According to new financial disclosures filed with and made publicly available by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), former President and Republican 2024 frontrunner Donald Trump’s presidential campaign spent a staggering $35,000-plus on various fast food and catering, just in the month of May alone — with the largest portion of those financial transactions going to… You guessed it… McDonald’s.
The data was provided to the FEC by Donald J. Trump For President 2024 — the official campaign for supporting Donald Trump’s reelection bid as the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee — and showed a total of $36,780 in the period of reporting, across a total of 113 transactions at various eatery chains, including the likes of Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, Chik-fil-A, and Donald’s favorite, McDonald’s.
The same data for incumbent President Joe Biden’s campaign was also filed and released, showing that the Biden For President campaign clocked in at just over $32,100 spent on food and drinks, across 17 transactions in June. However, Biden’s campaign regularly patronized steakhouses and independent BBQ restaurants including Asadero, Tonic Seafood, and Steak and Dragon Pit, in lieu of fast food chain restaurants.
Newsweek looked into the filings and were unable to verify who the catering was for, or how many people it was for.
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The Trump Campaign’s disclosures revealed that more than $4,700 was spent at McDonald’s alone, making the popular fast food joint the biggest beneficiary of the Trump Campaign’s food budget. In May, McDonald’s had the average cost of a Big Mac meal with a sandwich, fries, and a drink at $9.49, meaning the Trump Campaign could have purchased a whopping 500-plus meals with that kind of money.
In addition to the big McDonald’s bill, Donald and his people also spent over $3,900 in Jimmy John’s, $3,140 at Chick-fil-A, more than $1,700 at Wendy’s, and $1,500 at Dunkin Donuts throughout the month.
Uber Eats, KFC, Starbucks, and various other establishments were also patronized by the ex-president and his people.
This particular filing hails from the time when Trump was in New York, amid his infamous Manhattan Hush Money trial, where he was ultimately found guilty by a jury of his peers on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to the notorious 6-figure hush money payment made to adult film star and alleged Trump affair partner Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election.
Find the full report from Newsweek here.
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