A White House official confirmed the mobile truck – which had the McDonald’s logo and writing in Arabic – was in Riyadh, during the president’s state visit to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia appeared to woo Donald Trump with one of his favourite cuisines – American fast food. A McDonald’s food truck was unbelievably spotted on the US President’s trip to the Gulf nation this week.
Saudi Arabia rolled out the mobile and operation truck as part of it’s lavish display for Trump’s first state visit of his second term. A White House official confirmed the mobile truck – which had the McDonald’s logo and writing in Arabic – was in Riyadh, during the President’s visit. Images of the bizarre truck and Saudi effort to make the President feel right at home went viral on social media across the globe.
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Trump has made his love of fast food and burgers no secret and his declarations of love for deep fried food has appeared to pay off while abroad.
The President was met with a glamorous state banquet and a grand procession through Riyadh but this truck has appeared to catch people’s eyes.
Shocked people blasted the special McDonald’s appearance with one person on X saying “how’s this even real life?” According to local reports, the unit was set up near the Saudi Royal Court.
Trump has shared his love for McDonald’s several times before, and is partial to Big Macs and Filet-O-Fish sandwiches. He even requested it when he fell ill with COVID-19 in 2020.
Other fast food highlights from his first term included the President serving McDonald’s to a group of athletes. He dished up a McDonald’s buffet to the Clemson Tigers in 2019, a team of university students who were national college football champions that year.
Trump even served people from a McDonald’s drive-thru window during his 2024 Presidential election campaign. He put the signature apron one and even manned the chip station and filled takeaway bags.
He took a shift at a branch in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, and said: “It requires great expertise, actually, to do it right and to do it fast. I do appreciate it a little more. You say, ‘Give me French fries.’ I’ll never forget this experience.”
Trump also often tasks staff to pick up McDonald’s to have on his plane. This love for greasy food prompted the Commander-in-chief to make one change to his orders to stop piling on the pounds.
The US President was able to shed more than two stones after removing the buns from his burgers. FOX News host Sean Hannity said: “If he has a burger now, he usually doesn’t have it with a bun.”
Trump is also well known for his love of Diet Coke and is said to drink more than 12 cans of the fizzy drink a day. The President even has a cola delivery button for on his desk in the Oval Office.