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THE DONALD IN DESTIN: As Trump Network forms, can towers be far behind?
The Trump Network has turned its attention to Destin as it introduces a new line of health and wellness products to future marketers on Thursday.
Real estate mogul turned reality TV star Donald Trump began his new endeavor by partnering with Ideal Health, a 12-year-old company founded by Lou DeCaprio, Scott Stanwood and Todd Stanwood. DeCaprio, the president of
The Trump Network, took a tour of Destin a few months ago after deciding to expand the company into the area.
“Destin is the only small city that one of the founders visited,” said Debby McKinney, who will be hosting the introductory presentation. “Most of the independent marketers in the company are starting up in larger cities, so it is really pretty amazing that Lou came on the tour.”
McKinney attended the official launch of The Trump Network, which was attended by The Donald himself, in Miami on Nov. 13. She said he introduced a variety of interesting tools that will be the envy of Fortune 500 companies.
“The Trump Network team has designed a great gameplan,” Trump said in a recorded statement on his Web site. “We have the products, compensation plan, leadership, training and support - everything you need to build a business with unlimited income potential.”
McKinney will bring Trump's strategies, as well as an overview of The Trump Network, to Destinites at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort Linkside Center on Thursday at 11 a.m. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m., and the cost is $10 for marketers.
“Trump is really going to set new standards in the network marketing business,” McKinney said. “He wants to be the biggest network marketing company.”
While he is expanding into a different realm of business, Trump is known for his real estate ventures. On Monday, he opened The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Waikiki, Hawaii. The 463-unit luxury property soars 38 stories high and features a wine cellar, library, spa and 24-hour valet and concierge services. Planning is currently underway for a Trump Hotel and Tower in New Orleans, just a few hours from Destin.
When asked if a Trump Tower could be in Destin's future, McKinney answered: “You just never know where Donald Trump is going to pop up.”
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| Yeah he’s a great businessman if you ignore the going bankrupt every once in a while, that’s not a bad looking comb over, and Joan Rivers deserved to win celebrity apprentice. I’m sure his kid’s line of jewelry will be a big seller at the local wally-world and he’ll bring sand for the beaches with him. The real figure for unemployment is about 17 percent, the Chinese are going to stop buying up our national debt, our great grandchildren will suffer for our stupidity, the government is totally incompetent and this is the biggest issue, wow. |
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| hi don - Jan 13, 2010 09:20:49 AM | Remove Comment |
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| It is amazing how narrow minded so many people are. I have been involved with the Trump Network for the last year and have had amazing success. Direct distribution is a legitimate business model. Do your homework. Look at the success of Avon, Tupperware, Pampered Chef etc. In a pyramid scheme there is no product! |
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| DiRam - Nov 27, 2009 07:53:10 PM | Remove Comment |
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| No no, you guys aren't getting it. This is a WONDERFUL opportunity. If we can just get Peter Bos, Donald Trump, and Jay Odom all in Destin and nuke it, we can rid ourselves of three of the most hateable people in the country! |
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| Pave Paradise - Nov 19, 2009 09:29:34 PM | Remove Comment |
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| TO one born every minute -- I agree completely. My money is on SS as well. She will play The Donald's loyal local helper on his Destin reality show, Destin Gets Trumped. May Heaven help us all. |
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| Here we go again - Nov 19, 2009 07:50:25 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Sounds like Amway to me. Leave it to the local mullet wrapper to fluff it up. |
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| yeahright - Nov 19, 2009 07:22:01 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Love how the Log presents a 'news article' that is really free advertisment for a con man. |
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| bubbleKat - Nov 19, 2009 06:36:03 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Donald Trump is a high profile con artist. Donald Trump only cares about Donald Trump Period. It will be quite amusing to see our elected officials fall all over themselves if this con artist shows up in Destin. I wonder how much of my tax money they will give him to set up shop here? |
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| beach owner - Nov 19, 2009 06:21:31 PM | Remove Comment |
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| desinista you have lost your mind.
How much do you owe on your computer? |
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| Boss - Nov 19, 2009 05:26:52 PM | Remove Comment |
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| get a life |
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| Boss - Nov 19, 2009 05:11:58 PM | Remove Comment |
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| To again, I'll bet the farm that our mayor hopeful SS will be trippihg all over herself as a Donald supporter. We all know she follows the big bucks and perks, is Peters little helpler and fawns over developers. I think I may be sick. |
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| one born every minute - Nov 19, 2009 09:39:07 AM | Remove Comment |
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| Maybe Donald Trump and Peter Boss can get together and build another hideous condo building on the other side of the bridge! |
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| Jim - Nov 19, 2009 06:47:02 AM | Remove Comment |
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| Does his custom tailored nutrients grow that stuff he wears on his head that kinda looks something like hair? |
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| SandBug - Nov 19, 2009 12:36:16 AM | Remove Comment |
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| Oh I pray that Trump doesn't set his sights on Destin. |
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| CLeigh - Nov 18, 2009 09:56:53 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Kevin you have lost your mind, he's a con artist and you're the sucker, all those buildings he has his name on other people built, his casino has gone bancrupt 3 times already and now he only owns 5 percent of it until the bank takes it away. you have to be a doosh and a dumbaszz of epic scale to lose money 3 times owning a bus casino. as for the vitamins or "CUSTOMIZED nutrition tailored to your bodies physiology", you're what they call a mark. |
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| destinista - Nov 18, 2009 08:45:57 PM | Remove Comment |
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| When he does a project outside of New York City, Trump only goes where he knows the local politicians will let him do anything he wants. Apparently, he's heard about the free ride developers get in Destin. The new reality show will be called Destin Gets Trumped. Let's bet on which city council member will play Trump's loyal assistant. |
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| Here we go again - Nov 18, 2009 07:28:32 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Whats funny is that Donald Trump has changed thousands of lives for the better. What have any of you people done besides smack around a news article. Also this company does not peddle common vitamens and suppliments, but rather CUSTOMIZED nutrition tailored to your bodies physiology. Have fun wallowing in your negative views and pessimistic attitudes. So how secure are those jobs in mainstream corporate America? Bankers, realtors, or anyone else agree? |
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| Kevin - Nov 18, 2009 06:33:20 PM | Remove Comment |
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| I can hear our city councilors puckering up now. The Don came to Destin because of the continued demonstration of STUPIDITY. |
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| one born every minute - Nov 18, 2009 06:16:15 PM | Remove Comment |
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| sure I would little robot, sure I would, keep telling yourself those lies. buy into this trump garbage too, it's gonna make you a bulletproof millionaire just like mona vie. you people kill me, I just wish I could get some of the free money you're dumb enough to hand out to anybody with a sales pitch! nothing makes me smile more than the dimit and her mona vie sticker on her used honda selling fruit juice in a wine bottle at a 2000 percent markup, simply amazing how gullible people are. |
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| destinista - Nov 18, 2009 05:31:34 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Maybe you need to hear the history of your "Mona Vie", I'm pretty sure you'll be taken aback when you find out the who/what/when/where/why and hows! |
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| Destin Di! - Nov 18, 2009 03:55:52 PM | Remove Comment |
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| You mean you think a company in which you sell common vitamins and supplements most people never need at 1000 percent over normal cost and have to enlist your friends and family and strangers to form your sales team working without salary for the promise of downline compensation while charging them to attend "sales meetings" where overly slick under proven claims are made in order to dupe even more simple minded greedy people into spending money they don't have is a pyramid scheme? Wow, I'll have to sit down with a big glass of mona vie and ponder that one. |
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| destinista - Nov 18, 2009 01:41:27 PM | Remove Comment |
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