Thin-skinned Donald Trump calls for boycott of whiskey producer

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Scottish farmer and unlikely Trump rival Michael Forbes has opened a can of worms: Forbes recently won the "Top Scot" award for standing up to the metaphor-come-to-life, chronicled in documentary "You've Been Trumped," and now the real estate tycoon is taking it out on award co-sponsor Glenfiddich.

Forbes beat the likes of tennis star Andy Murray for the honor. Now, Trump is calling Forbes' win "an insult to both Andy Murray and Scotland itself" and is attempting to boycott Glenfiddich, a brand of whiskey from the world's largest whiskey supplier, William Grant & Sons. "Glenfiddich should be ashamed of themselves for granting this award to Forbes, just for the sake of publicity," said Trump.

In typical Trump fashion, he also claimed that William Grant & Sons was jealous of Trump properties' own in-house brand of whiskey, calling his "far greater products."

Scottish farmer trumps Trump

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:42:00 +0000

Perennial loser Donald Trump is still a loser. This time, though, it's not a media company or a non-announcement announcement that makes him look bad. Instead, it is a small-town, 60-year-old Scottish farmer, Michael Forbes, who has quietly shown up the Donald.

Forbes gained fame after appearing in “You’ve Been Trumped,” a documentary that chronicled Trump's attempt to steamroll a Scottish community in order to build a golf course. Forbes emerged as one of the movie's unlikely heroes when he refused to sell his farm or succumb to Trump's bullying. Of course, this incited the always-incited Trump, who resorted to calling Forbes' farm "disgusting."

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Thin-skinned Donald Trump calls for boycott of whiskey producer

Scottish farmer trumps Trump