# Does Trump have any ties to Coca-Cola?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 22, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-any-ties-to-coca-cola/777863 "2017-01-22T19:51:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-any-ties-to-coca-cola/777863/1 "2017-01-22T19:51:23Z")

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Apparently the Hispanic community is boycotting Coca-Cola because of The Donald. Does he own any stock in them, or have any other relationship with them?

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-any-ties-to-coca-cola/777863/2 "2017-01-22T20:12:41Z")

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This is all I found, from [Fox Business](http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/01/20/these-are-companies-that-donated-to-president-trumps-inauguration.html):

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> Coca-Cola has made a donation to Mr. Trump’s inaugural committee that was “in line” with the $430,000 it gave Mr. Obama’s 2013 event, a spokesman said. The company donated $75,000 to the GOP convention last year, down from $666,200 in 2012. A spokesman noted that the company gave the same amount to both parties’ conventions last year.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-any-ties-to-coca-cola/777863/3 "2017-01-22T23:46:52Z")

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Nothing comes up when I search for Hispanic boycott of Coca-Cola. Do you have any cites for this?

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**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-any-ties-to-coca-cola/777863/4 "2017-01-22T23:54:28Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Nothing comes up when I search for Hispanic boycott of Coca-Cola. Do you have any cites for this?

Some Hispanic people I know are doing this. They must have made it sound like a bigger deal than it really was when they explained it to me.

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**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-any-ties-to-coca-cola/777863/5 "2017-01-23T00:20:00Z")

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What do you mean when you say, “Hispanic community”?

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-any-ties-to-coca-cola/777863/6 "2017-01-23T00:28:59Z")

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His ties usually are red…