March 11, 2011: Trump calls for a Geico boycott over their "terrible, terrible" ad

[Miles Archer]

[Siwsan]

1. Funny - I think the same thing when he's on the tv screen - the Mute button gets activated

[hlthe2b]

2. WTF?

[Miles Archer]

4. Yep. Here's the story, from Mother Jones, for people anyone who didn't want to watch the clip.

The Donald knows a bad commercial when he sees one, and he won’t hesitate to strike back against them.

“Something has to be done about this terrible, terrible Geico ad,” he demanded in the March 21, 2011, edition of his “From The Desk of Donald Trump” YouTube series. At the time, Geico was running ads that featured basically nothing but a gravelly-voiced man in a suit asking rhetorical questions. (Look, they were weird. Just watch them yourselves.) Trump was incensed by the ads.

“It’s the worst I’ve ever seen on television,” he complained. “They’ve got this third-rate guy acting like he’s Humphrey Bogart, he’s driving people crazy…It’s a horrible commercial, it bothers everybody.”

But, as always, Trump had a plan to solve this. “We ought to boycott Geico,” he told his internet fans. “This is not Humphrey Bogart. If it were, Humphrey Bogart would not be a very famous guy.”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/trump-files-donald-and-great-geico-boycott/

[trusty elf]

3. Hey Chump...

we've got this third-rate guy acting like he's the president.

[katmondoo]

6. Geico has the best ads .

[maddiemom]

5. This was the limit. I realise that it's not current,BUT...

Hasn't this man anything better to worry about? Oh wait... his predecessor is still carrying on about the thing with a bone through his nose. Will it never stop?

[duforsure]

7. It only makes me prouder to be their client,

And other companies should do this against him, and his attacking ANY businesses from abusing his powers. Any company this monster is against is proof they're on the side of Democracy , and the truth, and against putin and trump.

[Scarsdale]

8. Did Geico refuse

to donate to his campaign? How many hours of TV does her watch, that he sees one commercial constantly as he says? Too bad he does not have a J O B to keep him busy. Maybe he needs to go golfing more?

[KayF]

9. Rod Serling, not Humphrey Bogart

[B Stieg]

11. Thanks-had forgotten how funny dome of these are...(n/t)

[classof56]

12. Thanks for the ride on the way-back machine.

And for the laughs!

[yesphan]

14. I was thinking

Robert Stack.

Either way, it's certainly not Humphrey Bogart.

[Totally Tunsie]

10. Just more proof this dotard watches wayyyyyyyy too much television.

Put down the remote, Donny, and back away from the TV.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

13. I think I know why he hates those commercials . . .

The actor in them wears his hair like Turdwaffle Jr.

I loved all of those, especially the one with Charlie Daniels, as he hand the violinist back his instrument with "That's how it's done, Son."

But I love the gekko the best. I don't care where he's from.