AFTER NORDSTROM DECIDED TO STOP SELLING PRODUCTS FROM IVANKA
TRUMPíS LINE, SEVERAL OTHER RETAILERS FOLLOWED SUIT AND
APPARENTLY DONALD TRUMP IS NOT AMUSED BY THIS.
BEFORE I GET TO DONALD TRUMP'S STATEMENT ON TWITTER ABOUT
IT, LET ME BE CLEAR THAT ALL OF THE RETAIL SHOPS HAVE
DECIDED TO STOP CARRYING IVANKA TRUMPíS ITEMS BECAUSE
SALES WERE LAGGING, THEY WERENíT DOING WELL.
THIS IS BASED ON ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE.
TAKE IT WITH A
GRAIN OF SALT BUT I WENT ON AMAZON JUST TO SEE HOW HER
PRODUCTS WERE DOING AND I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF THEM
HAD SIGNIFICANT PRICE CUTS AND THEY HAD REALLY BAD REVIEWS.
I DON'T THINK THE REVIEWS WERE BECAUSE THE PRODUCTS WERE
BAD, I THINK PEOPLE JUST DISAGREE WITH DONALD TRUMP AND HIS
POLITICS AND IT IS NOW INFLUENCING CONSUMERS
AGAINST BUYING IVANKA TRUMPíS PRODUCTS.
AFTER THESE RETAIL SHOPS DECIDED TO STOP CARRYING HER BRAND,
DONALD TRUMP TOOK HIS GRIEVANCES TO TWITTER AND SAID THE
FOLLOWING: MY DAUGHTER IVANKA HAS BEEN TREATED SO
UNFAIRLY BY NORDSTROM.
SHE IS A GREAT PERSON - ALWAYS PUSHING ME TO DO THE RIGHT
THING.
TERRIBLE.
THERE IS A SCARY COMPONENT OF THIS AND ALSO AN AMUSING
COMPONENT TO IT.
THE SCARY ONE IS ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH TRUMP IN ANY
WAY OR DOES SOMETHING TO RUB HIM THE WRONG WAY WILL BE BULLIED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, WILL BE TARGETED, AND IT IS RIDICULOUS AND CRAZY.
AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO
BE PUSHING BUSINESSES AND DOING THINGS THAT WILL FINANCIALLY
BENEFIT YOUR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS OR THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY ARE
INVOLVED IN.
SHE SAYS THAT SHE IS COMPLETELY OUT OF THAT
BUSINESS, SHE IS NOT DEALING WITH AS SHE IS LIVING IN
DC, BUT NONETHELESS HER NAME IS ATTACHED TO IT.
RETAILERS NEIMAN MARCUS, BOCA, JET AND SHOP STYLE HAVE
ALSO ANNOUNCED PLANS TO DISCONTINUE SALES.
SHARES IN THE SEATTLE-BASED NORDSTROM TRADED AROUND $42.70
BEFORE THE TWEET AND THEN FELL TO $42.48
AFTERWARD AT AROUND 10:50 AM.
I HAVE SINCE CHECKED THE MARKET TO SEE HOW THE STOCK IS
DOING, IT IS ACTUALLY DOING PRETTY WELL.
BOUNCED BACK.
WHICH IS GOOD.
I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON THIS, GUYS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THE FIRST THING IS A POSITIVE, RIGHT?
AT LEAST THE DONALD FOUND SOME TIME TO TWEET ABOUT
SOMETHING IS AFTER KELLYANNE CONWAY SAID ON CNN HE
DOESN'T TWEET ABOUT EVERYTHING I AM LIKE WHAT IS EVERYTHING?
YOU MEAN SNL, ALEC BALDWIN, MERYL STREEP, FAKE NEWS,
NORDSTROM, KRISTEN STEWART, FORGOT
ABOUT THAT.
ITíS GOOD TO SEE HE IS FOCUSING ON THE REAL TOPICS.
THIS IS WHAT YOU MENTIONED.
ITíS SELECTIVE FOCUS.
I THINK HE IS WELL AWARE OF THE INAUGURATION NUMBERS.
I
THINK HE IS WELL AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON.
I THINK IN A WAY HE IS JUST PUSHING FORWARD AN AGENDA
THAT IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO HIM THAT YOU MENTIONED
EARLIER AS WELL, I THINK NORDSTROM ARE MAKING A
SCENE THAT IS BASED ON SALES AND IT IS NOT POLITICAL BUT AS
WE KNOW, THOSE ARE VERY INTERTWINED NOW.
WHILE HIS NAME IS ATTACHED TO HER BRAND AND I DON'T
NECESSARILY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HER BRAND, I AM A LITTLE
NAœVE OF WHAT HER CLOTHING IS LIKE BUT I THINK IF YOU
WERE TO TAKE HER NAME ON SOMETHING, IT WOULDN'T DO,
THAT BRAND WOULD PLUMMET AS WELL.
IT'S THE NAME.
HE GOES ALONG WITH, THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW, HIS
POLICIES AND NEGATIVE VIEWS ON THINGS ARE TRICKLING DOWN
ONTO EVERYTHING THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIS NAME
AND IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START TO BOYCOTT
THAT AND HE IS GOING TO PICK AND CHOOSE THE WAY THE HE SEES THAT.
HE WOULD PROBABLY TWEET OUT DID YOU SEE THE TALKS SUCKS
PUBLICIST PLUMMETED LIKE HE DID WITH MACY'S BACK IN 2013,
WHEN HE BOYCOTTED THEM THEY WENT DOWN NOT TO DO WITH THE
FACT THAT IT WAS A VERY WARM WINTER NO ONE WANTED TO BUY THE
CLOSE BUT HE WILL MAKE IT SEEM THE WAY HE WANTS IT TO SEEM.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
I HAVE NEVER EVER MISSED KIM KARDASHIAN SO MUCH.
TO HAVE TO READ ABOUT DONALD TRUMP ON A DAILY BASIS
CONTINUOUSLY I MEAN, KIM KARDASHIAN STARTED UP BOOK
CLUB LAST WEEK AND NO ONE EVEN KNEW ABOUT IT.
A THEY COLORING BOOKS A?
THAT WAS ME AND DAD THAT WAS REALLY ME.
I'M SORRY.
WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THE TWEET
IS I ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO WORDS AND HE SAYS THAT
YVONNE GOT IS ALWAYS PUSHING HIM TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GET PUSHED TO DO THE RIGHT THING, DONALD?
WHO ARGUE THAT YOUR DAUGHTER HAS TO PUSH YOU TO DO THE RIGHT
THING?
I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING WHEN I GO TO
MCCARTNEY'S HANDLER BIO IT SAYS THAT ALL OF DONALD TRUMP'S
TWEETS ARE SIGNED TO DJ T BUT HE CAN'T EVEN KEEP THAT UP ANYMORE.
YOU NOTICE THE TWEETS NOW, HE IS TAKING UP FOR HIS TWITTER
BECAUSE I THINK JUSTIN IS SUPPOSED TO BE HIS.
MEDIA GUY AND HE IS MOSTLY TWEETING BUT YOU KNOW HE
DOESN'T EVEN SIGN IT DJ T ANYMORE.
HE CAN'T BE CONTROLLED.
OF COURSE THERE IS SOME SPECULATION, IT'S A GOOD
HYPOTHESIS I WOULD ARGUE THAT SEAN SPICER, NOT HIM, STEVE
BANNON IS BEHIND THE SCENES ESSENTIALLY MANIPULATING
DONALD TRUMP LIKE A PUPPET BUT THE REALITY IS, DONALD
TRUMP IS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T LIKE WEAKNESS.
DOESN'T LIKE TO BE PERCEIVED AS WE CAN CERTAINLY DOESN'T
WANT TO BE PERCEIVED AS SOMEONE WHO IS MANIPULATED.
I THINK AS SOON AS PEOPLE START PUSHING THAT IDEA OUT THERE
AND IT GETS TO HIM, HE WILL PROBABLY EVEN STOP LISTENING TO
STEVE BENNETT WHICH BY THE WAY IN MY OPINION IS A GOOD THING.
NONETHELESS, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING
DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IN A LOT OF CASES BOYCOTTS DON'T REALLY
WORK.
IT HASNíT WORKED ON THE LIBERAL SIDE EITHER.
THE BOYCOTT OF CHICK-FIL-A, EVEN THOUGH SOME LIBERALS, MYSELF
INCLUDED, STOPPED EATING AT CHICK-FIL-A FOR SOME TIME,
SALES WERE ACTUALLY FINE.
IN THIS CASE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S REALLY THE OFFICIAL
BOYCOTT THAT WAS CALLED OR IF IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST
GET THIS SICK FEELING WHEN THEY SEE THAT LABEL BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T JUST SAY OF UNCLE TRUMPS NAME, HE SAYS HE POCKET
CHARM, MADE IN CHINA AND GIVEN THE TYPE OF RHETORIC THAT DONALD
TRUMP USED AGAINST CHINA DURING HIS CAMPAIGNING IT JUST SEEMS
SUPER WEIRD THAT THOSE CLOSE AREN'T MADE BY AMERICAN WORKERS.
IT'S MADE IN CHINA.
THAT HAPPENED TO ME.
I SAW A DRESS THAT I LIKED, I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY.
LOOKED AT THE LABEL AND SAW WHAT IT SAID.
I DDINíT MAKE A BIG
DEAL ABOUT IT BUT I DIDN'T TRY THE DRESS ON AND I THINK
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER WOMEN OUT THERE THINK THE SAME WAY.
THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY IRKS ME ABOUT THE FIRST FAMILY
JUST CONTINUOUSLY TRYING TO MAKE PROFIT OFF THE PEOPLE WHILE THE
REGULAR, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN RIGHT NOW IS GOING THROUGH SO
MUCH WITH REGARDS TO FINANCES AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY, YOU GUYS LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD LIBERALS, I
AM TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO GO TO WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY, CLOCK
IN AND CLOCK OUT AND HAVE THESE EVERYDAY PROBLEMS AND THEN YOU
HAVE THE FIRST FAMILY TRYING TO PUSH PRODUCTS AND MAKE
PROFIT OFF THE PEOPLE.
YOU HAVE MILLENNIA COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW HER ENDORSEMENTS
DROPPED BECAUSE OF THIS NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN.
IT IS SHAMELESS.
I ACTUALLY DO WANT TO TOUCH ON MILLENNIA TRUMP A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK SHE RIGHTFULLY SUED THE DAILY MAIL BECAUSE THEY HAD MADE
IT SEEM AS THOUGH SHE WAS ESSENTIALLY WORKING AS AN
ESCORTED SOMETIME.
THAT IS DEFAMATION.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
IT'S UNFOUNDED AND SO SHE SUED THEM BUT THE INTERESTING
THING ABOUT THE LAWSUIT IS AT HER OWN LAWYER FADED IT
STAYED IN THE FILING THAT SHE HAS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE HER BUSINESS, TO MAKE MONEY TO
SELLER FRAGRANCES AND THIS TYPE OF DEFAMATION WILL WORK AGAINST
HER BUT YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE WORKS AGAINST HER IN A CASE LIKE THAT?
RULES PERTAINING TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED OF THE FIRST FAMILY PROMOTE THEIR
BUSINESSES AND USE THE WHITE HOUSE AS A WAY TO PROFIT BY
THESE PRIVATE BUSINESSES RIGHT?
TO BE FAIR TO HER, I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD MUCH FROM HER AND I
HAVEN'T SEEN HER PROMOTE HER BUSINESSES OTHER THAN INCLUDING
SOMETHING ABOUT HER LINE ON THE WHITE HOUSE WEBSITE AND
THEN IT WAS LATER SCRAPPED.
MAYBE SHE IS WAITING FOR MICHELLE OBAMA TO SAY
SOMETHING AND THEN SHE WELL.
ONE POINT I WANTED TO TAKE IS NOT JUST HISTORY BUT THE
REACTION FROM ALL HIS MOST VOCAL SUPPORTERS WHO CLAIMED THAT WE
ARE THE SOCIAL JUSTICE WORRIERS THEY GET SO TIGHT AND MAD AND
SOME OF THEM WERE CELEBRATING, I WANTED TO TOUCH OF THIS EARLIER
ON A VIDEO ON FACEBOOK, SOME OF THEM ARE CELEBRATING LADY GAGA
FOR NOT BEING OVERLY POLITICAL BUT INSTEAD JUST PUSH THEIR
FRUSTRATION TOWARD THE ADS AND THE FACT THAT COMPANIES
WITH THEIR OWN MONEY AND IF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT COST TO
RUN A SUPER BOWL AD, IT'S NOT CHEAP.
PROMOTING BEING INCLUSIVE WITH THEIR OWN MONEY AND THEY
GET MAD ABOUT THAT AND THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE PUSHING
FORWARD AN AGENDA WITH THAT AND THEN THEY GET MAD AT NORDSTROM
FOR PUSHING FORWARD WITH THIS AND WE ARE THE SNOWFLAKES.
WE'RE THE ONES GETTING MAD ABOUT SMALL THINGS LIKE DAPPLED
AND WOMEN'S WATCH.
WE'RE GETTING MAD ABOUT THINGS THAT DON'T MATTER BUT THEY
ARE GETTING MAD ABOUT A FREE MARKET.
IT'S IN THE TERM.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO DO
WHAT YOU WANT WITH YOUR MONEY.
IN THE CASE OF NORDSTROM, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
ARE YOU GOING TO FORCE HIM TO CARRY A BRAND THAT ISN'T
PERFORMING WELL FOR THEIR BUSINESS?
IT'S INTERESTING AND IN REGARDS ALL THE UP ROAR ABOUT
CELEBRITIES VOICING THEIR OPINION, WE KNOW WHAT THE
UPROAR WAS IN RESPONSE TO MERYL STREEP.
IT WAS CRAZY.
EVERYONE LOST IT.
BUT THEN MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY WENT ON FOX NEWS AND SAID
HE IS OUR PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT, IT IS WHAT IT
IS.
WE HAVE TO SUPPORT HIM.
SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, I'M PARAPHRASING OBVIOUSLY.
I DIDN'T HEAR A LOT OF UPROAR FROM THE LEFT.
I THINK THAT IS JUST A DIRECT REPERCUSSION FROM THE
CABERNET EFFECT.
EVER SINCE THEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO, I THINK PEOPLE ON THE
RIGHT ARE STILL SO ANGRY ABOUT WHAT HE DID AND HOW MUCH OF
A MOVEMENT HE CAUSED AND THAT I DO A LOT OF FOCUS ON HIM
BECAUSE I THINK HE IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE.
IF YOU ARE IS LIBERTY AND YOU WANT TO USE YOUR VOICE TO
INSPIRE CHANGE, I LOVE TO REFERENCE AND BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
JUST COME OUT AND SPEAK FOR SOMETHING HE BELIEVED IN THE HE
MONTH BY MONTH DESIGNATES FUNDS TO SPECIFIC AREAS IN CHICAGO AND
MILWAUKEE BUT DOWNS THE LAST DOLLAR THAT'S RIGHT DON'T
GET TOO CAUGHT UP IN THE CELEBRITY SHARING THEIR
POINT OF VIEW IN THEIR WALLETS.
MERYL STREEP, IT'S GREAT, SHE HAD A GOOD MESSAGE BUT I
WANT TO SEE CONSISTENCY AND ACTION.
I THINK IF YOU LOOK TO Her NECK AS AN EXAMPLE, FOR
INSTANCE, AT THE SAG AWARDS, I DON'T REMEMBER THE WOMAN'S
NAME, SHE WAS IN THE O.J.
SIMPSON SHOW BUT SHE CAME UP AND SHE SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS
VERY POSITIVE BUT SHE JUST ENDED WAS SAYING OH, BY THE WAY,
DONATE TO THE ACLU.
SHE WANTED TO PUSH FORWARD THE CAUSE.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO COME UP AND BE OUTRAGED ABOUT THE
IMMIGRATION POLICY AND THE MUSLIM BAND GOING DONATE TO
A CAUSE IT IS GOING TO HELP THEM PUSH FORWARD THAT MESSAGE
RATHER THAN JUST BEING OUTRAGED ABOUT IT.
YOU CAN'T WIN FOR LOSING EITHER WHEN YOU ARE IN HOLLYWOOD.
IF YOU CRITICIZE KIM KARDASHIAN AND BEYONC…
FOR BEING NAKED IN
VAIN AND NOT TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES BUT THEN MARK RUFFALO
SPEAKS UP AGAINST THE PIPELINE AND THEN YOU CONDEMN HIM
BECAUSE YOU SAY HEY, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO JUST BE VAIN.
STOP TELLING COMEDIANS WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR POLITICS FROM
YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HEARING POLITICS FROM COMEDIAN
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF COMEDY.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT THAT
IT SO ANOINT I GET ALL THE TIME, WE DON'T HEAR YOUR POLITICS.
JUST TELL JOKES TO ANOTHER JESTER, I'M A POINT OF VIEW
AND EVER RIGHT TO EXPRESS IT.
IT ALMOST SEEMS AS THOUGH BOTH PARTIES HAVE SOME
SPECIAL LITTLE SNOWFLAKES TO GET THEIR FEELINGS HURT.
LET'S ALL TAKE A MOMENT TO REALIZE THAT AND MOVE ON.