Trump gets McDonalds DoorDashed to White House and then takes Iran war questions with delivery person
President Donald Trump personally picked up his McDonald’s lunch order at the White House on Monday, making the awkward moment the most normal occurrence in Trumpworld in the last 24 hours.
Trump held his delivery driver next to him as he held bags of cheeseburgers, and he weighed the no-tip-tax measure. He addressed journalists on a wide range of topics, including the Iran war. The truly bizarre spectacle came as the US blockaded the Strait of Hormuz and the president was caught in the middle of a simmering controversy over his posting of an AI image of himself as Jesus Christ on Truth Social.
The press event, which was not publicly scheduled but clearly scripted, took place just after noon, as the press pool was ushered to the front door of the White House to watch the president of the United States smile and receive two large bags of McDonald’s from a delivery driver; The driver then turned to reporters and praised the GOP’s move to eliminate taxes on tipped wages in 2025.
Trump then addressed reporters and launched into a full press conference; The president stood side by side with the delivery woman in a red DoorDash polo shirt and voiced his newest threats against Iran and even mentioned his disagreement with the Pope. His first question came from a reporter who asked about an AI-generated image the president shared depicting himself as Jesus Christ.
“I thought it was me as a doctor,” Trump said in the photo, which showed him holding his hand to a man’s forehead and healing him with a bright white light. “As a doctor, I’m supposed to be the one making people better. And I make people better.” The president did not explain why he deleted the image, which was criticized by some conservatives and Christians.
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He also answered a question about the current status of US-Iran negotiations and reaffirmed that the “sticking point” in the negotiations centers around Iran’s future nuclear ambitions. Trump had previously insisted that Iran had agreed to abandon plans to develop nuclear weapons in the future and that its war with the country had already been won, but over the weekend he changed his story, acknowledging that Tehran’s refusal to accept US demands over its nuclear program was the reason for the continuation of the conflict.
“[The sticking point] was on nuclear, yeah […] “Iran will not have nuclear weapons,” Trump told reporters: “We agreed on many issues, but they did not accept this. And I think they’ll accept that, I’m almost sure of that. In fact, I’m pretty sure that if they don’t agree that there is no deal, there will never be a deal. Iran will not have nuclear weapons. And we’ll get the dust back. Either way we’ll get it back; “We will either take it back from them, or we will.”
Trump’s “dust” reference refers to Iran’s remaining supply of enriched uranium; Most or all of these are believed to have been buried under rocks and soil as a result of damaging US strikes on Isfahan, Natanz and Fordow, three sites linked to the Iranian nuclear program that were hit by US strikes last summer. Among the demands of the USA is that the remaining materials be handed over to the Americans.
Simmons stood awkwardly next to Trump as he took a variety of questions from reporters (Getty)
In yet another embarrassing moment, as the woman identified as “Sharon” stood next to him, Trump turned to the camera instead of attacking the Democrats and asked the DoorDash driver, who was still awkwardly standing there, a question about “men in women’s sports,” his views on the president and Republicans’ brief statement about the right of transgender girls and women to participate in sports leagues that correspond to their preferred gender.
He sheepishly replied: “I really don’t have an opinion on that. No, no, I’m here tip tax exempt.” The president pressured him.
Independent He has reached out to the White House for more details about the event and the president’s order.
