Donald Trump getting ‘bought out’
after pleading for Bud Light to get ‘second
chance’ over transgender fiasco: critics
New York Post,
by
Ariel Zilber
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
2/8/2024 12:25:48 AM
Donald Trump called for a cease-fire in the culture war over Bud Light’s transgender fiasco – a move that provoked critics to claim he was getting “bought out” by mega-brewer Anheuser-Busch.
The former president took to his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday and declared that Anheuser-Busch was “not a woke company” and that it had already paid a “very big price” for Bud Light’s ad campaign featuring transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Trump added that it was time to move on from outrage over the ads, which he called “a mistake of epic proportions.”
The former president noted that Anheuser-Busch “spends $700 million a year with our great
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
SkyKing1222 2/8/2024 12:48:29 AM (No. 1653034)
How about an add based on a scene from the movie Stripes.
-“And of any of you Homo’s out there touch my beer, I’ll kill you. “
Lighten up Francis.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 2/8/2024 12:52:09 AM (No. 1653037)
No second chance for the Belgian globalist brewers of RICE beer.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
SALady 2/8/2024 1:01:26 AM (No. 1653041)
The honest truth is that I would give Busch another shot if they actually apologized and took responsibility for their evil and idiotic decision.
But you know they never will, so there won't be another Bud-anything in my fridge ever!!!
Of course, as long as Texas has the Shiner Brewery open and making Shiner Boch beer, I doubt there will never be another type of beer in my fridge!!!
41 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 2/8/2024 2:04:47 AM (No. 1653050)
Although I once worked for Anheuser-Busch, Bud Light was never my beverage of choice, and I 'm not going to start now. Not when Sam Adams is so much better.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 2/8/2024 2:33:17 AM (No. 1653054)
#3 states the simple truth. Anheuser-Busch needs to apologize. Pulling our heartstrings with nostalgic commercials featuring the Clydesdales keeping a small town bar from going dry on a Saturday night are not going to cut it. After ten months of radio silence AB is now pretending that all is well and nothing happened last April. They're acting like an unfaithful spouse that ran away with a co-worker and has suddenly come home after months away without a word...expecting a bouquet of roses will make everything OK. They have even enlisted a trusted mutual friend as a go-between. A brave thing for any friend to do, for he risks also offending the originally offended party.
I'll give my friend a pass for his effort on behalf of AB. I'm of a mind that Donald Trump knew the reaction of his base to any reappearance of Bud-Lite, whether he called for the customers to come back or not. He knows MAGA people think for themselves, and they don't follow him like the mind-numbed robots the "elite" believe. He heard AB's offer, "We'll give you oodles of money if you tell your followers to buy Bud-Lite again!" And The Donald thought, "Yeah sure, waste your money! I'll tell them and they still won't buy your swill!"
MAGA
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
SweetPea3 2/8/2024 2:50:18 AM (No. 1653056)
Never.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DiegoDude 2/8/2024 4:14:42 AM (No. 1653070)
I agree with Trump. AB got the message. We have more important things to worry about. If you don't like $hitty beer, don't drink AB's products, simple as that.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
5 handicap 2/8/2024 5:58:15 AM (No. 1653084)
Perhaps the Donald has forgotten that NAZIs, like the ones who own Anheuser-Busch, are Socialists. I prefer not to do business with any socialist no matter if the accidentally do some good.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mifla 2/8/2024 6:03:01 AM (No. 1653090)
AB could have avoided this entire mess by apologizing. Instead, they ignored their customers and catered to a small group who don't even drink beer.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
chumley 2/8/2024 6:50:05 AM (No. 1653114)
Like Disney and quite a few others, AB has not learned from their mistake. In the meantime, I've found a beer I like better. No reason to go back. No reason to stop avoiding AB products.
Trump's endorsement of them means nothing. There are things I might consult him on. Beer is not one of them.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
JackBurton 2/8/2024 7:18:00 AM (No. 1653122)
The beers of my youth are no longer available. When the flap hit, and I heard there were bargains on Bud Lite, I bought a 12 pack. Not bad. Not as good as any of the scotchs I normally drink but, not bad. I found I liked, and have ordered and drank, regular Bud. It's a beer. I hate the new frou frou 'artisnal' beers that are all hoppy. I agree with the guy on Greg Gutfeld who pointed out that AMERICAN jobs were hurt by the boycott. Bud is changing their focus. It isn't an apology. But it's a vast improvement.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
smak90 2/8/2024 7:18:21 AM (No. 1653123)
The big problem Bud light has now is their customers have gotten used to drinking something else by now. Most likely they switched to something that has flavor and tastes good. I don't think they'll go back to BL because they found something better.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 2/8/2024 7:29:09 AM (No. 1653128)
This is not the first thing that I have not agreed with President Trump on, but it isn't anything close to what it would take for me to turn against him in this coming election.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
FormerDem 2/8/2024 7:41:13 AM (No. 1653136)
He is not bought out. He is worrying about the employees of Anheuser-Busch.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
3XALADY 2/8/2024 8:02:39 AM (No. 1653145)
I would be very surprised if people started buying BL to the point they did before they did before. As posters stated, most have found an alternative. A couple of weeks ago I saw a large beer display at Walmart in preparation for the Super Bowl. The Bud Light stack was just like they left it - not one was missing. It is unfortunate that the little people have had to pay for AB's wokeness. I'm wondering if it hit Cindy McCain in the pocketbook since I believe she has a beer distributorship.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
franq 2/8/2024 8:13:54 AM (No. 1653150)
That bunkhouse scene is classic, #1.
4 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Strike3 2/8/2024 8:33:16 AM (No. 1653166)
If this is the only mis-step Donald Trump makes, that still puts him light years ahead of the Gaff-a-Day moron in the White House. Compared to what this country is going through now, a flitting fairy on a beer can is insignificant.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
chance_232 2/8/2024 8:38:04 AM (No. 1653171)
If any other republican had said this, the MAGA crowd would have immediately condemned that person and labeled him a RINO.
Just sayin’
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
privateer 2/8/2024 8:46:09 AM (No. 1653180)
Craft beer rules; Belgian goat wee drools. Drain a rice paddy, filter out the mud, let it ferment...Viola! Bud Light.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
red1066 2/8/2024 9:04:36 AM (No. 1653200)
AB fired the woman who started this. They also have lost 30% share of the market and tens of millions of dollars as a result of the boycott. Their name has been ruined, but I think Trump is right. The company has gotten the message. They employ thousands of people. Beating up on AB at this point is like beating a dead horse. An apology wouldn't hurt, but when they start laying off people who had nothing to do with the whole marketing message, how is that fair to those people. I'm sure there are people who work for Disney that do not believe in that company's marketing, but they have a good paying job that benefits their family. Is putting these people on unemployment helping anyone?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
pensom2 2/8/2024 9:16:41 AM (No. 1653211)
With the Dylan Mulvaney misstep, Anheuser Busch locked itself into a formidably untenable position. Yes, their past customer base might forgive them if they openly apologized. But an apology would be immediately seized upon by the left-wing media as a bigoted rejection of gay-transgender tolerance. Woke America would erupt in enormous protests and media insults. Anheuser Busch is damned if they do, damned if they don't. They locked themselves into this box and threw away the key. Peyton Manning's ads won't unlock the box.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
BarryNo 2/8/2024 9:29:52 AM (No. 1653226)
I'll forgive Bud Light the day all of the idiots who supported the transgender as a spokesthing ave removed from the board and company. All of them. If you're going to shove your morality or lack thereof down my throat, prepare to be shoved back.
No quarter!!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 2/8/2024 10:04:31 AM (No. 1653248)
It is my humbled opinion that Donald Trump is as tired of identity politics as the rest of us are. My take on it is Donald Trump looks more for solutions rather than getting caught up with the in-fighting. Just saying. . .
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
ironchefw 2/8/2024 10:08:36 AM (No. 1653252)
AB needed to apologize to the people that used to drink their beer for calling them "frat boys" and whatever else.
Then, AB needed to publicly tell the woke pressure groups to take a hike. Beer drinkers don't care what the ESG score is.
I won't even consider drinking their beer until the apology, even if it's the cheapest one in the beer cave at the store.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
vhs68 2/8/2024 10:37:37 AM (No. 1653266)
The Trumpster is right on this. It's time to lighten up on AB somewhat. An old Indian Chief had a saying; "When you're riding a dead horse, dismount."
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Twinkle93 2/8/2024 10:38:30 AM (No. 1653267)
Get over it. AB made changes, fired the top person that was responsible for the problem.
Apologies are usually BS anyways.
I find it WOKE to insist that someone apologize.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Red Ghost 2/8/2024 11:09:14 AM (No. 1653295)
I understand what Donald Trump is doing. And truth be told Don Jr., from day one, and I believe The Don himself once, right at the beginning of this disaster, both said don't take it out on the employees of AB. And again Don Jr., has been steadfast on his position. So, nice try, NY Post and National Review, but we MAGA people ain't going for your nonsense.
AB should apologize. Short and sweet and ask for forgiveness. But guess what? They won't. They can't. The ball less company is so frightened at the backlash that will rain down on them from the fascist woke and main stream media with any apology admission, that even if they wanted to apologize they will not. So no balls, no courage, then you will die. Another Go Woke, Go Broke company bites the dust. And we must weep for their employees.
Maybe the Trumps could get someone to put together a deal whereby the employees with financial assistance from some conservative companies could buy the company. Regardless our hearts go out to our innocent fellow Americans, their employees.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
cold porridge 2/8/2024 11:50:18 AM (No. 1653325)
Bud and Bud Light are horrible beers anyway to my taste buds. I never drank it before and I won't start just because the best president we've ever had says we should give them a try again. I'll stick with my Coors Light.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 2/8/2024 1:12:28 PM (No. 1653366)
The over reaching point, you all have choices, and as many have stated, likely found another beer to replace the Bud Light they were drinking.
But, life is full of second chances too.
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