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tblue37

(65,459 posts)
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 09:55 PM Jan 2017

Check it out--Trump's team even plagiarized the Obama's cake for the inaugural ball!



Here is what the pastry chef that made the cake for Obama's ball said in his tweet:

Duff Goldman ✔ @Duff_Goldman
The cake on the left is the one I made for President Obama's inauguration 4 years ago. The one on the right is Trumps. I didn't make it.
11:22 PM - 20 Jan 2017
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fleur-de-lisa

(14,628 posts)
1. They plagiarize EVERYTHING!
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 09:59 PM
Jan 2017

For someone who hates the Obamas, he puts a hell of a lot of effort into copying everything PBO ever did.

tblue37

(65,459 posts)
3. People Magazine reports that the copying was deliberate!
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 10:47 PM
Jan 2017
On Saturday, Washington D.C.-based bakery Buttercream Bake Shop claimed that they had created the cake and that they had been specifically asked to copy Obama’s confection <emphasis added>.


The bakery explained on Instagram:

“. . . While we most love creating original designs, when we are asked to replicate someone else’s work we are thrilled when it is a masterpiece like this one. @duff_goldman originally created this for Obama’s inauguration 4 years ago and this years <inaugural> committee commissioned us to re-create it <emphasis added>. . . .

tblue37

(65,459 posts)
5. Apparently they didn't give the original chef credit until they got slammed on social media for
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 11:06 PM
Jan 2017

plagiarizing the cake. Then they finally gave credit in the Instagram post, and Duff Goldman (the original chef) tweeted a nice comment back at them:

Duff Goldman ‏@Duff_Goldman 10h10 hours ago
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Remembering a fantastic cake I made is awesome and the chef that re-created it for @POTUS Trump did a fantastic job. Group hug, y'all. 🇺🇸
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