Trump Strikes Back Against Critics, Buys Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
When the “You’re Fired” guy – and Sarasota Florida GOP “Statesman of the Year”1 – gets his orange dander up, watch out! And Donald Trump always has his dander up. So, after a petition petition calling for Macy’s to break its Thanksgiving Day Parade relationship with Trump garnered nearly 700,000 signatures,2 Trump uncharacter- istically declined statesmanlike negotiations and, instead, immediately bought all rights to the iconic jolly ritual.
Mr. Trump insisted he would maintain a low profile, if not a low altitude:
Introducing the gassiest balloon in the parade: Scooby Don
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- Sarasota Florida GOP Taps Donald Trump As “2012 Statesman Of The Year” After Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad Declines, Michael Matthew Bloomer, They Will Say ANYTHING!, July 10, 2012. ↩
- Why Macy’s Must Stop Selling Donald Trump’s Brand, Angela Carasone, The Daily Beast, Nov. 21, 2012. ↩
