Trump steaks

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Trump won primaries in Michigan, Mississippi, and Hawaii, and then proceeded to give perhaps the strangest victory speech in the history of American presidential races. Trump had assembled a pile of meat, wines, a pyramid of bottled water, and one magazine to make a point that he is a successful businessman.

You see, 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had said that Trump was really bad at running companies and was good at running them into the ground, and mentioned things like Trump's steak company and magazine as failures. Not content to let this go and walk away with his delegates, Trump assembled these things — the meat, the water, a magazine — onstage at a Republican primary victory speech to show that he's good at running businesses.

"You just have to go check the records, folks," Trump said, specifically referring to Trump Wine. "In fact, the press. I'm asking you, please check."

So the team at The Daily Show did. And they found out he was lying...

http://www.vox.com/2016/3/10/11192700/daily-show-trump-steaks

Get ready for a Sharper Image flashback! The year was 2007... NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice rode the top of the ratings charts and Donald Trump himself graced our June catalog cover to promote a unique partnership.

Like Mr. Trump himself, “Trump Steaks” were in a league of their own — USDA Prime Certified Angus Beef, flash frozen and shipped in a deluxe “presentation box.”

Unfortunately, Trump Steaks are no longer available, but their legacy endures.

And, whether you think Donald Trump’s candidacy is real steak or just sizzle, we hope you’ll enjoy this blast from the past.

After all, what other catalog can boast a Presidential candidate on its cover?



http://www.sharperimage.com/si/view/product/Trump+Steaks/888888
 
It's sort of amazing to me that a Presidential candidate can go on national TV to counter someone's charge that Trump Steaks went out of business by purchasing random steaks from another company, putting them up on stage & claiming they are "Trump Steaks." And then daring the media to fact check him.

Which they did, to find out that Trump Steaks did indeed go out of business years ago, and that these were just steaks from another company.

And then this candidate doubles-down, and says that they're still "Trump Steaks," because they're what are served at his clubs.
 
"Trump Steaks" does not currently exist, and you can't buy one for $50 (which Trump claimed in his speech). Trump Steaks were actually sold by Sharper Image, whose CEO at the time said that virtually none of the Trump Steaks sold.

"Trump Wine" is not affiliated with Donald Trump, who said he owned it without a debt or a mortgage to pay. On the Trump Winery website, it says clearly that it is not owned or affiliated with Donald Trump.

"Trump Magazine" went out of circulation in 2009 and published 10 issues. Trump referred to a magazine called the Jewel of Palm Beach in his speech and called that his magazine. It's the magazine that is supplied in his hotels, and he is not the publisher.

"Trump Water" is generic bottled water that "he slapped his name on."

All that meat, that pyramid of water, the bottles of wine, and that lonely magazine that Trump brought onstage to prove that he's a great businessman were all just bunk, and he had the audacity to ask the press to call him on his lies.


http://www.vox.com/2016/3/10/11192700/daily-show-trump-steaks


But his supporters love him for it, don't they?
 
What's the most amazing thing about this is how much teflon he has on this stuff now.

If Hillary (or any other candidate) went up on stage w/ a table of "Bush Brothers" steaks & said that they were "Clinton Steaks" and a successful business that she was running for years, the level of coverage and ridicule would be off the charts. It would likely end her campaign.

With Trump, people are basically "oh, that's just Trump" now. This story is getting very little play in the media.
 
Trump's supporters seem to enjoy the fact that people they don't like don't care for Trump's antics.

He said recently he could kill someone and wouldn't lose any votes.


 
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‘So you have the water, you have the steaks, you have the airline. I mean, what’s wrong with selling?” Donald J. Trump asked in his remarkable election-night defense of his business empire.

“Every once in a while you can sell something. You have the wines and all of that, and Trump University, we’re going to start it up as soon as I win the lawsuit.”

He went on to invoke other “assets” including his hotels, Trump Vodka, the New York towers, the golf links and the Mar-a-Lago club—but missed the opportunity to plug his Trump-branded neckties, restaurants, jewelry and mattresses.

Trump says he’s the candidate of the common man, and, well, the common man now regularly shares online his opinions of the stuff he buys. By coincidence, a few weeks before Trump’s speech, I wondered what the amateur critics who contribute to websites like TripAdvisor, Yelp and Amazon were saying about his consumer-facing products, and I started to comb through their reviews whenever I had a spare half-hour.

Trump was flanked by a pile of what he called Trump Steaks, but his mail-order beef business is defunct. The label on the steaks indicated that they were sold by Bush Brothers Provision Co., a West Palm Beach grocery.

The reviews for Trump Steaks are still posted on the QVC website, however.

One reports that the Classic Collection, which cost $199 for two filets, two bone-in rib-eyes and a dozen burgers, had “no redeeming qualities.” “Dreadful pieces of meat for a high price,” reads another. “It’s hard to believe these are the same pieces that Trump eats.”

Drinkers can also no longer enjoy “Donald J. Trump: The World’s Finest Super Premium Vodka, Success Distilled,” which was discontinued in 2011, though it is unclear if anyone ever enjoyed it. A connoisseur at the website Vodkaphiles compares the flavor to “gas station burritos, slightly expired 2% milk, hard boiled eggs, and canned pears.”


http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-meet-your-customers-1457737913
 
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