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This April 7, 2016 photo provided by Trump Memorials & Funeral Services shows a granite sign outside the company's Lincoln, Neb., building near its parking lot. The business was established in 1921 and with the exception of a name, it has no connection to presidential candidate Donald Trump. (Darcy J. Hansen/Trump Memorials & Funeral Services via AP)![GOP_2016_Trump_tobacco]()
In this April 6, 2016 photo, shop owner Mohammad Yousefi stands in front of his store Trump Tobacco in Huntington Beach, Calif. Itâs not easy being Trump these days. Just ask the people at Trump Tobacco in California, Trump Travel in New York, Trump Memorials in Nebraska and Trump Chiropractic & Acupuncture in Kansas. âI chose the name Trump 10 years ago, thinking, heâs a rich guy with a lot of buildings, so maybe Iâll get something out of his name,â says Yousefi. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)![GOP_2016_Trump_tobacco_inside_1]()
In this April 6, 2016 photo, shop owner Mohammad Yousefi stands in his store Trump Tobacco in Huntington Beach, Calif. Dozens of businesses across the country bear the name Trump, and have no actual connection to the real estate developer and presidential candidate. âI chose the name Trump 10 years ago, thinking, heâs a rich guy with a lot of buildings, so maybe Iâll get something out of his name,â says Yousefi, owner of the small struggling tobacco shop. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)![GOP_2016_Trump_tobacco_inside_2]()
In this April 6, 2016 photo, shop owner Mohammad Yousefi holds his business cards up at his store Trump Tobacco in Huntington Beach, Calif. Trump Tobacco is one of the dozens of other similarly named businesses across the country that has no actual connection to a certain presidential candidate known for putting his name on just about everything. âI chose the name Trump 10 years ago, thinking, heâs a rich guy with a lot of buildings, so maybe Iâll get something out of his name,â says Yousefi. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)![GOP_2016_Trump_travel]()
In this April 6, 2015 photo, Claudia Rabin-Manning stands outside her Baldwin, N.Y. business, Trump Travel. Rabin-Manning says she has been the target of legal action from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over the use of the name Trump Travel. She explains the business name has nothing to do with the businessman, and instead was named by a previous owner of the travel agency who played canasta, where the "trump card" is used in the game. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)![GOP_2016_Trump_direct]()
In this undated image taken from video and provided by Christa Trump, Dennis Trump, owner of Trump Direct in Decatur, Ill., talks about his company's name on video. "People who don't know us are saying we're rich, and ask me if I'm Donald Trump's relative, the "likes" on our company Facebook are up, and we get the strangest messages," says the Illinois businessman. (Christa Trump via AP)What's in a name? A lot these days, if the name is 'Trump'
None of the businesses pictured here – nor any of the dozens of other similarly-named ones across the country – have any connection to a certain presidential candidate known for putting his name on just about everything. But that hasn't stopped them from getting swept up in the campaign and Trump's frequent firestorms over immigrants, women, abortion and nuclear war.
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- What's in a name? A lot these days, if the name is 'Trump'
