin on his face, he said: "It requires great expertise, actually, to do it right and to do it fast."

His brief shift with comes as he continues to claim that his Democratic rival for the White House, Kamala Harris, never worked at the fast food giant while in college as she has said in the past - though he hasn't provided any evidence for saying so.



Harris' time working at while in college before her ascent to the top of American politics was mentioned in a campaign ad in August as she looks to appeal to working class voters, and she previously mentioned it on the campaign trail.

Her campaign has said the former prosecutor worked at an Alameda franchise back in 1983.

But and his allies have tried to discredit the Vice President's claim, questioning why it doesn't appear on her CV.

On Sunday, the former star of The Apprentice repeated the attack line, saying as he introduced himself to franchise owner Derek Giacomantonio: "I'm looking for a job. And I've always wanted to work at but I never did.

"I'm running against somebody that said she did, but it turned out to be a totally phony story," he added.

He alter quipped that "I've now worked for 15 minutes more than ."

Harris is yet to comment, but Joseph Costello, a spokesperson for her campaign shared a clip of being asked by a member of the public if he intended to raise the minimum wage, which the 78-year-old avoided answering directly.

In a comment accompanying the video Costello wrote: " is nothing more than a sock pocket for billionaires when it comes to the policies that matter for working people's bank accounts.

Ahead of the stunt, 's senior campaign adviser Jason Miller said on Saturday that the McDonald's visit would show that he "connects with hard-working Americans."

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