Overview
- At a Las Vegas roundtable Thursday, Trump called the Oval Office DoorDash delivery “tacky” and “a little embarrassing” as he promoted his no tax on tips plan.
- DoorDash confirmed that Monday’s McDonald’s handoff was a planned promo for the policy, and video shows Trump giving the courier a $100 cash tip.
- The stunt drew online blowback, including boycott calls, and comedian Andrew Schulz criticized using a grandmother who DoorDashes to help pay her husband’s cancer bills.
- DoorDash and AFP say the courier, Sharon Simmons, is a longtime Dasher with more than 14,000 deliveries who testified last year in support of the policy.
- Simmons’ claims about her savings shifted from $11,000 to $3,000–$4,000, and the law lets eligible workers exclude up to $25,000 in tip income from federal taxes from 2025 through 2028.