McDonald’s CEO blames “broke customers” for the company’s problems . . .

[i]Photo above - Separated at birth? General Hux of Star Wars, vs McDonalds CEO Chris Kempczinski . . .[/i]

I don’t envy Chris Kempczinski, McDonald’s CEO. He’s struggling to explain why he earns $50,000 a day – 3 times what the typical fast-food worker makes in an entire year. Chris finally settled on a mass-broadcast Instagram video called "Tough Love with the McDonald's CEO". He stressed that "nobody cares about your career as much as you do," and told struggling workers to "make things happen." (see link below).

This almost sounds like a call for revolution, no?

Predictably, this idiotic rant didn’t play well with employees or customers. Maybe investors took heart in it?

And there are a lot of them (investors). McDonalds has a market cap of over $200 billion. Four times bigger than Ford. MCD share prices are up 80% over 3 years - how’s THAT for inflation? $26 billion in revenue, and a 32% profit margin. (see second link below)

And the CEO says “broke customers” are the reason the company isn’t doing better.

It’s not that they aren’t trying. In the 2024 election cycle, McDonalds spent $2 million on campaign contributions. Another $3 million on lobbying the same politicians. The company contributed both to Kamala’s campaign and Trump’s. Both to the Democrat and Republican national committees. Millions and millions. And McDonalds is blaming “broke customers”????

I'm calling on president Trump to launch a seal team strike on McDonalds CEO Chris Kempczinski’s mansion right away. Take him into custody. Blindfold and handcuff him. Fly him to New York City to face arraignment. Not sure yet what charges should apply. We’ll figure something out . . .

I’m just sayin’ . . .

McDonald’s CEO blames ‘broke’ customers as $200B giant defends price increases

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