Trump wants you to boycott Coke. His properties are still serving it...

[NurseJackie]

Trump wants you to boycott Coke. His properties are still serving it (and Don-Junior is still SNORTING IT!)



https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/04/19/business/donald-trump-coke-boycott/index.html

New York(CNN Business) Over the past few years former President Donald Trump has called for boycotts against a number of companies, so it's hardly unusual to see him add Coca-Cola, Delta and other corporate giants that recently spoke out against Georgia's laws restricting voting access.

But now that he's back at his company that does, among other things, hotels and hospitality, it is a little different for him to be asking people to boycott Coke, the maker of a wide number of beverages popular among his guests -- and that he's known to love too.

So we wondered: It's easy enough for Trump to call on the people who support him to do something. But is he willing to put his money where his boycott calls are?

We already know that Trump might personally be having trouble practicing what he preached to the people who believe in him. A well-known lover of the caffeinated glory that is Diet Coke who reportedly drank 12 cans a day of the stuff while in office, the former president was pictured smiling in a photo posted by an adviser with what appeared to be a Coke bottle on his desk at his Mar-a-Lago resort days after the boycott statement earlier this month.

[NurseJackie]

1. More Coke (a-cola) found...

But beyond his personal consumption of the fizzy beverage, Trump should — in theory — have the power to organize a boycott of Coke at his family business' properties. Over the last two weeks, CNN reporters embarked on a mission to test that thesis.

A CNN reporter on April 8 enjoyed a Diet Coke at the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C., the property that became a flagship and magnet for Trumpworld over the past four years. The soda cost $9.00, but a friendly and professional waiter did offer two free refills of the drink; the big boss' feelings about the soda never came up. A second CNN reporter sipped on a Diet Coke at the club bar at the Trump National Doral golf club in Miami before a speech by Rep. Matt Gaetz on April 9.

And despite what the former president said, he doesn't appear to have taken any action to stop vendors at properties that are actually named for him from serving Coca-Cola products. At Doral, the CNN reporter spotted a case of Diet Coke bottles opened and ready for use behind the eponymous Donald J. Trump ballroom. At the otherwise empty bar of DJT restaurant inside Trump's Las Vegas hotel, a CNN reporter was served a Coke on April 14 without any hesitation. (In the souvenir shop nearby another CNN employee couldn't help but notice a fridge stuffed with Coca-Cola products including not just the namesake brand, plus Sprite and Fanta, but also juices from its Minute-Maid line, right near a bunch of bottles of Trump wine.)

Staff at Trump golf clubs in New York, Charlotte and Washington D.C. reached by phone also said they were still serving Coke.

[Shermann]

2. Anyone who owns properties which have bars needs to really think about that one

Jack and Pepsi tastes like shit.

Rum and Pepsi tastes like shit.

I'm no billionaire tycoon, but who wants to buy drinks that taste like shit?

[NurseJackie]

3. We're a Coke family too.

[mnmoderatedem]

4. What if we gave a boycott and nobody came?

Sorry, had to go there.