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”.
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.
Get a box of 50 flags from Aliexpress for $5, sell them for $10 each. He might not be stupid.
Oh I don’t think he is stupid, at least not in terms of making a buck. I’ve not actually visited his stand to see his price and quality, but I would venture to guess that his margins are astronomical.
You’d have to talk the talk though.
$10? Try $50. I haven’t been to a Trump merch stall, but I’ve been to plenty of sci-fi conventions, and I imagine their ludicrous markups are less ludicrous than the Trump merch people.
Huh, someone does that here too. Some black food truck like trailer with a ton of Trump merch