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Sat Feb 11, 2017, 08:45 AM Feb 2017

Brands all over the world are praying that Trump attacks them

By Mark Borkowski

(CNN)Donald Trump may have only been in office for three weeks, but he's already started to work his entrepreneurial magic.

Taking to Twitter to lambaste Nordstrom for withdrawing his daughter Ivanka's clothing line, he unleashed an outpouring of consumer love. The store's stock finished the day up 4%.

Meryl Streep's performance in "Florence Foster Jenkins" is not her best work, but a high-profile spat with the US President has likely helped secure her a record 20th Oscar nomination.


But perhaps the greatest beneficiary of Trump's bile has been his most-hated foe: the mainstream media. Despite being labeled as "fake news," the "unfair" and "failing" New York Times has seen a tenfold increase in subscriptions since the election.

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http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/10/opinions/trump-pr-attack-borkowski-opinion/

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Brands all over the world are praying that Trump attacks them (Original Post) n2doc Feb 2017 OP
Well that is so easy to arrange. BSdetect Feb 2017 #1
and CNN took first in ratings in years Alice11111 Feb 2017 #2
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