McDonald's deletes tweet attacking Donald Trump Published duration 16 March 2017

image caption The tweet to Donald Trump's personal account was soon deleted

McDonald's has said its Twitter account was "compromised" after it sent an insulting message to President Donald Trump.

"You are a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love to have @BarackObama back," the tweet said.

It also asserted that the president had "tiny hands".

McDonald's later apologised for the tweet and said it was hacked by "an external source".

The firm said that it had been notified by Twitter that the account had been "compromised".

"We took swift action to secure it, and we apologise this tweet was sent through our corporate McDonald's account," Terri Hickey, a spokesperson for McDonald's told the BBC.