‘Not a Woke Company’: Trump Says Bud Light’s Owner Should Be Given Second Chance

Bud Light has returned to its more traditional, sports-related advertising.
‘Not a Woke Company’: Trump Says Bud Light’s Owner Should Be Given Second Chance
Bud Light, made by Anheuser-Busch, sits on a store shelf in Miami, Fla., on July 27, 2023. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Frank Fang
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Former President Donald Trump said Bud Light’s parent company is not “woke” and suggested that it “deserves a second chance.”

“The Bud Light ad was a mistake of epic proportions, and for that a very big price was paid,” President Trump wrote on his Truth Social account on Feb. 6, referring to Bud Light’s decision last year to produce a customized beer can featuring the face of transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney. The promotion led to a sustained boycott of the brand, with Bud Light’s parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev losing billions of dollars in revenue.