After the occupation of the Frying station At a McDonald's restaurant on Sunday, Donald Trump did not answer a direct question about whether he would raise the minimum wage.

Trump took off his suit jacket, put on an apron and watched as an employee showed him how to put the French fries in oil, salt them and then put them into boxes. He later took questions from reporters from the drive-through window. CBS' Olivia Rinaldi asked the former president if “the minimum wage should be raised.”

“Well, here's what I think: I think these people work hard, they're great, and I just saw something, a process, that's beautiful. “It's beautiful to see, these are great franchises that create a lot of jobs, and it's great, and great people work here too,” Trump said repliedavoid the topic altogether.

Trump has obsessed about the fact that Kamala Harris worked at McDonald's while studying at Howard University, and repeatedly reiterated that this was not true, although she did not provide any evidence to support his claim. Harris has often spoken about her time at the restaurant and even shared the story in a commentary Campaign ad.

Harris's proposed guidelines Call to increase the federal government Minimum wagewhich, due to Republican opposition, has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009 moderate Democrats. When Trump was president, he neither increased nor proposed raising the minimum wage, and he was skeptical about how it would help Americans during his 2020 campaign. Trump's McDonald's stunt is part of a pattern of appearing to sympathize with working people while taking political action benefits the rich at the expense of the employees.