Trump jokes he’s the first McDonald’s fry cook to become president

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump ener­gized the McDonald’s Impact Sum­mit with humor, jok­ing about being the first for­mer fry cook to become pres­i­dent

WASHIGNTON, DC: Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trumpbrought humor and nos­tal­gia to the McDonald’s Impact Sum­mit on Novem­ber 17, 2025, at the West­in DC Down­town in Wash­ing­ton

Speak­ing to a room full of McDonald’s fran­chise own­ers and oper­a­tors, Trump joked that he is the first for­mer fry cook to become pres­i­dent, a play­ful ref­er­ence to a 1990s anec­dote that quick­ly went viral. His light, con­ver­sa­tion­al tone ener­gized the crowd and set the stage for a live­ly dis­cus­sion on eco­nom­ic issues. Here’s what made his speech stand out.

Trump jokes about past fry-cook job at McDonald’s Summit

Accord­ing to the 47-sec­ond clip of Don­ald Trump’s remarks at the McDonald’s Impact Sum­mit, shared by the White House’s offi­cial page on X, he began, “I’m thrilled to be here with the men and women who are real­ly the heart and soul of what is great­est, most admired, and most suc­cess­ful com­pa­nies in the his­to­ry of the world, frankly. The one and only McDon­ald’s.”

He recalled, “I’ve gone there a cou­ple of times. And I am hon­ored to stand before you as the very first for­mer McDon­ald’s fry cook ever to become Pres­i­dent of the Unit­ed States.”

He added, “Actu­al­ly, [I] was there about 30 min­utes. And that was 30 min­utes longer than Kamala was there. Despite her job at McDon­ald’s, that did­n’t work out too well

He con­tin­ued, “And the per­son in McDon­ald’s had informed us off the record [that] she nev­er worked there. I, who­ev­er you are, we appre­ci­ate that.”

Trump touts McDonald’s‑only menu on Trump Force One

Anoth­er short clip of Don­ald Trump from the 2025 McDonald’s Nation­al Impact Sum­mit also went viral. In the 41-sec­ond video, Trump joked about serv­ing only McDonald’s food on Trump Force One. Trump said, “You know, folks, I was think­ing about this the oth­er day. On Trump Force One, great name, right?, we don’t have all those fan­cy meals that the oth­er pres­i­dents had.”

He added, “You know, the caviar, the lob­ster, the truf­fles. No, no. On Trump Force One, it’s McDon­ald’s all the way. Big Macs, Quar­ter Pounders, fries, what­ev­er you want. And let me tell you, it’s the best.”

He con­tin­ued, “I remem­ber when I first got into this, peo­ple said, ‘Don­ald, you’re gonna miss the gourmet stuff.’ Miss it? Are you kid­ding me? Give me a Filet-O-Fish any day over that snooty French cui­sine.” He went on, “As you may have heard, I’m also one of your all-time most loy­al cus­tomers. While oth­er politi­cians fly around on cam­paign planes stocked with expen­sive cater­ing, on Trump Force One, we served only MCDONALD’S almost every time

He con­tin­ued, “And now, we’ve got Sec­re­tary Kennedy on board. RFK Jr, tough guy, health nut, right? He’s all about the organ­ic, the clean eat­ing. I said, ‘Bob­by, try this Big Mac

Trump laughed and said, “Just one. It’ll change your life.” He added, “He took a bite, boom! Eyes lit up. Now he’s hooked. Says it’s the per­fect bal­ance of fla­vor and… well, what­ev­er.”

He con­clud­ed, “So, to all you McDon­ald’s war­riors out there, keep flip­ping those burg­ers, because you’re feed­ing Amer­i­ca, and appar­ent­ly, even Trump Force One. Thank you, God bless you, and let’s make Amer­i­ca eat great again!”

The audi­ence erupt­ed in applause and laugh­ter as Trump waved, grin­ning.