Starbucks & Donald Trump: Presidential Election Preposterously Swayed by Christmas Cup Designs

Two things I keep seeing plastered all over the Internet for the past week (and one for a much longer period of time, sadly) are Starbucks and Donald Trump. Everyone knows why at this point, but what's even more absurd is that there is even more support for Trump to be President thanks to the #StarbucksRedCup phenomena which the Republican candidate, of course, used to his advantage. This begs the question: since when did the American Presidential election preposterously become about Christmas cup designs?

For the love of God...

For Christ's sake...

Of all that is holy...

(Puns are fun.)

Our country is really getting to an all-time low here.

As far as the whole Trump running for President experience, I'll admit, it was kind of funny the first time Donald Trump stepped out there with like seven thousand Republican candidates for the first G.O.P. debate. Even more so because of the ridiculous, politically incorrect nonsense that spilled out his mouth.

Now, it's just really getting old and, moreover, sad.

As for Starbucks, thanks to the Internet and stupid people, our nation cares way too much about red cups that are lacking, what? Reindeer? Snowflakes? Snowmen? Mistletoe? Not only that, but the joke who is Trump knows that his supporters have their own demographic who are crazy enough to have a problem with the "festive" cup design that Starbucks released for the winter season.

That, of course, led to Trump calling out Starbucks -- even the "extremely successful" one in his own building (but I thought he was such a great businessman?) -- and saying that people should boycott the company made famous by teenage girls who like overpriced coffee drinks and share them to Instagram.

I know many have said it since, but my first reaction to these cups were: they are red and green. Honestly, you can't get much more Christmas-y than that.

After all, snowflakes and snowmen are just symbols of snow; mistletoe is a plant; reindeer are just large deer up north who happen to work for that big red guy who surprisingly isn't blasphemous to these "Christians" who have a problem with a red and green cup.

Perhaps Starbucks would get less flack if they just threw a baby Jesus covered in amniotic fluid on the cup instead -- very festive of the season.

I myself am a Christian, and I know many, many others. I can assure anyone reading this that the majority aren't insane. But for those who are, I'm willing to bet that you love Donald Trump and think he should be the next President.

Let's all say Merry Christmas, waste billions of dollars sending millions of people back to their former country, build a giant wall and enjoy getting nuked by terrorists who will hate us even more. I hear Iran is feeling especially hateful of America these days.

I'm sure our onslaught of Christmas cheers and decorative cups will protect us, though.

Ultimately, this controversy boils down to one thing for me: Starbucks -- nor any business, really -- does not have an obligation to even put out a seasonally-designed cup for winter or any holidays. It's not a Christian company; it's a coffee company. Since 1997, they've been creative and put out designed cups for the winter and its holidays, and this year is no different.

This isn't a war on Christmas. It's not a war on Christianity. It's a cup, and it actually still has Christmas' colors!

How this has even become an issue is beyond my understanding, and I don't appreciate this war on common sense. Because if anything, that's what it is, and it's persisted for way too long.