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Samsung gets a celebrity endorsement no sane company would want

Published Oct 5th, 2015 10:30PM EDT
Samsung Donald Trump Celebrity Endorsement

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Samsung is always happy to talk about the celebrities who use its phones but this is one instance where we doubt the company will go out of its way to publicize how a celebrity uses its devices. New York Times report on U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Twitter habits reveals that Trump uses a Samsung Galaxy phone to send out his assorted missives and insults on the social networking platform.

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While Trump is definitely one of America’s most well known characters, Samsung probably doesn’t want its products associated with his Twitter feed. Why? Oh, likely because of things like this:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/635995703182016513
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/232572505238433794
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/240462265680289792

Though come to think of it, it’d be pretty funny if some third-party keyboard app like SwiftKey or Fleksy recruited Trump for an ad where he talked about how much more quickly he can call people “losers,” “lightweights” and “fat pigs” using their software than he could on his old default smartphone keyboard. Sadly, that ad will likely never come to pass.

Brad Reed
Brad Reed Staff Writer

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.