The anticipation of Donald Trump's BIG election announcement Wednesday... ended as a disappointing dud (we're shocked!). From opening Al Capone's vault to MC Hammer's follow-up album, here are 14 more great moments in 'anticipointment.'
By Jonathan Anker
updated 9:31 AM EDT, Fri October 26, 2012
Life is full of little disappointments.
But the worst are the ones which were preceded by fantastic anticipation.
This is what's known as 'anticipointment' -- and one-man hype king Donald Trump delivered a classic moment of it Wednesday when his heavily (self-)promoted announcement regarding President Obama turned out to just be some silly one-sided wager. Wah-waaahhh.
Of course, this wasn't the first time something didn't quite meet expectations.
Check our gallery above of 14 great moments in anticipointment and -- because we know there are more than 14 out there -- add your own in the comments!
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