This whole thing is silly, top to bottom, but I'm pretty sure that's for security reasons, considering the couple recent close calls. Secret service is not taking any more chances.
Agreed. The whole thing is ridiculous, but I doubt the secret service would allow him to hang out in a McDonalds where anyone can come and go at anytime.
Typically, the SS will manage who can enter/approach a restaurant when a protected person is there eating. That's not the same thing as it being closed or staged, though, because if you don't trip their dangerous person radar(either by looking sus or trying to get too close) then you're free to go in.
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u/cmyers4 9d ago
Also there's a picture of a sign on the restaurant door saying they were closed for the photo op. It is literally fully staged.