President Donald Trump surprised a DoorDash delivery driver on Monday in front of the Oval Office at the White House by giving her a $100 cash tip after receiving an order from McDonald's, in a moment that was captured on video.
The delivery driver is Sharon Simmons, known on social media as the "DoorDash Grandma," a grandmother from Arkansas with over 14,000 completed deliveries since she started working with the platform in 2022.
The moment was captured by journalist Nick Sortor and shared on the social network X. In the recording, someone asks Simmons if the White House is good for tips, to which she hesitates before answering. Trump interjects with a "Wait!" and pulls out a $100 bill, after which the delivery person exclaims: "Yes, a lot!"
The meeting was not coincidental. The White House deliberately organized it to celebrate the first anniversary of the "No Tips Tax" policy, included in the so-called "Big and Beautiful Bill" signed by Trump in July 2025.
Trump learned that Simmons had received an additional $11,000 due to that tax measure, which prompted the invitation to the White House.
Upon handing over the bags, Simmons said to the president: "I have a DoorDash order for you, Mr. President. Doesn't it seem staged, right?"
Simmons is a grandmother of ten grandchildren and her husband is undergoing treatment for cancer, circumstances that Trump highlighted during the event while discussing the impact of the law on working families.
The measure allows workers who receive tips to deduct up to $25,000 from their federal taxable income, provided they earn less than $160,000 annually. The deduction applies for the period 2025-2028 and does not exempt payroll or state taxes.
The "Great and Beautiful Law" was approved by the House of Representatives on June 5, 2025 with a narrow margin of 215-214 votes, and by the Senate on July 1 of the same year.
As of April 13, 2026, more than 3.5 million filers had already claimed the deduction, with an average savings of $1,300 per person.
DoorDash estimates that since the law was passed, its delivery drivers have collectively saved "hundreds of millions of dollars."
The idea of eliminating taxes on tips was a central promise of Trump's electoral campaign, announced on August 15, 2024, and became one of the pillars of his economic platform aimed at workers in the service economy.
In August 2025, Simmons testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, where he stated: "The no-tip tax policy will literally allow me to see my family more often."
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