Ex-President Donald Trump greets customers at a Chick-fil-A eatery on Wednesday afternoon (Credits: AP)
Former President Donald Trump ordered 30 milkshakes during a visit to a Chick-fil-A restaurant and went viral hugging a woman.
Trump cracked a joke that made some of the employees at the fast food chicken eatery in the Vine City neighborhood of Atlanta laugh during his brief Wednesday afternoon visit.
‘Nice to see you,’ said Trump at the counter.
‘So we’ll order 30 milkshakes. We’ll give them out to the people and we’ll take some for ourselves, OK? Thank you very much everybody.’
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Trump proceeded to speak with customers at the restaurant at 875 Martin Luther King Jr Drive.
‘I don’t care what the media tells you, Mr Trump, we support you!’ a woman told the ex-president.
Trump responded by extending his arms and telling the woman, ‘Come here let me give you a hug.’
The woman walked over to Trump with a big smile and the two embraced, with Trump patting her back. She took a photo with Trump as the crowd clapped.
Former President Donald Trump (center) takes a photo with customers as he visits a Chick-fil-A eatery in Atlanta (Picture: AP)
Former President Donald Trump laughed with Chick-fil-A employees (Picture: AP)
A video of the moment was shared by Trump’s deputy director of communications, Margo Martin, and had amassed more than 125,000 views on X (Twitter) within a few hours.
Trump made the surprise milkshake stop on his way to a fundraising luncheon hosted by former Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, among others.
His visit to Georgia came the same week that he appealed a judge’s rejection of his effort to have his 2020 election interference case in the state dismissed on First Amendment grounds.
After arriving at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport just before 11.30am, Trump was asked by a reporter to comment on Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ attempt to get his appeal of a disqualification ruling tossed.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump visited a Chick-fil-A eatery before going to a fundraiser luncheon (Picture: AP)
Former President Donald Trump (left) greets a customer as he visits a Chick-fil-A eatery (Picture: AP)
‘I think that case has been totally discredited. It’s on behalf of her and her lover, Wade. Mr and Mrs Wade,’ Trump said. ‘And we’ll see how that ends. The one in New York is totally discredited. Every legal scholar said they have no case. It’s a horrible thing, but it’s election interference.’
Trump’s visit to the Chick-fil-A restaurant afterward was his most recent stop at a fast food establishment.
The ex-president reportedly ordered $200 worth of burgers and hot dogs from All American Hamburger Drive In in Long Island last month after attending a slain New York City police officer’s wake. Trump and his team apparently chowed down on the order on hisprivate jet flight back to Florida.
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