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What are you doing in your life that being swarmed with reporters while receiving delivery slop food is a relatable experience?
I just mean getting the McDonald's delivery, of course. It may not be super relatable, but can you think of something more relatable done by a modern president? Especially if we stipulate that it was not done as just a completely manufactured publicity stunt - because I feel like this really was a case of Trump just wanting McDonald's.
Eating an ice cream cone at an ice cream shop.
That's 1000 times more relatable than door dashing shitty drive through.
Damn yo the two examples of how a leader of a nation can seem to appear to live a life somewhat similar to the citizens are [Eat Cheap Food]?
Man, the bar is so low, huh?
Someone else posted a third one that was also about eating McDonald's specifically 🥲
Lmaoooo fuck dude
We're so boned.
The oligarchs do nothing for us and yet people be like "omg they require food to live just like me!"
The missing ingredient in those stunts, to me, is that I just don't buy that the president really wanted that ice cream enough to stop in for some even though it was unusual. Whereas I totally buy that Trump would randomly want McDonald's and not care whether doordashing it is reasonable or appropriate
There's more of a reason to stop at an ice cream shop than there is to ever door dash McDonald's.
Ice cream shops are enjoyable. Soft serve always tastes better than scooped ice cream in a cone. More flavor options at an ice cream shop. Small batch homemade ice cream will always be superior to any chain ice cream.
It makes 1000 times more sense to stop at an ice cream shop than it does to door dash shitty McDonald's.
You're grasping at straws here. Nothing about this is relatable to the average American, unless you've got brain damage.
So as I said, relatable to the average American
I'm sure it even had his name at the bag at the restaurant 🙄
Read the article
I assume you're referring to the paragraph I read before commenting:
And this is why I said completely manufactured, because it seems like the reason McDonald's was chosen is simply because Trump wanted McDonald's - though I acknowledge this is debatable, its possible he plays it up for Americana vibes. The delivery order is still real, although her commentary is of course fake.
Again, I'm not saying that it's rational for this to relatable, or that the fact that its relatable ought to endear us to Trump legitimately, I'm just saying that to me it seems that it IS relatable whether that makes sense or not, and his ability to inject his own self into these stunts is part of what makes him hard to defeat politically.