What the heck are the companies openly voicing their opposition to President Donald Trump thinking?
I was no fan of President Obama, but if I ran a business I would never want it connected to opposition to (or support of) the President, for the simple reason that I’m going to upset half my customers in either scenario.
Literally dozens and dozens of companies have joined the Trump-bashing-bandwagon, and it’s hard to keep track of them all.
Earlier this week, 97 companies publicly came out against President Trump’s temporary travel ban from 7 terror-prone nations. Among the household names on the list are Apple, Microsoft, eBay, Alphabet/Google, and Netflix. You can read the entire list here.
Among the non-tech companies opposing the ban are Coca-Cola and Starbucks.
During Super Bowl 51, we learned of a few more companies that were willing to spread a political message, and decided to reflect it in their ads. One that at least appeared to be anti-Trump to most people came from 84 Lumber. Their CEO later came out and said she was both pro-Trump and pro-wall, but most people didn’t get that message from this ad:
Among the others ads that took subtle swipes are Trump were:
1. Budweiser ran a commercial eulogizing its founder, Adolphus Busch, himself an immigrant who came from Germany to the U.S. — where he was told, according to the ad, that he’s “not wanted here.” But he crossed the American frontier and settled in St. Louis; the rest is history. Some Trump supporters are now calling for a boycott of Budweiser in the wake of the advertisement.
2. It’s A 10, a hair-product company, warned Americans that we’re “in for four years of awful hair.” Enough said.
Audi released a feminist ad, which, while not necessarily anti-Trump, pushed a liberal narrative – the liberal lie that there is a “gender pay gap” based on sexism.
Here’s the whole list of the 97 companies that joined in a lawsuit to stop Trump’s immigration Executive Order. Do you buy from any of these companies? Will you continue to do so, based on their political stance?
What do you all think? Will you be shopping at these companies anymore? Let us know your thoughts!
