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Online Pranksters Mock Trump's $149 Christmas Ornament, Rename Trump Tower on Google Maps (yahoo.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the making-Google-Maps-wrong-again dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a Digital Trends story about a suspicious malfunction on Google Maps: At some point yesterday, Donald Trump's Fifth Avenue home was given a rather unceremonious rechristening, and a search for "Trump Tower" revealed a pin for "Dump Tower" instead. It was rather tricky to find for some, and required zooming in on the building itself at just the right angle (which is perhaps how the culprit got away with the stunt in the first place). At a separate angle, someone else (or perhaps the same person) transliterated the skyscraper's name in Russian Cyrillic, perhaps meant to be a jab at Trump's alleged ties to President Vladimir Putin and company... While the team [at Google Maps] managed to put out this first fire, another quickly arose to take its place (as is often the case on the internet), and later in the day on Saturday, Trump International Hotel and Tower in Columbus Circle was renamed Dump International Hotel and Tower. Meanwhile, another anonymous reader writes: Earlier this week Donald Trump emailed his supporters selling a $149 collectible "Make America Great Again" Christmas ornament finished with 14k gold, to raise money for both his campaign and the Republican party. But Yahoo News reports that it's now getting some suspicious negative (and politically-charged) reviews on its page on Amazon. ("One Star. "It tried to put my nativity figures into an internment camp.") And another reviewer even wrote a satirical story about how their family decided on the ornament for the tree. "During our family meeting we overwhelmingly chose the other ornament but somehow we still ended up with this one. We're not sure what happened."

10 of 524 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Childish, unprofessional, pathetic. Creative? N by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I bet you're a hoot at parties.

  2. In the past, people would get out the guns by HBI · · Score: 5, Funny

    Today they write supposedly comedic Amazon reviews.

    And they wonder why the word "pussy" is the first one that comes to mind. I guess Trump grabbed you really good.

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  3. Re:Good to see mocking the President back in fashi by pushing-robot · · Score: 1, Funny

    The Judicial Branch?

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  4. Re:Crybabies by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If there are that many illegal immigrants voting, shouldn't we have a nationwide recount to weed them out?

    That's unrealistic. The only people who work landscaping these days are Latinos. Why would they weed out their own votes?

  5. Re:She lost, get over it already by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    He is going to be our next president for the next ten years.

    I guess they don't teach US civics in Russia.

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  6. Re: Stunning level of disrespect. by Osgeld · · Score: 5, Funny

    We never elected biff tannor before

  7. Re:Good to see mocking the President back in fashi by DogDude · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's called historical context, you stupid anonymous fuck. Pick up a history textbook that's not from Texas and learn something.

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  8. Re:Crybabies by MightyMartian · · Score: 1, Funny

    Looking forward to restarting your local Klan chapter, I see

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  9. Re: Good to see mocking the President back in fash by Dog-Cow · · Score: 1, Funny

    I only use grammatically incorrect periods. To annoy you.

  10. Re:Crybabies by Dog-Cow · · Score: 1, Funny

    He's a real troll. Not an imposter.