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The Velveteen Ocelot

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6. It's made up, of course.
Wed May 3, 2017, 10:59 AM
May 2017
When the real estate developer announced plans for a golf resort in Aberdeen, Scotland, he began promoting the project with a coat-of-arms that someone in the Trump Organization designed: a shield with three chevrons and two stars, with a helmet above the shield and a crest of a lion waving a flag (a remarkable feat for an animal that lacks opposable thumbs). I know how to describe the various parts of the crest because Scotland takes its coats-of-arms very seriously. So seriously that one must register a coat-of-arms (which applies only to an individual, not a family), and the cost of registration increases as you add various elements (like that helmet). Trump was using an unauthorized coat-of-arms, and Scotland got mad.

Let's note that Trump is not entirely Scottish. As TV host John Oliver made famous last year, Trump's family name was originally Drumpf, via his paternal grandfather, who immigrated from Germany. Trump's mother was born in Scotland, but she was a MacLeod by birth. The MacLeods have a crest, but it shows a cow surrounded by a belt or something and, critically, doesn't include the word Trump.

So Trump made his own coat-of-arms (which is different than a crest) and started using it, and Scotland got upset and demanded he stop using it until it was registered. Trump registered the coat-of-arms, and four years later (such things don't progress rapidly, it seems) was granted the right to use it.


Read the rest, it's funny.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/24/donald-trumps-made-up-coat-of-arms-reveals-his-electoral-strategy-never-concede/?utm_term=.f7a7a6d399d1

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Excellent post. Does anyone know what year the plaque was installed? John1956PA May 2017 #1
It would have to be sometime after 2009. Tommy_Carcetti May 2017 #2
Thank you. That would be the same era in which Trump went "birther." John1956PA May 2017 #13
Does anyone know what the 'heraldic shield' at the top is? muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #3
I think it's just the shield logo for the golf club itself. Tommy_Carcetti May 2017 #5
Ironically, for a family with no military history at all, it has a spear and helmet muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #11
It's made up, of course. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #6
I wonder if he'll put up a monument to the Bowling Green massacre, too? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #4
In all fairness he probably thinks he took part and survived with a medal for bravery BSdetect May 2017 #7
Of course, it's easier if someone just gives him a medal instead. Tommy_Carcetti May 2017 #8
The spot is called "The Rapids" but the river looks broad and serene. SwissTony May 2017 #9
This (rather droll) blog post . . . MousePlayingDaffodil May 2017 #12
Many thanks for the post. SwissTony May 2017 #14
I take a certain interest in this . . . MousePlayingDaffodil May 2017 #15
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the fascinating history SwissTony May 2017 #17
Well, you're certainly welcome . . . MousePlayingDaffodil May 2017 #19
He probably got a huge tax break for the scam. n/t FSogol May 2017 #10
Typical Trump self-aggrandizing bullshit gratuitous May 2017 #16
It's a river of bullshit instead Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2017 #18
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