{"id":196915,"date":"2025-11-18T13:41:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=196915"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:41:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:41:41","slug":"president-trump-talks-economy-in-mcdonalds-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=196915","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Talks Economy in McDonald\u2019s Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump delivered\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QPid-oVSSi4\">remarks<\/a>\u00a0at the McDonald\u2019s Impact Summit \u2014 where he laid out the progress that has been made in undoing the economic devastation of the Biden era and charted a path forward to make sure all Americans realize prosperity and opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Delivers Remarks at McDonald's Impact Summit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QPid-oVSSi4\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;691cb25162f50&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1669.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1669.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1669.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1669.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1669.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1669.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1669.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" alt=\"President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the McDonald\u2019s Impact Summit, Monday, November 17, 2025, at the Westin D.C. in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" \/><button class=\"lightbox-trigger\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Enlarge\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\" data-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"><\/button><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what you missed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m honored to stand before you as the very first former McDonald\u2019s fry cook ever to become President of the United States.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1990561057618739288?s=20\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMy pledge to every family and every small business is that I will not rest until you are richer, stronger, more successful, happier, until you\u2019ve gotten a piece of the American Dream\u2026 That begins with making America affordable.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1990566304999264256?s=20\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of work to do \u2014 and we\u2019re making tremendous progress. 1.9 million more American-born workers are employed today than when I took office\u2026 Wages for hourly workers are rising at the fastest pace in 60 years.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1990564881293324452?s=20\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m fighting every day to support small businesses like yours and the citizens that we all serve \u2014 and together, we\u2019re fighting for an economy where everyone can win, from the cashier starting her first job, to the franchisee opening his first location, to the young family in a drive-thru line.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1990564191573282963\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Biden Administration started the affordability crisis \u2014 and my Administration is ending it\u2026 In the past six months, the price of breakfast items has fallen 14%, bread prices are down, dairy prices are down; the price of eggs has declined 86% since March.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1990569207499796792?s=20\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhile Democrats wanted to give Americans the largest tax hike in history, in July, I proudly gave you the largest tax cuts in American history and signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law. That includes No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime, and No Tax on Social Security for our great seniors. That is a big deal.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1990568566324932886?s=20\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe slashed more than $1 trillion worth of regulations, burdens on the U.S. economy \u2014 in particular, on businesses and people that employ people. Combining our regulatory and tax cuts, we\u2019ve reduced the effective burden on franchisees by more than 37%.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1990570444999852233?s=20\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIn my first term, I also stopped a mortal threat to the franchise business model by terminating Obama\u2019s infamous \u2018joint employer rule\u2026\u2019 As long as I\u2019m President, I\u2019ll always defend your right to run your own small businesses, and do it well.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1990571528858316898?s=20\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAs you may have heard, I\u2019m also one of your all-time most loyal customers\u2026 While other politicians fly around on campaign planes stocked with expensive catering, on Trump Force One\u2026 we serve only McDonald\u2019s almost every time.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1990561624953176088?s=20\">Watch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;691cb2516357f&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1693.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1693.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1693.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1693.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1693.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1693.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1693.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" alt=\"President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd after delivering remarks at the McDonald\u2019s Impact Summit, Monday, November 17, 2025, at the Westin D.C. in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump delivered\u00a0remarks\u00a0at the McDonald\u2019s Impact Summit \u2014 where he laid out the progress that has been made in undoing the economic devastation of the Biden era and charted a path forward to make sure all Americans realize prosperity and opportunity. Here\u2019s what you missed: \u201cI\u2019m honored to stand before you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":196916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/P20251117DT-1693.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=196915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196917,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196915\/revisions\/196917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/196916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=196915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=196915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=196915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}