Trump Suggests Boycotting Starbucks Over Christmas Cups"If I become president, we're all going to be saying Merry Christmas again."
Willa Frej Reporter, The Huffington Post
Posted: 11/10/2015 08:17 AM EST | Edited: 11/10/2015 08:35 AM EST
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump jumped into the brouhaha Monday over Starbucks' decision to change the design on its annual holiday-themed cups.
On stage in Springfield, Illinois, the GOP presidential candidate lamented that "Starbucks is taking Merry Christmas off" and suggested that people boycott the company.
"I have one of the most successful Starbucks, in Trump Tower," he said. "Maybe we should boycott Starbucks? I don't know. Seriously, I don't care. That's the end of that lease, but who cares?"
"If I become president, we're all going to be saying Merry Christmas again, that I can tell you," he added.
Off to make someone's day. ❤ #StarbucksCard #RedCups pic.twitter.com/L7lnKqzZkU
— Starbucks Coffee (@Starbucks) November 5, 2015
Instead of their usual holiday cups, which feature wintery images like snowflakes and sleighs, Starbucks has decided to go with a minimalist red design this year in an effort to represent “the simplicity and the quietness” of the season.
The move has angered some Christians, who feel, as one critic put it, that the new design "denies the hope of Jesus Christ and his story."
Trump Suggests Boycotting Starbucks Over Christmas Cups
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Domingo Halliburton
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Every marketing move in the last few years has gone minimalist. Just look at a Pepsi can over the years for exhibit A. They've all moved towards that.
Even the Starbucks logo with the mermaid, or whatever it is, used to have more of the chick pictured and say "Starbucks" or something.
Even the Starbucks logo with the mermaid, or whatever it is, used to have more of the chick pictured and say "Starbucks" or something.
These people are trying to force a private institution to cater to their beliefs. What a bunch of cry babies.
3:38 "Any president who doesn't begin every day on his knees, isn't fit to be commander in chief of this country" - Cruz
x1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Ted Cruz is the biggest buffoon in the race.
On the starbucks topic, CACs at my job were already complaining, saying tell them your name is Merry Christmas, that way Merry Christmas will be on the cup. I'm looking like
Is it really that serious?
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
3:38 "Any president who doesn't begin every day on his knees, isn't fit to be commander in chief of this country" - Cruz
And then these chumps will have the nerve to be against gay right
Americans have it so good, we've ran outta things to complain about
GOP base doesn't have 2 nickels to rub together; they boycott Starbucks by default
Blackout
just your usual nerdy brotha
FixedWhite people have it so good, they ran outta things to complain about
We have our people being opressed and killed and they have a different color on a cup
the cac mamba
Veteran
The move has angered some Christians, who feel, as one critic put it, that the new design "denies the hope of Jesus Christ and his story."
defined by a coffee cup
more proof that god and jesus really aint shyt. or remind me again, god is jesus right?
defined by a coffee cup
more proof that god and jesus really aint shyt. or remind me again, god is jesus right?
Dameon Farrow
Superstar
Religion is on the way out and many folks know it....stuff like this drives that point home.
Let your faith be so fickle and weak that a coffee cup bothers you.
Let your faith be so fickle and weak that a coffee cup bothers you.