The Luck of the Irish is Definitely NOT with Trump!!!!!

[LongTomH]

From the NY Times: Trump St. Patrick’s Day Hats Disappear After Shamrock Mix-Up:

St. Patrick’s Day will soon be upon us, and Team Trump would like you to know that for just $50 you can purchase a green “Make America Great Again” hat embroidered with a symbol that has nothing to do with St. Patrick’s Day.

The hats went on sale last week in advance of the holiday, celebrated on March 17, and had a four-leaf clover — instead of a three-leaf shamrock — stitched on the back. A four-leaf clover is not a symbol of Ireland. It is just a plant.

On Wednesday afternoon the hats disappeared from Mr. Trump’s online store. A spokeswoman for Mr. Trump did not respond to questions about why the hats were taken off the website.

Social media users, especially those in Ireland — where Mr. Trump is deeply unpopular — were quick to pounce, as was the news media there. The Irish Independent, a popular daily newspaper, described the four-leaf clover as “a sugary, oat piece that you’ll find in a box of Lucky Charms cereal” that “has nothing to do with St. Patrick’s Day or Ireland.”

Mixing up the number of leaves on a shamrock is an easy mistake to make, especially in the United States, where St. Patrick’s Day is widely celebrated even by people with no substantive connection to Ireland.

And, if that wasn't enough......

Another common misunderstanding is referring to the holiday as “St. Patty’s Day,” he said. (The Independent sneered about the American pronunciation: “St. Patty’s Day as they insist on calling it.”)

“Patty” is not the nickname used for a man named Patrick. It is the nickname used for a woman named “Patricia.” Men named Patrick — including the saint honored on March 17 — are referred to casually as “Paddy.” Like many Americans, the Republican Party made that mistake, too, in its advertisement for the Trump hat.

[dchill]

1. That's 'cause he's German!

Seriously.

[SMC22307]

6. Isn't mumsy Scottish?

Which is especially delicious since the Scots detest him and have some of the best tweets EVER.

[dchill]

7. Yes, but that's NOT Irish, now, is it.

[SMC22307]

11. No one said it is. (n/t)

[BSdetect]

24. As in mumsybadgersnot of Monty Python?

[JHB]

8. He's howler monkey

Google them. The resemblance is clear. Even clearer when you see videos of their behavior.

[dchill]

10. I googled it. You're right.

[tclambert]

20. Illustration:

[JHB]

22. Video (warning: turn the volume down)

[luvMIdog]

2. fuck Trump may he turn blue

[SMC22307]

3. "It is just a plant."

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. The German/Scots SOB should stop the irish fakery.

[lpbk2713]

5. Waiting until KellyAnne's next scheduled presser.

Then she'll announce they are available and give the 800 number to purchase.

[FSogol]

9. They want to run our country, but can't handle a hat sale.

[ornotna]

19. So true

[Maeve]

12. And even the term 'luck of the Irish' has a dual meaning

Both good luck and bad, depending on the situation, along the lines of the 'paddy wagon' which referred to both the passengers and the officers who arrested them (Irish cops in America go way back--why do you think the cops in Bugs Bunny cartoons are always called Callahan or Muldoon?) But that's another story...

[Drahthaardogs]

15. As a people, the Irish are not what I would call lucky

I understand it came from an unusual number of Irish hitting big veins in the gold rush.

Historically, they have been a hard luck group. From the Romans crushing the Gauls to the English attrocities against them.

[Maeve]

21. Silver and copper, more like

Butte, Montana has a fair-sized Irish population from the mining days.

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. Trump has a store?

Is it being run in his name?

Maybe that explains why he just was given permission to use his name to run massage parlors in China.
a buck here, a buck there, it adds up, ya know?

[japple]

14. That's because he's from Orangina, not Ireland. eom

[rurallib]

16. nice to see the worst president ever has time to sell a few hats to make a quick buck

what a piece of shit.

[packman]

17. What I want to know - Where were they made?

China, Taiwan, N. Korea?

[LakeArenal]

18. That hat may become quite a collectors item...

An historical representation of that dark time in America..

[rsdsharp]

23. Fifty dollars?

Never mind the incompetence here. Who the hell would spend $50.00 on a Chinese made, one size fits all, polyester piece of crap that goes for $5.00 at most any gas station?

My wife calls me a cap snob, and I guess I am. I wear (or wore) fitted, wool baseball caps. Admittedly I haven't bought one in several years, but most of them cost $25-$27 dollars. The really good ones, from Cooperstown Ballcap Co. were hand made with horse hide sweatbands and they only cost $44.00. Twenty years later they are $49.00.

Donnie knows his base, well. They are a grifter's dream.