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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Luke Reevey

Trump calls his team’s latest PR stunt ‘tacky’ in stunning admission

  • President Donald Trump received a McDonald's delivery at the Oval Office from Sharon Simmons, a Dasher promoting his administration's no tax on tips policy.
  • Simmons, who works to help pay for her husband's cancer treatment, delivered Trump's “favorites” to the White House on Monday, April 13.
  • During the delivery, Trump answered journalists' questions about the war in Iran while standing alongside the delivery employee.
  • Days later, speaking at a tax roundtable in Las Vegas on Thursday, April 16, Trump described the event as “a little tacky” and a “crazy idea.”
  • The PR stunt occurred amidst other significant events, including a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and a controversy over Trump's AI image of himself as Jesus Christ.

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