Donald Trump started the weekend bizarrely telling a rally crowd that late golf great Arnold Palmer had a large penis, and ended it pretending to be a McDonald’s worker who doesn’t give a hoot about the minimum wage.
It was the kind of Saturday/Sunday we should expect from a presidential candidate who keeps getting weirder, more petty and less tethered to reality. Still, even with the expectation of inappropriateness and lame stunts, Trump’s weekend was jaw-dropping.
Let’s start with the McDonald’s bit because, quite frankly, I’m still processing Saturday’s extended riff on Palmer’s genitalia.
On Sunday, the Trump campaign took over a McDonald’s in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, thanks to a franchisee, Derek Giacomantonio, who agreed to close the restaurant to the public for the day. That allowed Trump’s handlers to stage-manage a fake “shift,” with Trump making some fries and working the drive-thru window.
He was at it for less than a half-hour, which I’m sure was exhausting. The customers he served were supporters who had been prescreened and, according to The Washington Post: “No one ordered food. Instead, the attendees received whatever Trump gave them.”
I assume that was a Sad Meal and a large Orange Dukakis.........