Yahoo Finance 
McDonald's investigating tweet slamming Donald Trump
McDonald’s is investigating an apparent hack into its Twitter feed following a briefly-posted diatribe against President Donald Trump, the fast-food giant says.
The fake tweet offered an uncharitable appraisal of Trump, saying, “You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have Barack Obama back, also you have tiny hands.”
The tweet was deleted mid-morning Thursday soon after being posted to one of the McDonald’s official Twitter feeds, but not before being retweeted more than a thousand times and garnering plenty of attention in political and media circles, as well as witty responses.
“Twitter notified us that our account was compromised,” McDonald’s said subsequently on its feed. “We deleted the tweet, secured our account and are now investigating this.”
Trump did not respond to McDonald’s on Twitter.
Also read: Trump pledges to scale back regulations
The tweet caused a sensation in Twitter, where users shared copies of the deleted tweet and offered jokes and comments.
Vanessa Veasley and other users speculated that Trump supporters could launch a boycott of the chain, as they threatened to do after Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz vowed to hire 10,000 refugees after Trump’s first executive order temporarily banning refugees from certain countries.
“McDonald’s already deleted the tweet? lol Well at least Trump supporters can finally boycott something they can actually afford,” Veasley (@VanessaVeasley) wrote.
Other users praised the fast-food chain, which has been fighting to reverse two straight years of customer traffic declines.
Also read: Trump tweet a bitter pill for pharma stocks
“Suddenly I want a Big Mac, well done @McDonalds,” tweeted Shay Steward Bouley (@blackgirlinmain).
Trump, one of the more fast-food friendly presidents in recent history, tweeted pictures of himself eating fast food during the US election campaign. A 2002 McDonald’s ad featured Trump and the chain’s Grimace mascot promoting McDonald’s since-discontinued Big N’ Tasty burger for $1.
Hacking has been a persistent problem in recent years with the growing influence of Twitter and other social media sites.
In April 2013, a hack of the Associated Press resulted in an erroneous post that the White House had been attacked, briefly sending US stocks markets down in a panic.
