First on CNN: Macy's dumps Donald Trump

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

First on CNN: Macy's dumps Donald Trump

By MJ Lee, CNN Politics and Finance Reporter
Updated 1534 GMT (2234 HKT) July 1, 2015

(CNN)Macy's is pulling Donald Trump brand merchandise from its stores after the Republican presidential candidate's recent controversial remarks created a public uproar.

The department store has come under intense pressure to cut ties with the real estate magnate and businessman after he referred to immigrants from Mexico and other countries "killers and rapists."

"We are disappointed and distressed by recent remarks about immigrants from Mexico. We do not believe the disparaging characterizations portray an accurate picture of the many Mexicans, Mexican Americans and Latinos who have made so many valuable contributions to the success of our nation," Macy's said in a statement Wednesday. "In light of statements made by Donald Trump, which are inconsistent with Macy's values, we have decided to discontinue our business relationship with Mr. Trump and will phase-out the Trump menswear collection, which has been sold at Macy's since 2004."

Macy's carries a variety of Donald Trump brand attire, including dress shirts, neckties and cuff links. Trump has also appeared in Macy's commercials.

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[onehandle]

1. Thank God! (on edit: MADE IN CHINA!)

I've been complaining to them for years. It's hard to take your business elsewhere, because they own so many anchor stores.

I need some dress shirts. I'll send the receipt and a thank you to them.

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[Fred Sanders]

20. "Trump" is becoming as radioactive as the Dixie Swastika.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

27. The RNC will try to dump the Trump

He is highly embarrassing for them and maybe he will get his pink slip.

[dixiegrrrrl]

34. Iowa puts him and Carson at 10%......

He will take that as a mandate, i bet.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

38. You DO realize he's polling at #2 with the base....

They believe voting for a rich guy will make them rich.

Just like with Bush they believed voting for a cowboy would make them a cowboy.

[dixiegrrrrl]

49. and the fact he acts like an asshole just makes him more attractive to them. n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

50. Jeb could boost his poll numbers easy if he trolls like the rest of them.

[Fuddnik]

29. Maybe they should run him up a flagpole.

The only salutes he'll get are one-fingered.

[Botany]

2. Keep talking Donnie

[malaise]

3. My question for all of them is why wasn't Trump dumped

for publicly saying that the African-American President of the United States wasn't American? Why wasn't he dumped for his 'birther' rants re the President's birth certificate? 'You don't get more racist than that.

[jberryhill]

7. It's likely the cumulative PR headache of the package

[mopinko]

8. ^^^^this

[onehandle]

10. That's when I complained to them and stopped shopping there. nt

[yardwork]

11. I share your frustration.

I mean, really.

I'm glad that Trump is finally being dumped, but it's long overdue and there are others like him out there.

It's similar to how I felt when Pat Buchanan was finally disgraced. Way overdue.

[malaise]

16. +1,000

Way overdue indeed.

[yardwork]

17. .

[Android3.14]

25. You don't get more racist than that?

Really? Questioning the President's origin is the apex of racism?

I'd bet the spirit of James Byrd and thousands upon thousands of others would disagree.

[luvspeas]

33. please don't try to dilute a valid point...

If I may, I think the point was that Trump has said outrageously inappropriate, hateful and racist things for quite some time now and Macy's never saw fit to drop him before. I, for one, do not assume that using a figure of speech such as, "it doesn't get more...than that" means that this person feels that Trump has done the most heinous thing that can happen. The poster merely means Why now with this particular group when other groups have been singled out by him before.

[dixiegrrrrl]

36. Because that was helpful to the Reich Wing back then.

Trump's timing was off for his anti-Latino remarks. There are Repub. candidates who are courting the Latino vote now.

[malaise]

48. You win the thread

[DawgHouse]

39. Exactly. I stopped shopping at Macy's years ago.

The fact the Trump is a racist is NOT news to Macy's. They've known all along.

[onecaliberal]

4. Bwahhahahahah

[brer cat]

5. Who in their right mind

would want Trump brand merchandise? Oh, I guess they would not be in their right mind.

[closeupready]

14. I have a Trump dress shirt I received as a gift -

it's actually well-done, but I'd never buy one.

[jberryhill]

6. Yeah, their July 4 Gloria Estefan concert would have been awkward

She is headlining the Macy's July 4th celebration in NY, and her husband had been on a rip about it:

http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/noticias/actualidad/mundo/los-estefan-expresan-bochorno-por-declaraciones-de.aspx

ÚN | EFE.- El productor musical Emilio Estefan resaltó hoy en Miami la contribución hispana a la prosperidad y el desarrollo de EEUU y expresó su "bochorno" por los comentarios del magnate y precandidato presidencial republicano Donald Trump sobre los inmigrantes mexicanos.

Emilio Estefan realizó estas declaraciones al recoger, en su nombre y en el de su esposa, Gloria Estefan, el Premio Ponce de León, que concedió hoy la Cámara de Comercio España-EE.UU. por la contribución de ambos a mantener la herencia hispana en Estados Unidos.

"Me da bochorno que Trump piense que los latinos hemos venido a EEUU a violar, como él dijo", aseguró a Efe Emilio Estefan. Los latinos "hemos hecho una contribución muy grande, pagamos muchos impuestos y las empresas más importantes de EEUU están dirigidas por latinos", agregó al defender la dignidad de los inmigrantes mexicanos.

"Creo que ha sido una gran equivocación", aseveró el productor musical cubano sobre las declaraciones del precandidato presidencial Donal Trump. "Creo que no puede ser presidente si no tiene el voto hispano (...) ni los hispanos podemos recibir un insulto" de este tipo, añadió.

[geek tragedy]

9. Did anyone actually buy that crap?

I mean, who wants to walk around with that asshole's name on their shirt cuffs?

[MineralMan]

12. Trump: Trumped by his own busy mouth.

May he keep talking...

[Jefferson23]

13. Oh I likey that. K&R

[annabanana]

15. LOVING the wholesale "Trump Dump"

Should be a dance craze!

Let's do the Trump Dump

[Rosa Luxemburg]

30. LOL!

[packman]

18. Expect Trump to sue - it's pure reflex on his part

[Adrahil]

19. LOL.... this vanity candidacy is gonna cost him! n/t

[spanone]

21. bwahahahahaa...is he suing macy's too?

[dixiegrrrrl]

52. He's calling for a boycott of Macys...

News just in about this..

Yeah, Donald...call up ALL your friends and boycott.

[JEB]

22. Too late Macy's.

I won't even buy your brand at a thrift store. Plenty of funky made in China crap available without supporting bigot supporting corps. FOAD Macy's.

[Xyzse]

23. Nice...

I have not been to a Macy's in years, but good for them.

[joeybee12]

24. The Donald finally made himself toxic...

Well, he finally made everyone realize he is...I've known this for years...knr

[Gothmog]

26. Trump is an idiot

Macys is dropping Trump's made overseas line of clothing

[demmiblue]

28. What is happening to Trump is so, so delicious!

[City Lights]

31. Soon The Cheese will stand alone.

Sucks to suck, Donald.

[DashOneBravo]

32. I think this is just marketing.

He's probably got something big coming up and it's just to get every one talking about him.

[Fred Sanders]

35. Trump is playing 3D chess? Nope, this is a marketing disaster, unless 'America's Racist'plans on opening up

"Racists Only" business.

More like 2D checkers. Even CNN looks like they have abandoned the entertainment value measured against the risk of also catching the radioactivity.

[DashOneBravo]

43. I agree its bacfired on him.

And I'm glad it has. I still don't think he's serious about running and it's just to get him back in front of a camera.

I love it when the racists show themselves

[Fred Sanders]

44. The thing is, the sad thing I can not separate, is it took 9 homicides for Americans to unite to toss the politicians/racists

Yet CNN is hosting Trump again tonight for a feature....interview......is that what they call attempts at rehab for a racist?

[DashOneBravo]

53. And that's another reason I stopped watching CNN.

Their choices of what to cover are horrible.

[SoapBox]

37. Good.

[vinny9698]

40. The more trouble the Donald gets into, the more his RW base will support him

Trump
Trump is smart, he knows in order to appeal to the RW base, he needs to make these statements. Just look at all the support he has gotten on RW sites. Every other person is defending him. Plus there are closet bigots cheering him on. I bet half these bloggers would not say those things in a mixed crowd at work. That's why they have all those anonymous names.

[gordianot]

42. With all his business bankruptcy's his real business is marketing.

With his toxic mouth it appears that will dry up. It was no accident that he marketed himself to NBC as a financial genius losing that was a major blow. As he loses his brand name appeal he is headed for trouble. The next crash will be spectacular his only hope is if the level of an obnoxious sales pitch will pay off. It would be wonderful to see him put out on the street.

[Fred Sanders]

45. Trump is "smart" is like saying all racists are "smart", too stupid to see their own racism.

[Historic NY]

41. Even Trump dumped Trump....

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/12-donald-trump-businesses-that-no-longer-exist-204923129.html

[ArnoldLayne]

46. kick

[tavernier]

47. You people are completely off base.

Trump is the one who dumped Macy's.



He dislikes his shirts being made in China. Always has. Although it just dawned on him that he should do something about it. He's a busy guy, ya know. Ask his three great wives.

[Faux pas]

51. The Donald

is losing all of his sources of income. Boo Hoo. His only 'problem' is that he's telling the rest of us what the 1% and the rethugs really believe. His 'truthiness' will blow it for all of them. For that, all I can say is GO donald Go!!!!