One in 8 Americans has worked at a McDonald’s at some point in their life, including, for real, Vice President Kamala Harris, when she was a young person.

What was Donald Trump doing at around that age? The little darling was collecting rent for his slumlord, slimebag father and making sure Black people couldn’t rent their hovels.

Trump has somehow convinced himself that Harris didn’t really work at McDonald’s, so he decided to work there for 15 minutes. That’s probably about how long it takes to make a French fry, start to finish.

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“Work there” is a term of art, but Trump “made fries” for a bit in a closed McDonald’s store in Feasterville-Trevose, Pa., where only preselected Trump acolytes were able to “order.”

Is this a closing argument? An October surprise?

No. We here in American journalism call this a stunt.

Doing the “Hey, I’m a regular working person” bit is common for politicians. The late Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., did this routinely in his reelection campaigns, but he actually worked for an entire day on many difficult worksites.

Trump? Naw. Why should he start working now? The only thing he’s worked on with any diligence is his short game and blow-drying his hair while holding bobby pins in his teeth.

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The sight of this primary consumer of McDonaldland chow was, if nothing else, hilarious. One wonders if he snuck a handful of salty golden........

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