Why was Trump serving fries in McDonald’s?

The BBC's Lily Jamali explains the backstory behind the former president's campaign stunt.

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The Democrat says she worked at a franchise in California 40 years ago. And she talks about it on the campaign trail regularly, an example, she says, of how she has a better understanding of working Americans' concerns than her billionaire rival.

The BBC’s Lily Jamali visited that McDonald's near San Francisco to find out more the row.

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