Campaign Documents Reveal Donald Trump's Bizarre MAD MEN Connection
The internet is reeling after reports surfaced from Mediaite saying presidential candidate Donald Trump sent money to an ad agency called Draper Sterling. For those who didn't watch Mad Men, the name is the same as advertising executives Donald Draper and Roger Sterling, who ran their own ad agency in the show. While it is funny that this money was going to a fictional company, I'd like to point out that the actual name of the company in the show was SCDP (Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Pryce) and before that Sterling Cooper, and later, Sterling Cooper & Partners — at no point was it ever "Draper Sterling."
Still, the name was enough to bring curious eyes to the agency, which revealed $35,000 was shelled out to an address that, oddly enough, connects to a New Hampshire home. After much hubbub and jokes, it was revealed that Draper Sterling LLC is a registered business, although it's unclear as to exactly what their function is other than a clue pointing towards "medical devices" and cross-species organ transplants (?!).
Owner of Draper Sterling, web consulting vendor for Trump, is in "medical devices"
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) June 21, 2016
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Obviously, I'm not here to report on political junk so I'm not gonna weigh in on what's happening or whether it's valid or not. All I know is I was incredibly excited for a moment that someone actually named a valid business using Mad Men as a reference!