McDonald's Anti-Trump Tweet
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Overview
McDonald's Anti-Trump Tweet refers to a tweet sent out by the official McDonald's Twitter account on March 16th, 2017, that insulted President Donald Trump and his hands.
Background
On the morning of March 16th, 2017, the official Twitter account for McDonald's, "@McDonaldsCorp," sent and pinned a tweet that read "@realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands" (shown below). The tweet was deleted after being up for 20 minutes.
![McDonalds Trump Tweet SPEEDEE TWEETS FOLLOWING FOLLOWERS LIKES LISTS 179K 11.6K 151K 4,681 1 Tweets Tweets & replies Media Pinned Tweet McDonald's Φ @McDonaldsCorp , 21 m @realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands. わ141 t3 1.6K 1.7K](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/233/154/eeb.jpg)
Developments
At 10:21 AM, McDonald's deleted the tweet and tweeted that their account had been compromised.
![McDonald's Response McDonald's @McDonaldsCorp Follow v Twitter notified us that our account was compromised. We deleted the tweet, secured our account and are now investigating this RETWEETS LIKES 1:22 AM-16 Mar 2017](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/233/156/94a.png)
The incident was a somewhat major news story that day, earning coverage from The New York Times,[1] The Daily Dot,[2] Select All,[3] and more.
Reactions
The moment set off a wave of reactions on Twitter. Trump supporters responded by introducing the #BoycottMcDonalds hashtag. [4] Meanwhile, The Mary Sue[5] covered how others took the moment more lightly, ribbing McDonalds with disbelief over their excuse.
![Suuuuure @McDonaldsCorp Suuuuuurrrrrre HE RT K A T Y PERRY GIF](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/233/176/d91.png)
![Why You Lyin? @McDonaldsCorp](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/233/175/1a7.png)
![It Was the Hamburglar! @McDonaldsCorp description of the suspect released](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/233/177/c2a.png)
Meanwhile, a thread about the tweet titled "Ronald Is Kill -- I Repeat, Ronald Is Kill" was created on 4chan's /pol/ board (shown below). Over the next several hours, the post gained over 225 replies.[6]
![/pol/ thread O RONALD IS KILL - I REPEAT, RONALD IS KILL ITS HAPPENING (ID: AENVTYH No. 11692 1405 >>116921 522 >> 11692 1907 >>116922127 >>116922597 >>116922607 >>116922751 > 116924040 2116924289 116924398 116924436 21169247 McDonald's tweets, deletes message to Trump: You're disgusting 116923065 >116923464 >116923887Z S> S> 2> 2> 116935593 116938166 2116948237116948252 116948468 116948493 WILL THE BURGERS EVER RECOVER?1?!?!? >> D Anonymous (ID: 116948897 1169507 TENN WED)回03/16/17(Thu)14:38:23 No.11692 1522 2211 11921405 (st ellen is a belever in the us e onvenyhing affer all looks like the jews aren't going to chimp out and crash everything after all Anonymous (ID: JbkrmhEd 03/16/17(Thu)14:39:24 No.116921618116921933 116926585 116944216 I guess fast food just shouldn't be getting mixed up in politics Anonymous (ID: MpYulBBZ)画03/16/17(Thu)14:42:31 No.11692 1907 >7 14 As if people needed another reason not to eat there Anonymous (ID: O al DjB)画03/16/1 7(Thu) 14:42:44 No.1 1 6921 933 >> 116922443 >>116922699 >> 116923116 >> 116925952 >> 1169265 >>116944 >116921618 Tell that to Mayor McCheese. Checkmate atheists](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/233/204/aed.jpg)
Search Interest
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External References
[1] New York Times – McDonald’s Says Twitter Account Compromised After Anti-Trump Post
[2] Daily Dot – McDonald’s calls Trump a ‘disgusting excuse of a president’ in tweet
[3] Select All – McDonald’s Gets Political for 18 Minutes With Now-Deleted Anti-Trump Tweet
[4] Twitter – #BoycottMcDonalds
[5] The Mary Sue – Twitter Is Loving McDonald’s Incredibly Blunt Anti-Trump Tweet
[6] Archive.is – Ronald Is Kill
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