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The fact "Trump Stores" are a thing and have been around for almost a decade both perplexes and nauseates me.
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
Yep, I drove by one on an interstate exit on the way to Atlanta last month. Made me want to retch.
For a supposed "billionaire" why all this snake-oil salesman shit?
They squeeze the oil from treaded-on snakes.
So that's where snake oil comes from!
Who knew!!
lol
Yeah, but they can't sell it.
You made my day bringing up one of my favorite holiday movies 😁
Mine too. I have to watch it every year!
The same reason Musk keeps finding new ways to grift: The only way to "win" the "game" is to make the most money. And the richer you are, the better you are.
Money laundering. It's money laundering all the way down.
Smell like Trump? I can roll in shit for free.
I’m waiting for the inevitable presidential body pillow that conservatives can dry-trump.
I'm not going to look for it, but I guarantee you it already exists.
As a Swede, the fact that Tucker Carlson and Turning Point are reselling Zyn as their own "masculine" rebranding is hilarious.
Please tell us Yanks more details, so that we may point and laugh harder!
Zyn is a tobacco free alternative to swedish snus that is marketed more towards women and young adults.
Excellent. Thank you.
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.
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.
Indulgences for protestants. Martin Luther would be proud
Damn, couldn't they make this shit look more tacky? I hope people start dunking on those shoes harder than they did with crocs.
How else are they going to get cash from the Russians and Saudis?
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.
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