McDonald’s Twitter account posts Donald Trump is a ‘disgusting excuse for a President’ with ‘tiny hands’ – but was fast-food chain hacked?
Tweet was pinned to the top of the chain's Twitter feed for all to see
MCDONALD'S' official Twitter account has posted a message describing Trump as a "disgusting excuse of a president", with many suspecting the chain has been hacked.
The fast food chain's @McDonaldsCorp profile posted the message hitting out at Donald Trump earlier today.
The full tweet read: "@realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands."
The tweet was pinned to the top of the chain's Twitter feed for all to see.
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McDonald's moved quickly to delete the tweet from its feed.
But, by the time its was removed its 151,000 followers had sent the tweet viral.
The tweet attracted a lot of attention and was retweeted with messages including "It's McWar" and "They're not lovin' it".
Terri Hickey, a spokesperson for McDonald’s said: "Based on our investigation, we have determined that our Twitter account was hacked by an external source.
"We took swift action to secure it, and we apologise this tweet was sent through our corporate McDonald’s account."
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