Marcus responded to the boycott in a Facebook post.
"It saddens me that our country has come to this, where I, as a private citizen, cannot express my feelings," Marcus wrote. "It angers me and it saddens me, but it sure as hell is not going to stop me. If you thought it would, you've got the wrong guy."
Trump also came to Marcus's defense, praising Marcus as " truly great, patriotic & charitable man" and calling the boycotters "vicious and totally crazed" on Twitter 0n July 9, Business Insider reported.
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