Scott Baio calls out Starbucks barista he says refused to say the name 'Trump'


Scott Baio has found one place where he isn't in charge: His local Starbucks.
The former teen idol and vocal Donald Trump supporter shared on Twitter that last week, he went to buy his wife a cup of coffee, and asked that the barista call out "Trump" when it was ready. He tweeted out a photo of the cup, clearly emblazoned with "Trump," and said the barista refused to say the name aloud. "Must be a Bernie voter," he mused.
Later, he retweeted photos from followers who used "Trump" in lieu of their own names at Starbucks and a random fast food restaurant, and took credit for starting the "give the Trump name" trend. Over the weekend, Baio told Fox News he's a fan of Trump because the Republican frontrunner is a "straight shooter" and "when he talks, I understand him." Starbucks has not commented on the issue, and in the barista's defense, she was probably just really confused as to why he didn't want the cup to say "Charles."
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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