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[DrSlek]

Maximum schadenfreude!

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

The only thing that made Trump worth a shit was his name.

Now it's nothing but a toxic brand that would kill his career for good.

Pretty much this.

 

[tirminyl]

Yup. He has killed off his brand. Ivanka would be smart to transition to a different company, etc. Still crazy when I used to watch Home Alone 2 and see Donald Trump or his cameo in Fresh Prince and think he was this wicked businessman etc. Trump towers, Trump hotels etc. All went to shit. No one cares about him, his brand anymore. And for what? Birther conspiracies that were false, running a horrendous campaign that has dragged American politics and political discourse through the mud etc.

Women have already started boycotting Ivanka's businesses and stores that carry her products.

 

[sunshine and gasoline]

Trump's kids must be seething at the damage their father was caused to the brand by running for President.

And the mayor gives 0 fucks



http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/honorary-trump-plaza-sign-stolen-chicago-397162761.html

Hahaha.

 

[Malyse]

Trump's kids must be seething at the damage their father was caused to the brand by running for President.



Hahaha.

Tiffany is prolly enjoying this.

 

[Salarians]

Naming their "luxury hotels, geared towards millennials" after a dead car brand aimed at millennials. You can't make this shit up.

 

[Malyse]

Naming their "luxury hotels, geared towards millennials" after a dead car brand aimed at millennials. You can't make this shit up.

....

You know scion is an actual word, right?

scion ‎(plural scions)

1. A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant.
2. A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
3. The heir to a throne.
4. A guardian.

 

[Neuromancer]

....

You know scion is an actual word, right?

Yeah its what Lara Croft was looking for in the first Tomb Raider game.

 

[Garlador]

Tiffany is prolly enjoying this.

Tiffany knows how to dodge like a pro.

 

[LiK]

YES

 

[Ominym]

He'll still be making money off them? Same shit different toilet. Those things need to change hands altogether tbh.

That's the thing about Trump though, he doesn't want to quietly profit. He's the guy that slapped his last name on massive buildings because he wanted everyone to know who he was. Taking that away from him is a massive hit to his ego regardless of growing wealth. Picture Trump in an interview having to say "well the Scion brand, which I own, just in case you forgot, I own it, is wonderful and would be even better with a slight name change."

Hit him in his wallet and he manages. Hit him in his ego and he seethes.

 

[KRod-57]

http://www.travelandleisure.com/hotels-resorts/trump-scion-hotels

More accurately they announced last September that they were launching a new hotel brand called "Scion". However, they are not removing his name from their hotels


http://www.snopes.com/trump-removes-name-from-hotels/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social


If you have a twitter, I recommend following snopes' account. They are one of the best twitter pages to follow

 

[Harusame]

I wonder if the developer for the Vancouver Trump Hotel is also going to let go of the Trump name.

 

[Malyse]

More accurately they announced last September that they were launching a new hotel brand. However, they are not removing his name from their hotels


http://www.snopes.com/trump-removes-name-from-hotels/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social


If you have a twitter, I suggest everyone follow snopes' account

So they are abandoning the Trump name? Cause it sounds like they are abandoning the Trump name.

Amidst reports that occupancy rates at Trump Hotels have slipped this election season, the company has announced that new brand hotels will no longer bear the Trump name.

Literally nowhere in the OP does it imply that they are removing the name, so I don't know why you're quoting me.

 

[Escape Goat]

 

[Lightning_Roller]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahahhahaaahahaahahaa, this is glorious! Just glorious!!

 

[Salarians]

....

You know scion is an actual word, right?

You know I don't think they literally took the name from Toyota, right?

 

[Doominated]

Do we get attacked by the swarm when we enter now?

Should I bring guns with chainsaws on them?

 

[KRod-57]

So they are abandoning the Trump name? Cause it sounds like they are abandoning the Trump name.

Not quite, they're still using the Trump brand on top of using the new brand "Scion" which means “descendant of a notable family”

You could speculate that they decided to launch the new brand in response to the negative connotations associated to his name, however the new brand is not replacing his old brand, that is to say, they are not changing ("abandoning") the name of the already existing "Trump" brands

 

[Malyse]

You know I don't think they literally took the name from Toyota, right?

 

[Cat Party]

#Blessed

 

[Neo C.]

It took a while, but karma is finally here.

 

[zelas]

What's the new name so I can avoid that place too?

 

[Escape Goat]

What's the new name so I can avoid that place too?

Its literally the second sentence of the OP.

 

[rokkerkory]

Good let it bern

 

[kirby_fox]

I wonder how cheap they would sell you a room per night with how awful things have been going for them.

I think it'd be a bigger insult to Trump if you were able to negotiate a room at a Trump Hotel for $20 a night than it would be if you didn't go there at all.

 

[malfcn]

It's he going to get another $1 billion write off after all this fall out?

 

[Stinkles]

 

[Sr Kitsune]

Note to self: Dont go to Scion hotels.

Same

 

[Malyse]

It's he going to get another $1 billion write off after all this fall out?

I expect him to say the money spent on his campaign is tax deductible.

 

[zethren]

The newest line of luxury hotels, geared towards millennials, will be called Scion, the company said.

LOL

Good, let his brand fail.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

[i g]

Haha, I wonder how Trump really feels about this. Everything is crumbling around him. Too bad this happened after the debates. It probably would have added some spice on Hillary's knuckles.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

LOLOLOL


RIP

 

[Get'sMad]

so whats Trumps next move if all of his hotels start to fail?

Trump branded camouflage? Trump truck nuts? Nascar team?

 

[SporeCrawler]

This. Have to remember this. Never spending a nickel with anyone affiliated with him.

I hear zenimax/bethesda is affiliated with hin

 

[FStop7]

So is this a chain of hotels he actually owns or did he just license his name to another company?

 

[LookAtMeGo]

I hear zenimax/bethesda is affiliated with hin

Any proof of this?

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Fuck yes!!

 

[Count Dookkake]

Scion, I am disappoint.

Thanks!

 

[Ploid 3.0]

So is this a chain of hotels he actually owns or did he just license his name to another company?

His name.

 

[gutter_trash]

I hear zenimax/bethesda is affiliated with hin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeniMax_Media#Corporate_governance

Robert S. Trump (President, Trump Management, Inc.) (brother)

 

[Ploid 3.0]

so whats Trumps next move if all of his hotels start to fail?

Trump branded camouflage? Trump truck nuts? Nascar team?

Trump gofundme. He has a lot of gofundme campaigns it seems, but I mean one started by him.

 

[Gallbaro]

The Trump brand has changed, from the allusion of luxury to now representing a much larger and profitable segment, racist white people.

 

[joebruin]

What’s in a Name? When It’s ‘Trump Place,’ It’s a Revolt

At three large rental buildings emblazoned with gold letters spelling out T-R-U-M-P P-L-A-C-E on the Upper West Side, the lobby rain mats embossed with the same name are being replaced, tenants say. The new versions, they have been told, will proclaim the buildings’ addresses, 140, 160 or 180 Riverside Boulevard.

At the same buildings, they say, the doormen and concierges have been measured for new uniforms that will no longer carry the Trump name.

 

[Gnome Scat]

I wouldn't want a failure's name on my hotel chain, either. Good call.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

He still have his steaks, wine, and bottled water just sell them at Walmart. Every city should have one.

 

[parrotbeak]

They couldn't go with an American dead car? Pontiac Hotel?

 

[Marvel]

I love it.

 

[Puppet Shadow]

He still have his steaks, wine, and bottled water just sell them at Walmart. Every city should have one.

The steaks and water are no longer on the market, afaik.

 

[Zubz]

I was going to say I plan on avoiding the new hotels like a plague, but then I remembered they're still luxury hotels so they were never getting my business anyway.