Throughout his extraordinarily busy journey to New York, former President Donald Trump discovered time to dine at a beloved outdated institution on Lengthy Island, ringing up an over $200 tab.
Trump visited All-American Hamburger Drive-In in Massapequa on Thursday after he attended the wake of NYPD officer Jonathan Diller, who was murdered on responsibility earlier this week.
Dozens of supporters carrying Trump paraphernalia stood close by in pouring rain as the previous president arrived and spoke with Diller’s household and native GOP officers.
Afterward, en path to Trump’s non-public jet, they headed to All-American, a well-liked Lengthy Island quick eating institution open since 1963. Trump is well-known for his love of quick meals, even as soon as serving a visiting school soccer championship staff Popeyes and McDonald’s on the White Home.
Based on the supervisor, Trump’s order included 18 ‘double double’ cheeseburgers, 10 sizzling canine, two quarter-pounders, 20 orders of fries and 10 orders of onion rings.
Throughout his extraordinarily busy journey to New York, former President Donald Trump discovered time to dine at a beloved outdated institution on Lengthy Island, ringing up an over $200 tab
Trump visited All-American Hamburger Drive-In in Massapequa on Thursday after he attended the wake of NYPD officer Jonathan Diller, who was murdered on responsibility earlier this week
The native hotspot is taken into account a infamous cut price, with a burger, fries and a milkshake solely costing you $7.
Supervisor Richard Vultaggio advised the New York Put up the president and his crew additionally requested for a ton of mustard and ketchup.
Trump paid along with his bank card and in response to Vultaggio, left a money tip that he solely described as ‘beneficiant,’ including that he’d been advised Trump ‘cherished’ his meal.
Within the wake of Officer Diller’s killing, different prospects have been stepping into the spirit and paying for cops.
‘We weren’t letting the police pay,’ Vultaggio mentioned. ‘The neighborhood actually got here collectively.’
Trump Senior Advisor Dan Scavino celebrated the joint – a favourite of his youth – in a Fb put up.
‘THANK YOU to All American Hamburger Drive – In Of Massapequa (OFFICIAL PAGE) for a fantastic burger, en route again to Florida this night on Trump Power One,’ he wrote.
‘Should you’re out on Lengthy Island, test them out, a GREAT SPOT! I keep in mind going as a child rising up with household.’
Based on the supervisor, Trump’s order included 18 ‘double double’ cheeseburgers, 10 sizzling canine, two quarter-pounders, 20 orders of fries and 10 orders of onion rings
Pictured: The All-American Hamburger Drive-in Double Double, which Trump’s entourage ordered 18 of
Talking on the ceremony for Officer Jonathan Diller, 31, the previous president mentioned: ‘What occurred is such a tragic occasion, such a horrible factor and it’s taking place all too typically.
‘It is an honor to be right here, however that is such a tragic event. We have got to toughen it up, we have to strengthen it up, issues like this should not happen.’
Officer Diller was shot and killed in Queens throughout a routine visitors cease on Monday, with footage of the incident exhibiting the cop screaming in ache as he died.
The Republican presidential nominee added: ‘We’re simply not going to let it occur. 21 occasions arrested, this thug. The particular person within the automobile with him was arrested many occasions.
‘They do not study as a result of they do not respect that police are the best individuals we have now, there’s nothing and no one like them. This could by no means occur.
Trump continued: ‘I simply visited with a really lovely spouse who now does not have her husband, Stephanie was simply unimaginable.
‘Their little one a model new lovely child sitting there harmless as will be doesn’t understand how his life has been modified.
‘The Diller household won’t ever be the identical, and we have now to cease it. Now we have to get again to legislation and order as a result of this isn’t working. It is taking place too typically.
Dozens of supporters carrying Trump paraphernalia stood close by in pouring rain as the previous president arrived and spoke with Diller’s household and native GOP officers
Diller, from Lengthy Island, was simply three years into the job and leaves a younger widow and little one behind
‘It is an honor to be right here, however that is such a tragic event. We have got to toughen it up, we have to strengthen it up, issues like this should not happen.
‘It’s an honor for me to be right here, it is a nice household. These are simply unimaginable individuals which might be simply devastated. They have a troublesome street.’
Trump was invited to the occasion and a marketing campaign spokesperson earlier this week mentioned he was ‘moved by the invitation’.
Trump posted about Diller’s demise on his Fact Social, providing prayers to Diller’s household and appreciation for legislation enforcement.