# $10,000 Tip Trumpster Tips Waiter about 12,000% By Going Like Sixty | Published 2007-12-28 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/trump-tip References: [luxurylaunches](http://www.luxurylaunches.com/celebrities/only_donald_trump_can_tip_10000_for_an_82_meal.php) It looks like the Donald was in a giving mood. Yeah, right. Just showing off for his bud is more like it. When the waiter came with the tab after he was done with [his meal at the Buffalo Club](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/saratoga-supper-club-2025) in Santa Monica, [Trump asked](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/joe-rogan-hosted-former-president-trump) what his all time [biggest tip](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/highvalue-charity-auction) was. The dude said $500. Trump merely added $10,000 to the tip line. He wouldn't take the waiters phone call to thank him. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.2/10 - Popularity: 1% | Activity: 27% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Leaders](https://www.trendhunter.com/leaders) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Generous Tipping:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop mobile apps that connect customers and service industry workers to facilitate higher tips. - **Celebrity Influence:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create platforms that leverage the influence of celebrities to encourage generous tipping and promote positive customer experiences. - **Social Media Gratuity:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Build social media platforms dedicated to showcasing and celebrating extraordinary acts of tipping, encouraging others to follow suit. ### Who This Affects Most - **Mobile Payment:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop innovative mobile payment solutions specifically designed to facilitate and encourage larger tips. - **Hospitality:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Introduce training programs and technologies to enhance customer service and encourage higher tipping in the hospitality industry. - **Social Media Marketing:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Offer social media marketing services tailored to creating positive brand experiences and encouraging customers to tip generously. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Gilded Thanksgiving Turkeys](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/24-karat-gold-turkey.md) - [Presidential-Themed Mobile Services](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/trump-mobile.md) - [Tip-Encouraging Pizza Promotions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/you-tip-we-tip-promotion.md) - [$1,000 Lobster Roll Kits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lobster-roll-kit.md) - [$1000 Bourbon Cocktails](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/worlds-most-expensive-bloody-mary.md) - [Tip-Enabling App Features](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zomato-2.md) - [Gilded Gold Leaf Pizzas](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/golden-super-combo-pizza.md) - [Diamond-Encrusted Martini Glasses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/marrow-martini.md) - [Tip-Based Blogger Features](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tumblr-tips.md)