Sunday, August 30, 2015

Donald Trump's TV Commercials: The Greatest Hits


http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/08/donald-trump-best-tv-commerials

As Donald Trump proudly observes whenever humanly possible, he's rich. Richer than you, dear reader, and certainly richer than me.
A lot of that money has come from large-scale real estate ventures, but a decent chunk of change has come from his willingness to shill for seemingly any product that can get him in front of a camera. Over his decades in the public spotlight, Trump has regularly appeared on TV to hawk technology fads, pizza, or a comfortable night's sleep.
Mother Jones has previously chronicled Trump's track record as a salesman of steaks and board games. Here is an incomplete compilation of his greatest commercial hits, culled from YouTube, demonstrating the full range of his shamelessness (or versatility, depending on your perspective) as a pitchman.
when you think about it this is exactly what he's doing except this time he's shilling for himself.  the pay off the big chair.

Urban Dictionary: shill 
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shill
... buzz by personally endorsing the product in public forums with the pretense of sincerity, when in fact he is being paid for his services. Who are you shilling for?