If you wanted to, you could smell like Donald Trump. Or you could drink coffee developed by Rudy Giuliani. You could also use a nicotine product developed by Tucker Carlson, read your children a Trump-themed book written by Mike Huckabee, take health pills hawked by Dr Oz and wear T-shirts designed by Kash Patel.

These are only a few of the products that Trump and people in his circle are selling to the American public, as Republicans and the right wing have established an unprecedented culture of grifting – hawking everything from Bibles to scraps of fabric to NFTs in a ruse that has become a multimillion-dollar micro industry.

Trump’s gold sneakers, launched in February, have brought him almost $400,000 alone. He’s also made $300,000 from selling poorly reviewed Bibles, according to financial disclosures, and has recently been pushing a “fight, fight, fight” range of colognes and perfumes.

The incoming president also sells, in no particular order: watches, guitars, boots, drinks coolers, flip-flops, candles, drinking glasses, doormats, water bottles, a “candle care kit”, slippers, corkscrews, a cheeseboard, a bottle opener, dog leashes, a “Gold Trump Serving Tray”, a “Trump Havana Wood Cigar Ashtray”, a $95 Christmas ornament, an $85 passport holder, a picnic blanket, a baseball, a $62 throw pillow and a $70 “Trump Leatherette Coaster Set”.

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[–] 72 points 2 years ago (7 children)

The fact "Trump Stores" are a thing and have been around for almost a decade both perplexes and nauseates me.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    There's a dude that hawks Trump branded shit year round in my area. He has this popup stand with flags, t shirts, hats, and other Trump bullshit. He seems to bounce back and forth between two locations in my town and the next one over, but he does this year round. I know he's making money. He's been doing it for years and there's plenty of idiots flying Trump flags in their yards and on their trucks around here.

    I almost wish I didn't have a sense of shame. I wouldn't mind making a few bucks off of the literal worse people in the country by selling them stupid cheap knick knacks.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Get a box of 50 flags from Aliexpress for $5, sell them for $10 each. He might not be stupid.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    For a supposed "billionaire" why all this snake-oil salesman shit?

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    They squeeze the oil from treaded-on snakes.

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    So that's where snake oil comes from!

    Who knew!!

    lol

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    Smell like Trump? I can roll in shit for free.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I’m waiting for the inevitable presidential body pillow that conservatives can dry-trump.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    As a Swede, the fact that Tucker Carlson and Turning Point are reselling Zyn as their own "masculine" rebranding is hilarious.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Please tell us Yanks more details, so that we may point and laugh harder!

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    When you run your country like a corporation and allow it to become a corporate oligarchy, of course it will denigrate to this. This is end-game America.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    All meshes with the “buy your way to heaven” mentality the evangelists have. Throwing money at their deity-ordained politician is the same as throwing money at Supply Side Jesus.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Damn, couldn't they make this shit look more tacky? I hope people start dunking on those shoes harder than they did with crocs.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    How else are they going to get cash from the Russians and Saudis?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    If I ever buy Turnip branded crap, I'll glady buy the Chinese knockoffs. I'd pay extra and leave a tip if i knew it was definitely Chinese being sold by some alleyway street hustler.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    You know what drives me nuts? People who post Youtube links without even bothering to add the title of the video. I ain't clickin' on that shit bro

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Ummm, you do realize that I could any title in the text and then send you to a totally different video?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    It’s about it being a low effort post that doesn’t add much to the discussion. A description of why someone would want to click on the link would go a long way.

    [That’s aside from the fact that the only people who seem to want to turn a nice textual discussion into a passive, ad-ridden video feed are illiterates and boomers.]

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)