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.

Developments

At 10:21 AM, McDonald's deleted the tweet and tweeted that their account had been compromised.

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.

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]