Macy's urged to 'dump Trump' from ads -- or else

Life Inc. Today ^ | November 14, 2012 | Ben Popken

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Snip snip snip. What's that sound? The sound of over 558,000 scissors at the ready.

If Macy's doesn't cut its ties to Donald Trump, over half-a-million signers of an online petition will be urged to cut up their Macy's store credit card, the creator of the petition, Angelo Carusone, told TODAY this morning.

Carusone, 30, said he started the petition after seeing a new Macy's ad that mixed in footage from "Miracle on 34th Street" with cameos from several of the faces behind Macy's celebrity brands. There's Justin Bieber, Martha Stewart, Taylor Swift, and then there's Donald Trump, skeptical that the old man in the stocking cap and suit is really Santa and tugging on his beard. Macy's sells a line of Trump-branded ties and fragrances. Stuart Elliot, the New York Times' advertising columnist, noted that the ad was a "clever twist" on Trump's notoriety for casting doubt on whether President Obama's birth certificate and college transcript were real.

But to Carusone, director of online strategy for the media watchdog group Media Matters, the ad struck him as a cynical "embracing" of Trump's brand, which Carusone described as being built on "consequence-free bullying," noting the birtherism controversy, and Trump's history of misogynistic comments. The ad was also released shortly after Trump tweeted calls for "revolution," following President Obama's re-election.

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“Everything about that scam tells me that Trump will be forced to repay monies taken from the folks that were the targets of this scam. And, of course, Trump’s central role in the Trump Baja scam reflects very poorly on his character.”

I can’t agree with you that he did this intentionally. Somebody that he trusted screwed up.

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I can’t agree with you that he did this intentionally. Somebody that he trusted screwed up.

The article I linked involved the Trump Baja down in Baja California. Might it affect your opinion if you were to learn about a similar Trump deal in Tampa?

Check out this article.

Do you really think that he keeps getting tricked by the same scam?

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And then there's this article about lawsuits filed against Trump by people who lost their deposits for condos and apartments in the Trump International Hotel and Tower Fort Lauderdale.

Link article about the Fort Lauderdale lawsuits

There seems to be a lot of old folks who lost their deposits on Trump properties. It just doesn't seem right to me.