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White House Stages DoorDash McDonald’s Delivery to Promote No Tax on Tips

The Oval Office photo-op highlighted IRS guidance on a temporary tip tax break worth up to $25,000.

U.S. President Donald Trump receives a DoorDash delivery of McDonald's from Sharon Simmons before he speaks to the press during an event outside the Oval Office of the White House on April 13, 2026 in Washington, D.C.
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U.S. President Donald Trump holds McDonald's bags outside the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 13, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Sharon Simmons with DoorDash, gets a $100 tip after delivering McDonald's to President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Overview

  • Trump, who accepted a McDonald’s delivery outside the Oval Office on Monday, handed driver Sharon Simmons a $100 tip during a televised push for his No Tax on Tips policy.
  • Reporters and wire services described the handoff as a planned event that required White House clearance, even as Trump joked it did not look staged.
  • Simmons, an Arkansas-based “DoorDash Grandma,” said the change let her keep more of about $11,000 in tips last year and help her family during her husband’s cancer treatment.
  • The law, passed in 2025, lets eligible tipped workers exclude up to $25,000 of tips from federal income tax for 2025 through 2028, and IRS rules finalized this month spell out qualifying jobs and income phaseouts.
  • DoorDash said Dashers saved hundreds of millions under the policy, while online critics called the event inauthentic and questioned Simmons’ role, which the company defended by noting she is a real Dasher who previously advocated for the measure.