Betteridge’s Law of Headlines asserts that “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no,” but there are exceptions.

This story might just be one of those exceptions.

As the entire world knows by now, Donald Trump spent a little time this weekend “working” at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania. It was a campaign event, so of course it was staged, but the Left’s outrage — I’m not even sure it’s feigned — told you everything you need to know about how effective it was to see a billionaire former/future POTUS appearing so cheerful and confident working the crowd and the fryer.

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Remember: all presidential campaign events are staged. So the question isn’t whether or not they’re genuine; the question is whether or not they’re effective. Somewhat paradoxically, if the candidate appears genuine, that goes a long way — probably all the way — to making the event effective.

Sometimes, it works better than others, to say the least. […]