President Donald Trump said his McDonald’s DoorDash delivery stunt was “a little tacky.”
Trump was criticized for partnering with DoorDash to promote his “No Tax On Tips” at the White House on Monday, April 13.
Internet sleuths quickly identified “DoorDash Grandma” as Sharon Simmons, of Arkansas. Simmons is a real DoorDash driver who testified during a GOP tax hearing in Nevada in 2025.
Earlier this week, DoorDash confirmed the company flew Simmons from Arkansas to Washington, D.C. to participate in the stunt.
DOORDASH HITS THE OVAL OFFICE. ?
$11,000 refund DELIVERED — all thanks to No Tax on Tips!
Millions of drivers across America are leveling up this tax season. ? pic.twitter.com/nobBT1kBJU
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 13, 2026
Trump addressed the stunt during a roundtable in Las Vegas on Thursday.
“I mean, to be honest, it was a little tacky,” he said, as the audience laughed. Trump blamed his advisers who “come up with these crazy ideas like McDonald’s… and the garbage truck.”
He added, “I mean, we do these things in politics. They’re a little embarrassing. They’re a little tiny embarrassing, but we do ’em and you win by landslides.”
Trump bragged that the food delivery at the White House was “the first maybe in the history of the Oval Office.”
He said he heard a knock on the Oval Office door and “There was a very beautiful woman standing there with 2 bags of McDonald’s hamburgers…”
Trump said Simmons received an $11,000 tax refund thanks to the “No Tax On Tips” provision in his One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
However, Simmons later said she actually received a tax refund of $3,000-$4,000. She suggested that Trump may have exaggerated the amount of her refund.
NEW: President Trump says the McDonald’s DoorDash delivery to the White House was a “little tacky” but is necessary to win election landslides.
“I mean, to be honest, it was a little tacky…”
“I mean, we do these things in politics. They're a little embarrassing. They're a… pic.twitter.com/L2tn1sBmxX
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 17, 2026
