Cross-posted from “Too Bad, So Sad, Too Late - McDonald’s tells U.S. restaurants it’s not a ‘political brand’ after Trump visit” by @JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee in !news@beehaw.org
Excerpt:
Though President Donald Trump visited a Pennsylvania McDonald’s location on Sunday, the fast-food giant is trying to stay neutral in the presidential race.
“As we’ve seen, our brand has been a fixture of conversation in this election cycle. While we’ve not sought this, it’s a testament to how much McDonald’s resonates with so many Americans. McDonald’s does not endorse candidates for elected office and that remains true in this race for the next President,” the company said in an internal message viewed by CNBC and confirmed by a source familiar with the matter.
I haven’t eaten at a McDonalds since before covid, and I don’t really miss it.
You can’t just say it. Where’s the action?
Revoke that fucker’s franchisee licenses to start. He’ll paint the building red white and blue, rename it Magadonalds, and they’ll all flock to it and get dysentery from the freedom meals until it closes down when it’s revealed that he’s been molesting kids at the Sunday school he “volunteered” at
I’m not saying that won’t happen, but it would be a colossal fuck up. McDonald’s owns most of the buildings and leases them out to franchisees. https://www.wallstreetsurvivor.com/mcdonalds-beyond-the-burger/