BUSINESS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [7-9-19] blasted ‘the radical left’ for using economic boycotts as a political tactic despite his own long history of supporting such strategies. The president was responding to recent calls for a boycott of Home Depot because of the financial support that retired co-founder Bernie Marcus has shown for him. Marcus said last month he will back Trump in the 2020 election…Trump has frequently shown support for conservative activists attempting to punish corporations. In recent years, he has spoken or tweeted approvingly of boycotts of the NFL and Nike because some football players have declined to stand for the national anthem before games. ‘If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our country, you will see change take place fast,’ he wrote on Twitter in September 2017.”
–David Cohen, “Frequent boycotter Trump blasts liberals for calling for Home Depot boycott,” Politico, July 9, 2019 11:29 pm