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Art of the Patronage: Trump, Bud Light, and Super Bowl Ads

Art of the Patronage: Trump, Bud Light, and Super Bowl Ads

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I talked with Zero Hedge again today about Bud Light’s atrocious Super Bowl ad, Trump’s request for Anheuser-Busch forgiveness, and whether we can see the scenario as a win or loss. Read the last few paragraphs here, which seem to have struck a chord.

Trump is not one to throw friends under the bus solely for political positions—he waits to be personally attacked, and only then does he cut you off. Furthermore we can assume that neither Brendan Whitworth nor AB Inbev CEO Michel Dukeris (not a puppet) don’t actually care about trans rights any more than any powerful man does. They play along because they think they must in order to continue to gain power. Until, of course, it becomes clear that no more power is to be gained. 

And this is where you have to believe that Trump sees the potential of a secretly-based Anheuser Busch. Yes, Auron MacIntyre is quite right that we shouldn’t see this a true

scalping or even a true political victory, because AB neither apologized nor gave to a frien…

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