Plane with rude message for Trump flies over Steelers’ stadium before game against the Jets which the former president is attending
On Sunday afternoon, a plane could be seen flying through a cloudless Pittsburgh sky with a provocative banner aimed at Donald Trump and New York Jets fans.
A banner on the plane read “TRUMP AND JETS FANS BOTH JAGOFFS FROM NYC,” referring to both Trump and Jets fans coming from New York City.
The message was addressed to Trump, who attended Sunday night’s game to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers play the New York Jets, watching from a private suite at Acrisure Stadium.
Heightened security measures were introduced for the former president.
A plane flying through a cloudless sky in Pittsburgh on Sunday afternoon could be seen flying a provocative banner aimed at Donald Trump and New York Jets fans.
Trump attended the game to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the New York Jets, watching from a private suite at Acrisure Stadium
A banner on the plane read “TRUMP AND JETS FANS BOTH JAGOFFS FROM NYC,” referring to both Trump and Jets fans coming from New York City.
Trump could be seen waving to fans from his suite at the end of the first quarter, taking time from his election campaign to enjoy some NFL action.
Adoring supporters serenaded the former president with chants of “USA” as he showed his appreciation before taking his seat to watch the NFL action.
The game is also crucial, with both the Steelers and Jets desperate for a win in Week 7.
Earlier on Sunday, Trump manned the frying station of a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania before hosting an impromptu press conference, answering questions through the drive-thru window.
As reporters and aides watched, an aide showed Trump dipping baskets of fries in oil, salting the fries and boxing them with a shovel.
Trump, a noted fan of fast food and a notorious germophobe, expressed surprise that he didn’t have to touch the fries with his hands.
Trump watched the first half of an NFL football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Jets in Pittsburg
During Sunday night’s football game, Trump was seen cheering on the New York Jets
Trump is seen sitting in one of the private suites during the football game in Pittsburgh
“It actually takes great expertise to do it well and do it quickly,” Trump said with a grin, tucking away his suit jacket and wearing an apron over his shirt and tie.
The visit came as he sought to refute Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’s accounts of campaigning to work at the fast-food chain in college, an experience that Trump has claimed — without providing evidence — never happened.
A large crowd lined the street outside the restaurant in Feasterville-Trevose, part of Bucks County, a key voting area north of Philadelphia.
Trump could be seen watching the game intently from a private suite in the stadium
At one point, Trump could be seen waving to the crows from the comfort of his private suite
Earlier on Sunday, Trump manned the frying station of a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania before calling an impromptu news conference
After handing out bags of takeout food to people in the drive-thru lane, Trump, still wearing his apron, leaned out the window to answer questions from the media stationed outside.
The former president, who has consistently promoted falsehoods about his 2020 election loss, said he would respect the outcome of next month’s election “if it is a fair election.”
The restaurant itself was closed to the public due to Trump’s visit. The former president later attended an evening town hall in Lancaster before attending the Pittsburgh Steelers home game.
He joked about getting one reporter ice cream and when another asked what message he had for Harris on her 60th birthday on Sunday, Trump said, “I would say, ‘Congratulations, Kamala,'” and added, ” I think I’ll get it. her some flowers.’
Trump did not directly answer a question about whether he might support higher minimum wages after seeing McDonald’s workers in action, but said, “These people work hard.” They’re great.’
He added, “I just saw something… a process that is beautiful.”
An employee hands a warrant to Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, during a visit to McDonald’s in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania
After handing out bags of takeout food to people in the drive-thru lane, Trump, still wearing the apron, leaned out the window to answer questions from the media stationed outside.
When aides finally urged him to wrap things up so he could head to his next event, Trump offered, “Wasn’t that a strange place to have a press conference?”
Trump has focused in recent weeks on the summer job Harris said she had in college, where she worked at the cash register and made fries at McDonald’s while she was in college. Trump says the vice president “lied about his job” but has provided no evidence to make that claim.
McDonald’s representatives did not respond to a message about whether the company had employment records for any of its restaurants 40 years ago.
But Harris spokesman Joseph Costello said the former president’s visit to McDonald’s “demonstrated exactly what we would see in a second Trump term: the exploitation of working people for his own personal gain.”
“Trump doesn’t understand what it’s like to work for a living, no matter how many staged photos he takes, and his entire plan for the second term is to give himself, his rich friends and giant corporations another huge tax cut. Costello said in a statement.