--- description: Donald Trump appeared in a 2002 McDonald's ad for the Big N' Tasty burger. title: Watch Donald Trump Star In This Wacky McDonald's Ad image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb61ddd1dfb71fba5/69885f15524fc03c04df405f/ap_173059622128.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Donald Trump Talk to a Giant Purple Blob in This Wacky McDonald's Ad by [Benjamin Snyder/Fortune](/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2015 2:13 PM CUT  Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump.Stephen B. Morton—AP by [Benjamin Snyder/Fortune](/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder/Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2015 2:13 PM CUT “How did you do it? What’s your secret?” says Donald Trump, quizzically, and with a tinge of jealousy. No, he isn’t talking about Carly Fiorina’s [recent surge in the polls](http://nypost.com/2015/08/11/carly-fiorina-surging-in-polls-after-winning-gop-debate/ "undefined") for the Republican presidential nomination. Instead, he was speaking to (or rather at) Grimace, a giant purple blob used by McDonald’s to push its products, in a commercial from 2002. Trump, who noticeably had more hair at the time and who seemed a lot calmer and less combative than on the campaign trail today, speaks to the massive mascot: “I put together some really impressive deals, but this thing you’ve pulled off, it’s really amazing.” The [product he’s advertising](http://digg.com/video/donald-trump-mcdonalds-commercial?utm%5Fsource=digg&utm%5Fmedium=twitter "undefined") is McDonald’s now defunct “Big N’ Tasty,” which was selling for just a dollar. The item was [removed](http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/Big-N-Tasty-Is-Down-N-Out-97648979.html "undefined") from McDonald’s locations in the United States in 2011. Grimace doesn’t say anything, but still Trump sings his praises and looks to the future. He gazes out a window from his office with the blob at his side, saying, “Together, Grimace, we could own this town.” Check out the 30-second spot here: And in case you can’t get enough of Trump, here’s what winners of his reality show _The Apprentice_ [think of his leadership prowess](http://fortune.com/2015/06/16/donald-trump-apprentice/ "undefined"). He was also [lampooned by “The Simpsons”](http://fortune.com/2015/07/08/donald-trump-simpsons/ "undefined") for his hair. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3996033/donald-trump-mcdonalds-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3996033/donald-trump-mcdonalds-ad/"},"headline":"Watch Donald Trump Talk to a Giant Purple Blob in This Wacky McDonald's Ad","datePublished":"2015-08-13T14:13:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:09:08.927Z","description":"It was for the now discontinued ‘Big N' Tasty’","url":"https://time.com/3996033/donald-trump-mcdonalds-ad/","keywords":["Donald Trump","politics","Mcdonald's","Carly Fiorina","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb61ddd1dfb71fba5/69885f15524fc03c04df405f/ap_173059622128.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Benjamin Snyder/Fortune","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-snyderfortune/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb61ddd1dfb71fba5/69885f15524fc03c04df405f/ap_173059622128.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump","caption":"Donald Trump","creditText":"Stephen B. Morton—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3996033/donald-trump-mcdonalds-ad/","name":"Watch Donald Trump Talk to a Giant Purple Blob in This Wacky McDonald's Ad"}}]}] ```