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Former President Donald Trump showed off a McDonald’s fry cook pin given to him as he surveyed hurricane damage in North Carolina.
Trump was in Swannanoa, North Carolina on Monday, which was devastated by floods from Hurricane Helene.
The former president worked the fry cooker at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s over the weekend after questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’s work experience at the fast food restaurant. The restaurant in Bucks County was shut down as it hosted the former commander-in-chief.
At least 95 people have died in North Carolina as a result of the storm, according to the state’s Department of Health.
The former president used his visit to survey the damage to once again push baseless notions about the federal government’s work to help communities recover after the storm.
Trump claimed that the Biden White House hasn’t done enough for the Tar Heel state, claiming that the federal government has instead sent aid to “illegal migrants.”
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