Does Trump's McDonalds visit undermine RFK Jr’s health message? Or is it all in good fun?
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PUBLIUS SPECIAL GUEST: Tony Lyons, is the Co-Founder of American Values 2024, the RFK Junior SuperPac. Lyons is an attorney and president of Skyhorse Publishing. Founded in 2006, the independent book publisher has produced an eclectic and broad mix of work, from nature and sports to current events, politics, health, and fiction. His newest RFK Junior book is titled, The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race.
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From behind the counter at McDonald’s, Donald Trump put into stark contrast the tension between MAGA populism and MAHA populism. MAHA, short for Make America Healthy Again, is a slogan adopted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr as he campaigns on behalf of the Republican candidate.
There’s no question Trump’s trip to McDonald’s served his campaign well, despite the ravings of Keith Olbermann. Viral posts highlighting the resemblance between Trump’s campaign stop and an old Andy Warhol quote help explain why. “The President has so much good publicity potential that hasn’t been exploited,” Warhol wrote decades ago. “He should just sit down one day and make a list of all the things that people are embarrassed to do that they shouldn’t be embarrassed to do, and then do them all on television.”
This is the economic populism of MAGA at its most effective. Populists on the Left, though, are familiar critics of the Golden Arches. The chain underpays workers and pushes toxins on the working class, they say, disproportionately harming black Americans and preying on the poor.
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Tony Lyons, is the Co-Founder of American Values 2024, the RFK Junior SuperPac. Lyons is an attorney and president of Skyhorse Publishing. Founded in 2006, the independent book publisher has produced an eclectic and broad mix of work, from nature and sports to current events, politics, health, and fiction. His newest RFK Junior book is titled, The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race.
TO BOOK INTERVIEWS EMAIL: aj.publius@gmail.com or drew.publius@gmail.com
Don't overthink the Trump Donald's thing. There's room in our great nation for entry level workers and advocates for healthy living to pull together. That's what Trump and the entire MAGA movement is about.