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Donald and Ivanka Trump. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images Last week, Nordstrom confirmed that they’d be dropping the Ivanka Trump brand from their stores, citing the “brand’s performance.” Shortly afterward, Neiman Marcus did the same — meaning the #GrabYourWallet boycott may have effectively lowered sales of the brand. Back in January, Ivanka Trump confirmed that she’d be leaving both the Trump organization and her eponymous brand once her father was sworn in as president of the United States. This didn’t stop Donald Trump from tweeting angrily at Nordstrom over the news that they’d dropped his daughter’s brand. Update: During his press briefing on Wednesday , press secretary Sean Spicer was asked about Trump’s Nordstrom tweet, which had also been retweeted from the official @POTUS account. Spicer said, “He has every right to stand up for his family and applaud their business activities, their success. When it comes to his family, I think he’s been very clear how … [Read more...] about Here’s How Donald Trump Responded to Nordstrom Dropping Ivanka’s Line

Two people who are not fans of one another. When Tom Ford appeared on The View in November, he said that he’d been asked to dress Melania Trump in the past and had refused, citing the fact that “she’s not necessarily my image.” But last night, Donald Trump went on Fox & Friends to give his own version of the story. “[She] never asked Tom Ford, doesn’t like Tom Ford,” he said. “Doesn’t like his designs. He was never asked to dress her.” (We’ve reached out to Ford’s rep for a response to Trump’s comments, and will update this when we hear back.) “I’m not a fan of Tom Ford, never have been,” Trump said. He added that hotelier Steve Wynn “just called me and he thought that it was so terrible what Tom Ford said that he threw his clothing out of his Las Vegas hotel.” Though to be fair, who hasn’t tossed mounds of designer clothing out of the hotel they own in a fit of pique? Unfortunately, the president-elect’s remarks extended only to fashion, so we’re still waiting to … [Read more...] about Answering a Question We Did Not Have, Donald Trump Says He’s ‘Not a Fan’ of Tom Ford

Now that Nordstrom has dropped Ivanka Trump’s clothing line, Donald Trump has launched — what else — a Twitter offensive against the Seattle department store. While buying something from Nordstrom is a nice show of solidarity (wouldn’t it be interesting if the company posted a banner sales month?), you can take it a step further with purchases that are a bit more pointed . Like a nice white pantsuit, or a newspaper tote bag, or a pair of boys’ gloves (size small). Tom Ford Oud Wood Soap Bar $37 Because after Tom Ford told the ladies on The View that he had refused to dress Melania, Trump told Fox News that he wasn’t a fan of the designer, and never had been. (Yes, $37 is expensive for a bar of soap, but it’s a cute-slash-ridiculous Valentine’s Day gift for a Fashion Man.) $37 at Nordstrom Buy Opening Ceremony Elastic Logo Sweatpants $150 Because the politically engaged designers of Opening Ceremony just … [Read more...] about 14 Things You Can Buy at Nordstrom That Donald Trump Will Really Hate

Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images As of Tuesday afternoon, Donald Trump’s company is a convicted felon. The result comes courtesy of the jury in the criminal trial of the Trump Organization , which found Trump’s namesake company guilty on all 17 counts of the indictment. The result is significant but not exactly surprising. The Trump Organization was indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in the summer of 2021 along with the company’s chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, over a yearslong scheme to avoid paying taxes on compensation and benefits that Weisselberg received. Weisselberg pled guilty in August, which, given the way that corporate criminal liability works, dramatically simplified the case. (He promised to serve a five-month jail term.) Ordinarily, a corporate defense in this scenario would face extraordinarily long odds, and most companies (at least the ones with competent counsel and non-crazy clients) would have settled. That is because … [Read more...] about The Trump Organization Was Convicted After a Truly Embarrassing Defense

Former President Donald Trump has become “his own worst enemy,” according to conservative radio legend Michael Savage, who slammed Trump’s recent meeting with “scum” rapper Kanye West and “Nazi” Nick Fuentes, claiming that the move — which harmed the GOP and “set [Republicans] back 30 years” — won’t be forgotten easily. Appearing on the weekend’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s The Count , Savage — who was one of the first to endorse Trump for president — was asked why the former president “[made] this mess for himself” after hosting  West and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes for dinner at his Florida home last month, noting that Trump “has kind of been a little mum on what Fuentes and Kanye West bring to the table.” “Well it’s anyone’s guess,” Savage responded. “I think it was bad judgment in plain English.” “We can mince words all we want but Mr. Trump made a mistake — hubris, nemesis, catharsis — he became his own nemesis, his own worst enemy,” he added. According to … [Read more...] about Michael Savage on Trump Meeting with ‘Scum’ Kanye, ‘Nazi’ Fuentes: ‘He Became His Own Worst Enemy’

The 12 jurors who will decide whether Donald J. Trump’s company is guilty of felonies related to a tax fraud that its executives engaged in began deliberating shortly before noon Monday and will continue Tuesday. They have returned to the courtroom only once, to hear the judge repeat his specific instructions on one of the 17 counts the Trump Organization faces. Otherwise, they have been meeting in private, leaving the 15th-floor courtroom at State Supreme Court in Manhattan in a mood of anticipation that hardly dulled as the day wore on. They are weighing whether the actions of the executives, in particular the longtime chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg — who has already pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the same conduct — implicate the company itself. As the judge explained directly to the jury for the first time on Monday, prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office must have successfully proven that Mr. Weisselberg intended in some measure to … [Read more...] about Trump Organization Jury Is Considering a Momentous Decision