David Pakman

Right?

So when you saw Trump wearing the headset and the apron at McDonald's, it's like, okay, that, that imagery is actually kind of useful to Donald Trump.

Trump opening the door to the oval office and greeting this grandmother and taking the bags of McDonald's.

I think there is a significant part of the American population that sees that and goes, okay, that's an, that's an image I can identify with.

But then the messaging around it I think was terrible and the event was pretty widely ridiculed.

It even got Trump to say, uh, when he talked about it on Thursday that it was tacky, I think was the word that he used at the end of the day.

So I don't think in the net it was a beneficial event.

But I think on balance, maybe my feeling in two months will be different.

But looking back at the McDonald's thing, it seems that that was pretty clearly a win for Trump.

Yes, I agree.

Whereas this one is seeming at best like a wash.

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