Trump stole another family's crest - and wants to trademark

[left-of-center2012]

Trump stole another family’s crest – and wants to trademark it to sell some furniture

A company connected to Donald Trump has filed to trademark a coat of arms the president’s company allegedly plagiarized from the original owners of Mar-a-Lago.

According to documents obtained by celebrity gossip site The Blast, an LLC linked to the Trump Organization filed to trademark the crest so it can be used on Trump-branded furniture. Specifically, the report noted, the filing would allow the crest Trump is barred from using in the United Kingdom to be used on shelving and storage units.

The crest features a shield emblazoned with three lions and two chevrons with a “tiny” hand clenching a spear at the top. The original belonged to the family of Joseph Edward Davies, the third husband of Mar-a-Lago builder Marjorie Merriweather Post, and featured the word “integritas,” which is Latin for “integrity.” The term was replaced with the word “Trump” after the president’s organization took over ownership of the “Winter White House.”

The Scottish coat of arms authority has banned the Trump Organization from using the (stolen) crest in the UK — but that hasn’t stopped the president’s company from using it at its gold clubs in the United States. The Blast noted the trademark filing specifies the entire coat of arms should be gold.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. At least they left out the "integritas".

They likely don't know what the word means.

[malaise]

2. LOL

I was just going to post that

[robbob]

4. I was thinking:

Replacing integrity with Trump. Seems fitting. That could even be his campaign slogan.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. This is the coat of arms he deserves

[blogslut]

5. Replacing integrity with trump

There's a metaphor for our times.

[smirkymonkey]

6. What a joke!

This Queens-bred, white-trash family is trying to pass themselves off as European aristocracy and failing miserably, but I am sure the "base" will fall for this pretentious, vulgar move. And the use of the word "Integritas" makes it even more laughable! That world is the least appropriate word that could be used to describe this family of con-artists and grifters.

[left-of-center2012]

7. The Trump ancestory is German...

But he stole a British family crest ?

Family of Donald Trump
They are part of the broader Trump family originating from Germany.