McDonald’s corporate Twitter account posted a message calling President Donald Trump “a disgusting excuse of a President” before deleting it Thursday morning. The company blamed the message shortly thereafter on its account being compromised.
The original tweet, which was briefly pinned to the top of its page, said “we would love to have @BarackObama back, also you have tiny hands.”
Screenshots of the short-lived tweet showed several thousand retweets and likes before it disappeared.
The company posted a follow-up tweet about an hour later suggesting its account had been “compromised” and that it was investigating: