• @DxK
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    1535 months ago

    The man is the tackiest person in history.

    • @Lowpast
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      -145 months ago

      Read the disclaimer - it’s a license deal. Trump probably has seen 1 design total and said go ahead, for 50% profit or some insane number.

      Trump Sneakers are not designed, manufactured, distributed or sold by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization or any of their respective affiliates or principals. 45Footwear, LLC uses the Trump name, image and likeness under a license agreement which may be terminated or revoked according to its terms.

      • @[email protected]
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        415 months ago

        You say that like it’s not tacky for a former President to license their image to a shoe company.

        • @Maalus
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          -165 months ago

          It’s not tacky for NBA players, football players, etc. It isn’t tacky to get a Che Guevara shirt. So why is it tacky now? Because you don’t like the person?

          • @A7thStone
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            It is tacky to get a Che t shirt, and I’ve never seen an NBA players face on sneakers. The closest I’ve seen is the iconic Jordan silhouette.

            • @Maalus
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              -75 months ago

              Beatles have tons of sneakers with their faces on them. It’s not something unheard of and people wear those because they like them.

              • Firestorm Druid
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                I think there’s a difference between a musician or sports player and a fascist dictator. You wouldn’t want to see someone wearing clothing with Hitler on them either

                • @Maalus
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                  -65 months ago

                  … There are literally Biden shirts, what are you on about. People wear political shirts, political sneakers, have political bumper stickers. It’s not uncommon. It’s just the person you don’t like being on the shirt.

          • @[email protected]
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            55 months ago

            Why do you think NBA players and football players have the same type of job as a politician? They are literally entertainers. Politicians should be running their area of politics to improve the lives of the people they represent, not sell them shit.

            Why is buying the item the problem? Che Guevara isn’t selling you a shirt. He didn’t do a deal to sell shirts. The random theoretical shirt buyer you are talking about is not the same as an ex-president, who is also running to be president again, profiting from selling merchandising like a struggling garage band.

      • catsarebadpeople
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        95 months ago

        Oh thank goodness. I thought Trump was personally designing these in a little sketchbook.

  • @xantoxis
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    775 months ago

    Saw the headline: “Haha, theonion really nailed this one”

    What’s the inverse of eating the onion?

      • @ChapulinColorado
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        75 months ago

        Shitty Supreme Court candidates made sure I know the existence of boofing…

    • @ArbiterXero
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      215 months ago

      I don’t know, but it tastes like shit.

      It’s getting SO HARD to separate reality from satire.

      • @Mango
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        -35 months ago

        Why do any of us actually think it’s reality?

        • @ArbiterXero
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          15 months ago

          The suggestion being that the article is a lie?

          Or that we’re living in a really fucked up matrix-like experiment?

          I wonder if the AI’s in the matrix knew that they weren’t real?

          • @Mango
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            -25 months ago

            All of this shit is made up.

              • @Mango
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                -15 months ago

                I’ve gotta deal with these talking faces about as much as I gotta deal with anime girls. At least anime girls are something pleasant to keep me occupied.

            • @ArbiterXero
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              15 months ago

              I’m confused……. The shoes aren’t real?

              Or the assassination attempt wasn’t?

    • @aeronmelon
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      35 months ago

      Eat the onion long enough, and the onion eats you back.

    • @Mango
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      35 months ago

      The topic of this sub.

    • @Tyfud
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      25 months ago

      Poe’s law.

    • @jumjummy
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      305 months ago

      That’s $1.5M. Eternal grifting.

      I love the disclaimer of “The images shown are for illustration purposes only….” Meaning the final product will probably look 1000x worse.

    • @[email protected]
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      305 months ago

      When I try to think of things that would sell out quickly, clown shoes were not on my list but here we are.

    • @[email protected]
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      125 months ago

      dont tell me those are the actual shoes.

      holy shit. i dont have any deference for the us-flag whatsoever, but if someone showed me these shoes and a video of somebody pissing on the flag, i would be hard-pressed to say which is less respectful of the flag

    • Justagamer
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      35 months ago

      Limit 3 pairs instead of Limit 1 pair sounds odd to me. As if it’s intended to be scalped.

      • @_stranger_
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        65 months ago

        One to wear, one to seal away in the vault, and one to resell immediately.

  • @[email protected]
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    445 months ago

    That explains why it took Trump so long to reach out to the deceased’s family to offer his condolences, he was too busy brainstorming ways to cash out on the tragedy?! Disgusting!

    • @DandomRude
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      65 months ago

      And still all he came up with was the same ol’ shoe scam all over again.

      • @Aceticon
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        45 months ago

        Should’ve gone with the Holy Bullet-deviating Bible, IMHO.

    • @[email protected]
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      55 months ago

      He will probably try to make it up to the family by giving them the extra valuable ‘manufacture defect’ shoes. Non-autographed, but more rare!

    • Justagamer
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      35 months ago

      That sounds like too much effort in his part. I feel like it’s more like Krusty the Clown, where he was shown three images, pointed to one, and everyone else did all the work as fast and cheap as possible.

  • @[email protected]
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    415 months ago

    Trump’s grifting his own assassination attempt. Has it even been a week? What the fuck? Is he fucking broke?

    • @mPony
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      155 months ago

      morally bankrupt

    • @SkyezOpen
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      35 months ago

      Yeah. Dude leveraged buildings based off inflated value for loans to build buildings that he then leveraged to build…

      Hardly any of his “worth” actually belongs to him.

  • @[email protected]
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    345 months ago

    On top of being tacky, insensitive, and greedy, this is also going to reinforce all the people who believe the assassination attempt was staged.

    • @cley_faye
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      135 months ago

      At this point, if we use the age-old question of “who would benefit from the crime?”, we’ll get very weird results.

  • @Leviathan
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    215 months ago

    Everyone: Trump’s gonna use this assassination attempt to sway voters!

    Trump: buy my limited edition assassination sneakers!

  • @RememberTheApollo_
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    65 months ago

    Home shopping network for supply side Jesus fans. Damn, every time I think it can’t get dumber.

  • HubertManne
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    35 months ago

    ok. ok. surely they could not sink lower (makes sense from my recent chat history)