McDonald’s Tweets to Donald Trump: ‘You Are Actually a Disgusting Excuse of a President’
Yes, It Was Deleted. But for a few Brief, Shining Minutes…
McDonald’s official, verified Twitter account Thursday morning told President Donald Trump he’s a “disgusting excuse of a President.” Also, “we would love to have @BarackObama back,” and, “you have tiny hands.”
Yes, it was deleted, The Daily Beast reports, 20 minutes later.
“You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands,†the tweet, which was also pinned to the top of McDonald’s Twitter page, reads.
Daily Beast’s Andrew Kirell posted a screenshot to Twitter:
omg, @McDonaldsCorp, but where’s @realDonaldTrump gonna get his Big Macs now?!?!?! pic.twitter.com/O5MgUGKxeS
— Andrew Kirell (@AndrewKirell) March 16, 2017
RedState’s Ben Howe wanted confirmation, and got it:
@BenHowe you bet, haha. someone is getting fired and/or quitting in a firestorm
— Andrew Kirell (@AndrewKirell) March 16, 2017
“The company did not immediately return requests for comments,” The Daily Beast adds, “but we’ll chalk this up to a social-media handler going rogue on their last day with McDonald’s.”
UPDATE: 10:27 AM EDT –
McDonald’s posts a statement:
Twitter notified us that our account was compromised. We deleted the tweet, secured our account and are now investigating this.
— McDonald’s (@McDonaldsCorp) March 16, 2017
NBC News’ Bradd Jaffy posts the perfect response:
Hamburglar https://t.co/MqQq3pLA9D
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 16, 2017
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