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Miles Archer

(21,815 posts)
Tue May 13, 2025, 11:10 AM May 2025

Saudis "arranged for a fully operational mobile McDonald's unit to accompany Trump" during his stay

A mobile McDonald's has popped up near the Saudi Royal Court during President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia.

Journalist Olga Nesterova posted the restaurant on wheels via Bluesky, "As part of the red-carpet treatment, Saudi officials arranged for a fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit to accompany President Trump during his stay. According to local reports, the unit was set up near the Saudi Royal Court."

The fast-food restaurant is a known favorite of the president. According to a former campaign manager of Trump's, a typical dinner order for Trump consisted of “two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted shake."

Trump landed in Saudi Arabia Tuesday. It is the first of three stops while visiting the Middle East.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mcdonalds-2671954249/
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Saudis "arranged for a fully operational mobile McDonald's unit to accompany Trump" during his stay (Original Post) Miles Archer May 2025 OP
It's very clear that Trump loves Saudi more than he loves Americans. In fact, I think he hates Americans. Walleye May 2025 #1
Hasn't bdamomma May 2025 #39
Yes, unfortunately not everyone has gotten the message Walleye May 2025 #46
Gross AllyCat May 2025 #2
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ocelot II May 2025 #3
"We appologize about the kibbeh burger, Mr president." marble falls May 2025 #4
I guess he gave up Kentucky fried chicken. ananda May 2025 #5
How the motherless ever loving fick...is he not dead yet? MiHale May 2025 #6
Krasnov is taking 2 potent cholesterol- reducing drugs gab13by13 May 2025 #12
Is that the same drug he doesn't want Medicare to cover? surfered May 2025 #30
Yep. The GLP-1/GIP drugs. keep_left May 2025 #35
I never believed the McDonald's con Blues Heron May 2025 #18
It's a bdamomma May 2025 #40
🙏🙏🤞🤞🤞🙏🙏🙏 MiHale May 2025 #43
A roach coach. Bwahahaha gab13by13 May 2025 #7
LOL. Give him all the cheeseburgers he wants. tanyev May 2025 #8
I thought this was satire. CrispyQ May 2025 #9
His eating habits alone should disqualify him from being President. NoMoreRepugs May 2025 #10
One Big Mac too many C_U_L8R May 2025 #11
Oh yes bdamomma May 2025 #42
I'd throw up if I ate 2x Big Macs and 2x Filet of Fish plus a milk shake. WarGamer May 2025 #13
Good call Cosmocat May 2025 #20
Plopped the question into Microsoft Copilot... ultralite001 May 2025 #23
I doubt he eats from it. His mcD's thing is to avoid poisoning underpants May 2025 #14
Vlad. rubbersole May 2025 #34
Unfortunately with all of the statins etc. that he is on Meowmee May 2025 #15
Statins come with their own risk factors. mercuryblues May 2025 #24
Yes I'm aware of that Meowmee May 2025 #25
Lots of ketchup. milestogo May 2025 #16
According to the McD's website, that's 2,440 calories in one meal. Xavier Breath May 2025 #17
Yeah, but don't forget... Miles Archer May 2025 #22
That's enough salt to kill a horse (that's hyperbole, equestrians). Xavier Breath May 2025 #47
McD's naming new menu item for him -- The BrownNose Burger (R) BoRaGard May 2025 #19
Seriously, how has he not had a massive heart attack by now? Initech May 2025 #21
The Saudi equivalent of Meals on Wheels. patphil May 2025 #26
An assassination attempt? lame54 May 2025 #27
I think they're mocking him. Its like a backhanded compliment type thing. IcyPeas May 2025 #28
Saudi Royal Court now has a mobile McDonald's serving Trump during his stay LetMyPeopleVote May 2025 #29
A whole semi-truck load Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 #37
Junk food bdamomma May 2025 #31
Maybe they will turn him into hamberders. Would make many. twodogsbarking May 2025 #32
Just keep him there. He is all yours. 1WorldHope May 2025 #33
I hope he eats all the Big Macs and fries he can Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 #36
Along with deep fried grease/fish and a milkshake .... Vesicular Disease is just a hoax. Botany May 2025 #45
When do 15 Saudi terrorist families for 9/11 hijackers get swept up Submariner May 2025 #38
The jokes just write themselves. keep_left May 2025 #41
dinner order for Trump, "two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted shake." Botany May 2025 #44

Walleye

(43,844 posts)
1. It's very clear that Trump loves Saudi more than he loves Americans. In fact, I think he hates Americans.
Tue May 13, 2025, 11:13 AM
May 2025

bdamomma

(69,176 posts)
39. Hasn't
Tue May 13, 2025, 02:10 PM
May 2025

he already showed Americans how he hates them while taking everything liberty and everything we worked for being demolished.

MiHale

(12,633 posts)
6. How the motherless ever loving fick...is he not dead yet?
Tue May 13, 2025, 11:17 AM
May 2025

4 crappy sandwiches for dinner? Plus fries I bet…American fries, not those wimpy french ones.

gab13by13

(31,259 posts)
12. Krasnov is taking 2 potent cholesterol- reducing drugs
Tue May 13, 2025, 11:23 AM
May 2025

that have gotten his cholesterol down to normal. He is also rumored to be taking the fat guy shot which caused him to lose 20 pounds.

Blues Heron

(8,398 posts)
18. I never believed the McDonald's con
Tue May 13, 2025, 12:02 PM
May 2025

Nor the adderal one. I think he likes expensive steaks and high end cocaine personally.

CrispyQ

(40,686 posts)
9. I thought this was satire.
Tue May 13, 2025, 11:20 AM
May 2025

That said, I applaud anyone who enables his cholesterol laden diet.

C_U_L8R

(48,892 posts)
11. One Big Mac too many
Tue May 13, 2025, 11:21 AM
May 2025

One of these days, a burgeoning fatberg is gonna clog up a vital artery and that will be that

WarGamer

(18,256 posts)
13. I'd throw up if I ate 2x Big Macs and 2x Filet of Fish plus a milk shake.
Tue May 13, 2025, 11:24 AM
May 2025

And I like McD's...

2400 calories in a sitting is nasty.

ultralite001

(2,365 posts)
23. Plopped the question into Microsoft Copilot...
Tue May 13, 2025, 12:49 PM
May 2025

The results may be worse than initially reported.

What is the calorie count of McDonald's “two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted shake"?

That’s quite the feast! Here’s the estimated calorie count for your meal:

Big Mac: 540 calories each → 1,080 calories for two.

Fillet-O-Fish: 390 calories each → 780 calories for two.

Chocolate Malted Shake: The exact calorie count for a malted shake isn’t listed, but a large chocolate shake is around 800 calories.

Adding it all up, your meal would be approximately 2,660 calories! If you want to fine-tune the numbers based on portion sizes, McDonald's has a nutrition calculator you can check out.


🤣🤣🤣

underpants

(194,984 posts)
14. I doubt he eats from it. His mcD's thing is to avoid poisoning
Tue May 13, 2025, 11:31 AM
May 2025

He figures there’s no way anyone could know which fast food place he’s going to stop at.
He was the little ketchup bottles popped at his table do he knows it’s not contaminated.

Now, WHY he’s so worried about being poisoned is part his ego and another part who he deals with. Who is it that still poisons people? 🤔

Meowmee

(9,212 posts)
15. Unfortunately with all of the statins etc. that he is on
Tue May 13, 2025, 11:35 AM
May 2025

That food will not have the usual effect.

Meowmee

(9,212 posts)
25. Yes I'm aware of that
Tue May 13, 2025, 01:33 PM
May 2025

I have read extensively about statins and the whole history etc. I am one of those people that cannot take them due to severe muscle spasm. Otherwise I would take them because I’m in the high risk category… anyway, psycho does not seem to be showing any signs of that, but it could happen 😹

A somewhat unknown fact about statins is that the effects they have which help control heart issues such as blockage is not due to lowering cholesterol. It’s due to reducing inflammation. Something I discussed years ago with one of my cardiologists who told me I should be a doctor because I’m so knowledgeable about all of it 😀

Xavier Breath

(6,482 posts)
17. According to the McD's website, that's 2,440 calories in one meal.
Tue May 13, 2025, 11:58 AM
May 2025

It's also 3,020 mg of sodium.

I can't even...

Miles Archer

(21,815 posts)
22. Yeah, but don't forget...
Tue May 13, 2025, 12:40 PM
May 2025

EVERY time I've seen a photo of him with McDonald's...EVERY TIME...he ALSO had a large order of FRIES, which is left out of the article.

That's another 400 mg so it would be 3,420.

Xavier Breath

(6,482 posts)
47. That's enough salt to kill a horse (that's hyperbole, equestrians).
Tue May 13, 2025, 02:40 PM
May 2025

How the actual fuck is he still walking around?

BoRaGard

(7,591 posts)
19. McD's naming new menu item for him -- The BrownNose Burger (R)
Tue May 13, 2025, 12:24 PM
May 2025

They were going to go with the TurdBurger (R),
but they decided that name stunk.

IcyPeas

(24,871 posts)
28. I think they're mocking him. Its like a backhanded compliment type thing.
Tue May 13, 2025, 01:43 PM
May 2025

And he'll have to thank them.

Submariner

(13,251 posts)
38. When do 15 Saudi terrorist families for 9/11 hijackers get swept up
Tue May 13, 2025, 02:06 PM
May 2025

and sent to GITMO for some interrogation so we can get to the bottom of what Saudi families financed the hijacking operation.

Or, have they just bought their way out of it? That's what I thought.

keep_left

(3,161 posts)
41. The jokes just write themselves.
Tue May 13, 2025, 02:12 PM
May 2025

I can't wait to see what Colbert does with this!

Normally, I wouldn't take anything seriously published by RawStory. But they've identified their source, so I'll assume it's essentially true. Plus we already know about Trump's horrifying diet from his own staff (Corey Lewandowski in particular), so it's certainly not out of character for him.

Botany

(76,421 posts)
44. dinner order for Trump, "two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted shake."
Tue May 13, 2025, 02:20 PM
May 2025

Keep eating like that Donny don’t stop.

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