Donald Trump has said he plans to work “the french fry job” at McDonald’s after repeating his claims that Vice President Kamala Harris lied about working at the fast-food chain.

The vice president said previously that she briefly worked at a McDonald’s branch in Alameda, California, during a summer between college semesters in the early 1980s.

Trump has said that he does not believe her, and repeated his claims at a rally in Pennsylvania on Monday.

“For a long time, [Harris has] been talking about her experience at McDonald’s. ‘I worked at McDonald’s, over the french fries, it was so hot,'” he said.

“I think I’m gonna go to a McDonald’s next week some place, it might not be here in your place—I’m gonna go to a McDonald’s and I’m gonna work the french fry job for about a half an hour, I wanna see how it is.”

Harris has referenced her McDonald’s stint multiple times in the past. In an August 31 post on X, formerly Twitter, she referred to herself as “a daughter of Oakland, California, who was raised by a working mother and had a summer job at McDonald’s.”

Earlier in the month, on August 10, the Harris campaign published a video that said: “She grew up in the middle class home, she was the daughter of a working mom and she worked at McDonald’s while she got her degree. Kamala Harris knows what it’s like to be middle class.”

Trump responded to Harris’ X post, writing on Truth Social: “Comrade Kamala Harris lied about working at McDonalds. SHE NEVER WORKED THERE, they think she’s ‘nuts.'”

The day before, Trump told a Moms for Liberty convention in Washington: “After an exhaustive study that took about 20 minutes, they found out she never worked there.”

At the beginning of September, Trump posted an edited photo of Harris in a McDonald’s kitchen on X with the caption: “Kamala said she worked at McDonalds—She never did. Lie!”

Newsweek has contacted the Harris and Trump campaigns via email outside of normal working hours. We have also contacted McDonald’s to ask for a response to Harris’ claims and Trump’s comments.

As both candidates work to appeal to ordinary Americans, Trump has gone viral for buying groceries for a Pennsylvania mother.

The moment, which took place at Sprankle’s Neighborhood Market in Kittanning on Monday was posted to X by Margo Martin, Trump’s deputy director of communications.

In the video, Trump is seen interacting with a mother and her young sons in the checkout line. The Republican presidential nominee hands the woman a $100 bill, saying, “It’s going to go down a little bit, it just went down $100. We’re going to do this for you in the White House.”

The gesture, along with Trump’s compliments about the woman’s children, quickly spread across various social media platforms.

Citizens of the United States of America (U.S) residing in Nigeria can vote in the November 2024 elections.

The U.S Diplomatic Mission Nigeria made the announcement in a statement it shared on its official X account on Monday morning.

“Attention U.S. citizens residing in Nigeria! To vote in the November 2024 elections, all citizens overseas must complete three steps,” it wrote.

“Request a ballot and visit FVAP.gov for instructions. Receive and complete your ballot. Return your ballot.

“You may drop off your completed ballot in a postage-paid envelope at the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Abuja or the Consulate General in Lagos or you may mail it yourself.”

It said voting is one of the fundamental rights as Americans, adding that members of the military, their families and private citizens residing outside the United States can choose to exercise that right from anywhere in the world.

The mission has also directed Americans residing outside of the country to register to vote and request their ballot with the Federal Post Card Application.

Republican Donald Trump has ruled out running again in the United States’ 2028 presidential election if he loses in the upcoming November poll, according to an interview aired on Sunday.

Responding to a question on whether he would run again if he lost, the 78-year-old former president told US news program “Full Measure”: “No, I don’t. I think that that will be, that will be it. I don’t see that at all.”

The billionaire did, however, say he hoped to be “successful” at the ballot box on voting day on November 5.

Trump is currently neck-and-neck with Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, including in the key battleground states that often decide close US elections.

The Democratic Party has seen a resurgence in support after the withdrawal of President Joe Biden as its candidate in July, following a disastrous debate against Trump.

Trump lost to Biden in 2020 but refused to accept he was defeated, riling supporters by saying the election was “stolen” and fueling conspiracy theories.

On January 6, 2021, fervent Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in an attempt, spurred by his allegations, to stop the certification of the election result.

The Republican has notably refused several times in recent months to commit to unconditionally recognizing the result of the upcoming election.

Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Sunday in Florida, the FBI said, with the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign and law enforcement reporting he was safe and unharmed.

The US Secret Service confirmed one or more of its agents “opened fire on a gunman” located near the boundary of Trump’s golf course, and that an “AK-47 style rifle” with a scope was recovered along with a GoPro video camera.

Amid the confrontation with the Secret Service, the suspect bolted out of the shrubbery he had been hiding in and escaped in a black car. A witness helped police identify the vehicle and authorities tracked it down.

“We have somebody in custody right now that is a potential suspect,” Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told a news conference.

US media named the suspect as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, who had expressed support for Ukraine. He was interviewed by AFP in 2022 in Kyiv where he had travelled to support the war effort.

Trump had been playing golf at his course in West Palm Beach, Florida, not far from his Mar-a-Lago residence, when the would-be shooter was spotted in bushes one hole ahead of the former president, Bradshaw said.

“President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity,” his campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement, while Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris expressed relief her political rival was out of danger.

Trump himself said in a website fundraising message: “Fear not! I am safe and well, and no one was hurt. Thank God!”

He later thanked the Secret Service, Sheriff Bradshaw and law enforcement for “the incredible job done today” in keeping him safe.

“I would like to thank everyone for your concern and well wishes — It was certainly an interesting day!,” Trump posted late Sunday on his Truth Social platform.

The unnerving incident appears to mark the second time in as many months that Trump has been the target of an assassination attempt. The former president was wounded in the ear on July 13 as he addressed an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

– Unsure if shot taken –

Authorities who addressed Sunday’s news conference did not confirm whether a gunman actually fired a weapon in the direction of the former president, but said shots were fired by the Secret Service.

“We are not sure right now if the individual was able to take a shot at our agents,” said Rafael Barros, of the Secret Service.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it is “investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump.”

Officials praised the quick action of the Secret Service, an agency that has been under intense scrutiny since its apparent failure to detect and stop a gunman from shooting at Trump in Pennsylvania.

Sheriff Bradshaw said Secret Service personnel in Trump’s protective detail spotted “this rifle barrel sticking out of the fence and immediately engaged that individual, at which time the individual took off.”

He estimated the suspect was set up 300 to 500 yards (275 to 455 meters) away, but “with a rifle and a scope like that, that’s not a long distance.”

– ‘Relieved’ –

The incident came amid heightened tensions in the knife-edge presidential race, and concern for the safety of both candidates.

“There is no place for political violence or for any violence ever in our country,” President Joe Biden said in a statement.

“I have directed my team to continue to ensure that Secret Service has every resource, capability and protective measure necessary to ensure the former president’s continued safety.”

Vice President Harris took to social media to say: “I am glad he is safe.”

Several Trump supporters and members of his inner circle, including his running mate J.D. Vance, offered their support and gratitude that tragedy was avoided.

“I’m glad President Trump is safe,” Vance said on X. “I spoke to him before the news was public and he was, amazingly, in good spirits.”

The Secret Service, tasked with protecting presidents, former presidents and other dignitaries, has faced criticism since the Pennsylvania shooting.

Kimberly Cheatle, the head of the agency, resigned amid the ensuing scrutiny, and at least five agents were placed on administrative leave.

Representative Elise Stefanik, the fourth-ranking US House Republican, thanked law enforcement for their actions Sunday but raised questions about the latest incident.

“We must ask ourselves how an assassin was allowed to get this close to President Trump again,” she said in a statement.

“There continues to be a lack of answers for the horrific assassination attempt in Pennsylvania and we expect there to be a clear explanation of what happened today in Florida.”

The post came as a surprise, even from the provocative Donald Trump: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” the former president said Sunday.

Though the all-caps post on his Truth Social website came without accompanying commentary or explanation, the context was clear.

On Tuesday, just minutes after a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris that Republican Trump was widely seen as losing, the superstar singer/songwriter posted a message on Instagram saying she would be voting for his Democratic rival, calling Harris a “steady-handed, gifted leader.”

Celebrity endorsements rarely carry enormous weight, but the hugely popular Swift is seen as being in a class of her own, with more than 400 million followers on Instagram, TikTok and other social media platforms — 10 million of whom “liked” her Instagram post.

“Going after Taylor Swift is a genuinely bad campaign strategy,” said one poster on social media platform X. “Taylor doesn’t get mad, she gets even.”

It was not clear what Trump hoped to gain by attacking Swift, though he may calculate that any publicity is better than none.

He has been criticized, even by fellow Republicans, for his recent association with conspiracy-minded right-wing influencer Laura Loomer, who has at times joined him on his campaign plane.

The 31-year-old Loomer — who has called the Sept. 11 terror attacks an “inside job” and said some recent mass shootings were staged by Democrats — recently suggested that Swift had entered an “arranged relationship” with football star Travis Kelce “to influence the 2024 election.”

There is no evidence to support any of those claims.

Congressional Republicans lodged a formal case Monday for the impeachment of US President Joe Biden, using the opening day of the Democratic National Convention to launch a political assault unlikely to gain serious traction.

The report from three powerful committees in the Republican-led House of Representatives accuses Biden of corruption linked to his son Hunter’s foreign business affairs.

Jim Jordan, head of the Judiciary Committee, said the probe showed “conclusively” that Biden had “abused his public office for the private financial benefit of the Biden family and Biden business associates.”

“President Biden’s legacy is marked by abuse of public office, corruption and obstruction. The evidence produced by our impeachment inquiry is the strongest case for impeachment of a sitting president the House of Representatives has ever investigated,” said James Comer, head of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

However, there is no proof that Biden ever used his office to benefit his son or was involved in Hunter’s businesses. There was no smoking gun in a document built around inferences and innuendo about connections between father and son.

Biden — set to deliver a swan song speech at the Democratic convention and pass the political torch to his vice president Kamala Harris — has repeatedly denied helping his son’s business ventures, including in Ukraine and China.

Republicans have for years used Hunter Biden’s foreign links and chaotic personal life as a recovering drug addict to try and embarrass the president.

However, marathon attempts to build an impeachment case against Biden — seen by many as a bid for revenge over the two impeachments of Republican Donald Trump when he was president — have never come close to an actual vote by the House.

Republicans hold only a razor-thin majority and would likely fail to remain unanimous on impeaching Biden, risking severe embarrassment.