Quote (ofthevoid @ Jul 16 2020 12:59pm)

A person can wear many identity hats simultaneously.

Father, son, president, friend, Caucasian, businessman, etc.

It's his personal twitter handle, to me it's still a stretch to say that he is using his office to promote the brand.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jul 16 2020 09:40am)

Of course it is. Trump doesnt give a fuck, he's fighting for his political survival at the moment. He's not gonna let rules stand in his way when there's an opportunity to send a rare sign of strength amid a sea of bad news and the general sense of decline that's been surrounding him over the last weeks.

Quote (theCrossbones @ 16 Jul 2020 21:24)

hanging with cans of beans might not be a sign of strength

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jul 16 2020 12:40pm)

A brand had made its support of Trump public, liberals called for a boycott, and now their sales are instead going through the roof. This shows that Trump still has "pull" with a certain segment of people.
And like I said, this also sends a signal to the rest of corporate America: "mess with me at your own risk, a backlash is still possible if you're too brazen in your opposition to me."

Quote (ofthevoid @ Jul 16 2020 01:28pm)

Maybe because i'm not that familiar with the oval office but from this pic i wouldn't immediately think he is in there. I bet vast majority of people are like me, i'v seen pics of it but usually you could see the full desk and you could actually see some of the office which makes it easily identifiable instead of a close up.

Is he promoting them? Yes.

Is he promoting them in an official capacity as the president of the US? To me that's still a stretch even with the named desk lol. If he was golfing with the Goya CEO and he said Goya has great products, i suspect the same people would be saying he abused his office so the desk somehow being proof that he is doing it in an official potus capacity is moot.

Quote (thundercock @ Jul 16 2020 03:13pm)

wat

Quote (ofthevoid @ Jul 16 2020 11:28am)

Maybe because i'm not that familiar with the oval office but from this pic i wouldn't immediately think he is in there. I bet vast majority of people are like me, i'v seen pics of it but usually you could see the full desk and you could actually see some of the office which makes it easily identifiable instead of a close up.

Is he promoting them? Yes.

Is he promoting them in an official capacity as the president of the US? To me that's still a stretch even with the named desk lol. If he was golfing with the Goya CEO and he said Goya has great products, i suspect the same people would be saying he abused his office so the desk somehow being proof that he is doing it in an official potus capacity is moot.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ 16 Jul 2020 18:25)

It's really Trump flexing his muscle: "look, you urged people to boycott this brand for publicly supporting me, and it instead backfired badly and the brand's sales are going through the roof."
It's an indication that Trump's base is still there and still wields economic power. Trump's influence over his base has always been the true source of his power. It's the reason why he was able to bully the Republican party into obedience, it's the reason why twitter hasnt dared to shut down his account, it's the reason why most corporations used to tread very carefully on anything Trump-related.

In recent weeks, corporate America had been increasingly coming out in favor of the BLM protests and liberal causes in general, and increasingly aligned themselves with censorship of conservative voices.
By emphasizing the Goya-Beans-counterexample, Trump is sending a message to corporate America that his power is not broken (yet?) and that publicly turning on him poses a larger risk to their bottom line than they think.

Quote (fender @ 16 Jul 2020 22:17)

is there anything trump could do that you wouldn't try to downplay / make excuses for? even the most blatant examples of his law breaking, racism, incompetence, nepotism, corruption... haven't given you ANY pause when it comes to your boot-licking. that's why it's called a cult btw...