This issue is not that the cuff links are cheap – no one is required to give an expensive gift. It’s that Trump said they were “Harry Winston” – a brand name known for its quality. He lied to Sheen in order to make it seem he was being more generous than he was.
On the Graham Norton show? I didn’t see the episode, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the story was exaggerated for laughs in some way. Otherwise, yeah, Trump comes across as the ass.
BTW, that editor’s note at the end of the article appears at the end of ALL articles about Trump in HuffPo.
Anyway, it’s hard to judge, since we all (most of us) already have such strongly held predisposition to see Trump as an ass no matter what he does any more, and I suppose anyone who knows anything about Charlie Sheen, likewise. So we all have a pile of confirmation bias to dig through.
I mean, if one passes Trump on the street and he says “Hello” and politely tips his hat, we’d all say “Gee, what an asshole thing for him to do”, right? 
(I probably would.)
You know, Charlie Sheen doesn’t strike me as a French cuffs kind of guy.
When Rod Stewart married Rachel Hunter, Elton John sent the happy couple a £10 gift voucher from Boots. On the card, Elton wrote: “Get yourself something nice for the house.”
Of course in releasing the story Stewart made himself the butt of the joke:
Honestly, I don’t think Donald Trump is, either. He wears them, to be sure. But even when his shirts and suits seem to be fine fabric, and presumably the subject of some expensive tailoring, he manages to make them look rumpled and ill-fitting. My mother thought him the worst-dressed candidate on either side.
Maybe because Trump is rumpled and ill-fitting. His suit is actually perfectly tailored.
Harry Reid.
Trump by a wide margin. It’s the branding that does that.
Probably, but for those who didn’t read the linked story or watch the clip, this wasn’t a gift that Trump has sent to Sheen. Sheen says that he was talking to Trump at an event, and Trump congratulated him on his upcoming marriage and said he was sorry he wouldn’t be able to make it (Sheen added that Trump had not even been invited). Then Trump removed his own cufflinks, saying they were “platinum diamond Harry Winston” and gave them to Sheen as an early wedding present.
Assuming this was an impromptu gesture and Trump hadn’t worn those particular cufflinks planning to give them away, I’d say the branding is probably the least jerkish thing about it. Trump clearly enjoys sticking his name on things, and putting it on his own cufflinks is far less ostentatious than putting it on a building.
That said, it sounds like Trump was making a big show of how wealthy and generous he was when he presented Sheen with the cufflinks. That arguably would have been kind of jerkish even if the cufflinks had been valuable, but pretending to be generous while lying about the value of an unexpected gift is totally a jerk move.
I’d bet Trump lives for moments like these!
He probably has several spare cheap-ass cufflinks in his pocket so he can do this multiple times per night.
I was surprised by the question. Of course Trump is the asshole, and there’s nothing wrong with outing someone for being an asshole. Being too polite to say anything just perpetuates the behavior.
I’m all for saving people’s feelings as long as I think they are acting in good faith. If they aren’t, I don’t see the point.
Assuming this is true, maybe one of Trump’s “apprentices” had the cufflinks made for a couple of hundred dollars at some minor jewelry store, and cooked up a fake fifty grand Harry Winston jewelry receipt, and pocketed the difference after being reimbursed.
They had “Trump” stamped in the metal.
So what? A cheap jeweler who makes custom stuff can do that as easily as Harry Winston, or one of his high-end people?
So, maybe it would cost $500 instead of $200. I’m not an expert, but I know you can make custom stuff with cheap materials a LOT cheaper than with real high-end materials.
Assuming that’s true, it might be time to fire John Barron.
I’ll say they are both asses, and then in regard to the story it just depends on the facts to determine who is the bigger ass. Assuming Sheen’s story is accurate Trump is being ridiculous, but Sheen might be making up some of the details. Is it really important which one is the bigger ass in this sordid tale?
Well, no. But can’t we just do things for shits and giggles? This IS the internet after all. 
You know, when one jackass is a jackass to (or about) another jackass, it by no means diminishes the jackassery of either.
I’d call it a tie. “Too jackass to compare”.
True, but if you’re in a “who’s the bigger jackass” contest with Charlie Sheen, a sure first-ballot Hall-of-Famer, just the fact that people are discussing it is not a good sign.