Donald Trump: ‘Maybe we should boycott Starbucks’

“No more “Merry Christmas” at Starbucks”.

As debate forges on over a viral video slamming Starbucks’ holiday cups as being part of the so-called War on Christmas, businessman and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is also weighing in on the controversy.

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Upright: “What has been far more disturbing than anything Ben Carson has said or done has been the media’s search-and-destroy mission against the renowned brain surgeon”.

“I think in the age of political correctness we become so open-minded our brains have literally fallen out of our head”, Joshua Feuerstein said in a widely viewed anti-Starbucks rant on Facebook titled “Starbucks REMOVED CHRISTMAS from their cups because they hate Jesus”.

Mr Trump, who is working to win the support of evangelical and other conservative Christians in a crowded field, has often expressed frustrations over companies using the term “Happy Holidays” in place of “Merry Christmas”.

Donald Trump has even said that “maybe” there should be a boycott against Starbucks (though there is a Starbucks in Trump Tower).

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Although Starbucks cups have previously featured Christmas baubles, sledging children or snowmen they do not usually say: “Merry Christmas”.

“This year we wanted to usher in the holidays with a purity of design that welcomes all of our stories”, he added. No more Merry Christmas on Starbucks.

According to The State Press, Red Cups of the previous years all share the Christmas time vibes, containing the winter-themed doodles of flickering lights, reindeers and everything commemorative of Christ’s birth. Trump, 69, told an audience at the Prairie Capital Convention in Springfield, IL on November 9.

Since 1997, the company has released the annual patterned “red cup”, in an event that has become something of a tradition for a few regular customers. A few Christian leaders have long attacked secular businesses for waging a “War on Christmas” and prevented customers and employees from sharing Christmas greetings.

Starbucks, for its part, responded to the controversy earlier this week, explaining that a lot of thought was put into the plain design. After all, he acknowledged that his Manhattan-based Trump Tower hotel includes a Starbucks. They still sell advent calendars and a Christmas blend of coffee.