“Trump: The Game”

“Trump: The Game” October 21, 2016

 

Skidmore's Trump
Donald Trump in 2011, by Gage Skidmore

 

Wow.  So much can already be seen in this ad, from way back in 1988:

 

 

The frenetic hype.

 

The failed business launch.  The underperformance.  (Within a few months, “Trump: The Game” could best be found in dumpsters and thrift stores.)

 

The self-aggrandizing emphasis on his own name and brand.  (Count, if you can, the number of times that Trump is repeated in the ad.)

 

And — very interesting in view of his recent refusal to promise that he’ll accept the results of the election (unless, of course, he wins) — the ad’s rather bizarre slogan:  It’s not whether you win or lose.  It’s whether you win!

 

By the way, there appears to be no actual evidence that any proceeds from “Trump: The Game” were ever donated to charity.

 

 


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