Trump's Still Selling Bud Light
Donald Trump is still offering Bud Light at four of his hotels in the United States despite recent Republican boycotts against the beer brand.Bud Light remains on the beverage menus at Trump accommodations in New York, Chicago, Miami and Las Vegas, according to the respective restaurants' websites.
Meanwhile, the beer brand is not sold at the Trump International Hotel Waikiki in Honolulu and the menu for his winery at the Albemarle Estate in Charlottesville, Virginia, is not available online.Bud Light and its parent company Anheuser-Busch has faced fierce backlash from conservatives since April 1 when transgender influencer and activist Dylan Mulvaney posted an Instagram video of herself drinking a can of Bud Light that had her face on it as part of a promotional campaign.In response, a number of high-profile Republicans called on Americans to stop drinking all Anheuser-Busch products—a move that led to a 26 percent decline in U.S.
earnings, according to a JPMorgan client note from May 23.Newsweek reached out to the Trump Organization via email for comment.The row over transgender brand ambassadors is symbolic of a wider debate about the inclusion of transgender women in female issues and spaces.
Some say transgender women should be treated the same as other women, while others say they are different and that hard-won women's rights must be protected.Although the boycott calls have prompted a number of bars and other entertainment venues across the country to discontinue selling Bud Light, the beer remains available at the Trump Tower in Manhattan, the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, the Trump National Doral in Miami and the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.Trump himself addressed the Bud Light.
