The official Twitter account for McDonald's Corporate went after President Trump on Thursday morning, calling him "disgusting" and saying the commander-in-chief has "tiny hands."
The tweet, sent at 9:16 a.m., was pretty out of character for the brand. It was pinned at the top of the page before being deleted about 20 minutes later.
The post read: "@realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands."
Awkward. @McDonalds tweets, deletes message to Trump: 'You're disgusting' https://t.co/mgur16gZEE pic.twitter.com/zShb11p4F8
— CNNTech (@cnntech) March 16, 2017
But like everything on the internet, screenshots will live forever.
It's the pinned tweet pic.twitter.com/Vr0jgSzG6K
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 16, 2017
And it's gone. Never forget. pic.twitter.com/TME8qlIFZh
— Bob Chipman (@the_moviebob) March 16, 2017
Twitter was pretty divided over the issue. Some people took the opportunity to drop some puns.
Wow, McDonalds got beef. pic.twitter.com/db0Uhxo58k
— Jon Ironmonger (@JonIronmonger) March 16, 2017
McDonalds spittin' hot roasts https://t.co/7q3YPoKVvj
— Dylan Blereau (@GrumpyGoron) March 16, 2017
Others quickly recognized that the social media manager who sent the tweet is probably out of a job by now. And of course, we've seen that story play out before.
A social media manager is totally getting fired today https://t.co/7pDPhwvUbE
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) March 16, 2017
I get the feeling it was someone’s last day on McDonalds’ social media team today
— Jon Brady (@jonbradyphoto) March 16, 2017
When you know you're gonna get fired, but you wanna go down in a blaze of glory. pic.twitter.com/n6591t38n8
— Maris Kreizman (@mariskreizman) March 16, 2017
Some people said that they would be having some McDonald's today to celebrate the tweet.
Let's all buy a Big Tasty in solidarity of the finest tweet. #McDonalds #Trump pic.twitter.com/Verm486nsq
— Grizzly Case (@Grizzlykreiden) March 16, 2017
When you get that "What do you want from McDonalds" text from your mom pic.twitter.com/xChNQUjuPJ
— Lil Chano From 79th (@ChanceSupply) March 16, 2017
Might eat @McDonalds today for lunch for that. Here's 2 u brave, unemployed, social media mgr! A nation turned its eyes to u for a moment.
— Mariel Reynolds (@bluelex510) March 16, 2017
Predictably, some Trump supporters were pretty pissed, and say they will be boycotting McDonald's going forward.
❤❤❤ Support @ChickfilA ❤❤❤#BoycottMcDonalds @McDonaldsCorp @McDonalds pic.twitter.com/65STDFJrRF
— Proud🇺🇸Trumpster (@PresDJTrumpUSA) March 16, 2017
@McDonaldsCorp I'd rather starve before eating at McD's again. https://t.co/pNNK6uGp32 #boycott @McDonalds #Trump #MAGA #tcot
— MaryAnnAquilino (@maryannaquilino) March 16, 2017
After an awkwardly long period without an explanation (at least, by Twitter standards), McDonald's eventually addressed the incident, tweeting: "Twitter notified us that our account was compromised. We deleted the tweet, secured our account and are now investigating this."
Welcome to 2017, folks.
Twitter notified us that our account was compromised. We deleted the tweet, secured our account and are now investigating this.
— McDonald's (@McDonaldsCorp) March 16, 2017
We have reached out to McDonald's for comment. We will update this post as soon as we hear back.
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