Vanity Fair criticizes Trump Grill, future President Trump lashes out
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[URL="http://www.npr.org/2016/12/15/505692944/trump-lashes-out-at-vanity-fair-one-day-after-it-lambastes-his-restaurant"]NPR[/URL]
[QUOTE]One day after Vanity Fair printed a highly critical piece about one of his restaurants, President-elect Donald Trump escalated his feud with the magazine's editor, calling him a "no talent."
[media]https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/809383989018497024[/media]
"Has anyone looked at the really poor numbers of @VanityFair Magazine," Trump said in an early-morning Tweet. "Way down, big trouble, dead! Graydon Carter, no talent, will be out!"
The tweet illustrates Trump's ability to use his very visible platform as president-elect to lash back at critics of his businesses and underscores the conflicts of interest he will face in office.
Trump was originally supposed to hold a "major press conference" Thursday to reveal how he would address the conflicts of interest, but he decided to postpone it until next month. His staff said dealing with the issue involved complex legal issues and Trump needed time to iron out the details.
Although Trump didn't refer to it directly in his tweet, Vanity Fair's website on Tuesday published a rough review of Trump Grill, located in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan. The article, by politics and media writer Tina Nguyen, was headlined, "Trump Grill could be the worst restaurant in America."
Nguyen lambasted the restaurant for its tacky decor and indifferent menu.
Among the foods served, she wrote, was a short-rib burger "molded into a sad little meat thing, sitting in the center of a massive, rapidly staling brioche bun, hiding its shame under a slice of melted orange cheese. It came with overcooked woody batons called 'fries'—how can someone mess up fries?—and ketchup masquerading as Heinz. If the cheeseburger is a quintessential part of America's identity, Trump's pledge to 'make America great again' suddenly appeared not very promising."[/QUOTE]
It's inexcusable for the future president of the United States to be acting so childishly.
They should amend the constitution so that the mental age of the president must be over 35.
Seems like a fair response to a shitty review to me. Not sure why this is news though.
[QUOTE=thegrb93;51538135]Seems like a fair response to a shitty review to me. Not sure why this is news though.[/QUOTE]
A fair response except for a soon-to-be world leader who's words alone can quite literally destroy nations and bring instability on a world scale.
I wish Trump would stop tweeting and start filtering.
[QUOTE=thegrb93;51538135]Seems like a fair response to a shitty review to me. Not sure why this is news though.[/QUOTE]
Then brace yourself, because we'll have daily articles dissecting POTUS's tweeted opinions/remarks for the next 4 years
[QUOTE=thegrb93;51538135]Seems like a fair response to a shitty review to me. Not sure why this is news though.[/QUOTE]
Trump is still incapable of seperating trump the businessman and trump the president
[QUOTE=Lambeth;51538165]Trump is still incapable of seperating trump the businessman and trump the president[/QUOTE]
Completely agree Trump does breaks presidential mode alot.
But that is why alot people like him.
The Vanity Fair article is the saddest thing I've read in the aftermath of the election. It's a long vacuous screed of political rhetoric masquerading as a restaurant review, awkwardly segueing from the ethnicities of the wait staff to Trump's campaign promises to deport illegal immigrants, the author histrionically lamenting how they had to curl up in bed for two hours to fight off nausea caused by the experience of such an underwhelming meal. Give me a break. How incredibly petty do you have to be to use a restaurant review as a political platform?
[QUOTE=thegrb93;51538135]Seems like a fair response to a shitty review to me. Not sure why this is news though.[/QUOTE]
Yeah seems totally fair that the future leader of America can attack his constituency at the drop of a hat, tank stock prices of a company he has a personal beef with or sick his pack of wild dogs, aka supporters, after people. What if this was a mom and pop shop? Or just a random person instead of a business? Would it still be fair? Where do you draw the line? I genuinely want to know.
Is Donald J. Trump the most powerful child in the world?
[QUOTE=Chrille;51538231]Is Donald J. Trump the most powerful child in the world?[/QUOTE]
Hey now, we all know Barron Trump is.
[QUOTE=Simples;51538131]They should amend the constitution so that the mental age of the president must be over 35.[/QUOTE]
It's amazing how he's the oldest president ever elected and yet he still manages to act like he's a child.
Remember kids, he doesn't have time for intel briefings but he'll take time to yell at a magazine for daring to say something negative about him!
World leader material, for sure!
[QUOTE=bord2tears;51538152]A fair response except for a soon-to-be world leader who's words alone can quite literally destroy nations and bring instability on a world scale.
I wish Trump would[B] stop tweeting and start filtering[/B].[/QUOTE]
Read that as flirting.
Wouldn't that be awkward.
[QUOTE=Tudd;51538178]Completely agree Trump does breaks presidential mode alot.
But that is why alot people like him.[/QUOTE]
I don't see why to be honest.
Don't get me wrong I totally get the appeal of the president not being a dull stuffy old guy- it's part of why I liked how Obama managed to come across as such a genuine chill guy all the time. But Trump is "not presidential" in that he just comes across as a massive immature [i] asshole[/i] 90% of the time.
I just don't get how anyone could look at the president whinging on twitter and feel anything other than embarrassed.
sounds like a shitty burger
The POTUS shouldn't concern themself with such petty matters as a critique of their private enterprise; they're supposed to leave their personal lives behind to serve the American public, not complain on Twitter for everyone to see.
I just hope something happens and Trump loses his presidential seat.
[QUOTE=AbbaDee;51538064]It's inexcusable for the future president of the United States to be acting so childishly.[/QUOTE]
apparently not since he holds very high approval among republicans, not really anyone else though
[QUOTE=Tudd;51538178]Completely agree Trump does breaks presidential mode alot.
But that is why alot people like him.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I support Trump because he doesn't act like a President.
He acts like a child with a soiled diaper.
[QUOTE=Sableye;51538879]apparently not since he holds very high approval among republicans, not really anyone else though[/QUOTE]
this just in, republicans always wanted to be tantrum throwing grown up children but now they can
dirty logic and facts can't get 'em now !!
[QUOTE=EskillV2;51538731]I just hope something happens and Trump loses his presidential seat.[/QUOTE]
that would probably make things even worse
[QUOTE=Tudd;51538178]Completely agree Trump does breaks presidential mode alot.
But that is why alot people like him.[/QUOTE]
In the same way that people like alternative medicine cause it breaks the science mode alot.
doesn't mean homeopathy has any place in a fucking hospital.
[QUOTE=Tudd;51538178]Completely agree Trump does breaks presidential mode alot.
But that is why alot people like him.[/QUOTE]
People also think he represents the interests of the working class.
I feel like he goes the extra mile to be a whiny baby though. Like I don't think anyone voted for him because he "tells it like it is" to third rate magazines. I don't think he writes tweets like these because they play well with the base. I think he really is that petulant. And for the highest diplomatic position in our government, it's worrying.
"Just told my approval rating is 2%. Very unfair!"
[QUOTE=Lambeth;51538165]Trump is still incapable of seperating trump the businessman and trump the president[/QUOTE]
Plot twist: [sp]there is no trump the president[/sp]
Look at poor ratings of <Insert Company Here>. <Insert 3 synonyms for bad>. <Insert insult at people involved at making Trump cry.>
Honestly waiting for a Trump twitter bot at this point that randomly generates insults at companies based on his childish template. If we could make one for memes, then we can make one for a predictable child.
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;51538433]Read that as flirting.
Wouldn't that be awkward.[/QUOTE]
Awkward, but not unexpected given his history. :v:
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;51539193]Look at poor ratings of <Insert Company Here>. <Insert 3 synonyms for bad>. <Insert insult at people involved at making Trump cry.>
Honestly waiting for a Trump twitter bot at this point that randomly generates insults at companies based on his childish template. If we could make one for memes, then we can make one for a predictable child.[/QUOTE]
Here ya go:
[url]https://twitter.com/deepdrumpf?lang=en[/url]
A breakthrough in modern computer technology: Artificial Ignorance.
Time for twitter to ban him from the service and not allow him to have the new POTUS handle either.
Trump's response was very unpresidential, but to be fair, that review of his restaurant also seems absolutely unprofessional. It's one-sided political commentary masquerading as a restaurant review. Pathetic.
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[QUOTE=Arctic-Zone;51538716]The POTUS shouldn't concern themself with such petty matters as a critique of their private enterprise; they're supposed to leave their personal lives behind to serve the American public, not complain on Twitter for everyone to see.[/QUOTE]
Trump is not the President yet.
[editline]17th December 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=EskillV2;51538731]I just hope something happens and Trump loses his presidential seat.[/QUOTE]
What, you would rather see Mike Pence as President? Although I wouldn't be surprised if the Republicans found a way to backstab Trump, because Pence would be a perfect President for traditional Republicans.
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