CNN tracked Trump’s watch to a building in Sheridan, Wyoming—and found strange ties to a “male enhancement honey” company with a similar name.

Last month, Donald Trump announced that he was selling limited-edition, gaudy watches ranging from $499 to the bargain price of $100,000, bragging about their Swiss-made precision.

But a CNN investigation traced the watches’ origin to a shopping center in remote Sheridan, Wyoming, where TheBestWatchesOnEarth LLC, the company behind the timepieces, is based. There’s no indication that a watch company is located at the building listed at the address, only a daycare. Its neighbors include an H&R Block, a Wendy’s, and a “vape and hemp smoke shop.”

CNN couldn’t find the people behind the company either, because the business’s location allows it to legally hide those details from the public. The news network found that knocking on the door of the business’s supposed address didn’t answer those questions. Interestingly, the limited liability corporation behind Trump’s infamous gold sneakers is also based at the address, along with other random businesses. The watch company was registered on July 29, only two months before Trump announced the watch line.


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  • MobileDecay
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    They don’t even look like real gold. It looks like a fake Rolex from the streets of Manhattan. 🤣

    • @kautau
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      It’s weird how this is surprising. His shoes, his NFTs, all traces through Wyoming corporations set up to launder money.

      Basically. If you want to start a number of Shell companies that all report to each other so money can disappear, do it in Wyoming, they don’t give a fuck, and that’s what Trump did.

      • @[email protected]
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        I wonder how that will change with the upcoming January deadline for companies filed under a registered agent having to file a BOI report to disclose their controlling interests.

        • @Maggoty
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          If he’s president by then it won’t matter.

        • @kautau
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          Is this a state or federal law? I’m super interested it, and would love a link to where it’s being described

  • @ultranaut
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    This Trump character sounds like he might be involved in shady business dealings!

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      185 hours ago

      The more I learn about that guy, the more I don’t care for him.

  • @Sanctus
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    435 hours ago

    It should come as no surprise that nothing was legitimate about that entire scheme.

    • @kautau
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      It’s all legitimate. That’s the issue. Wyoming doesn’t give a fuck. You can set up hundreds of llc’s in Wyoming that only just connect back to each other or shady law firms. The law firms take their money. Wyoming takes their money. And the rest of the money disappears

  • ThePowerOfGeek
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    295 hours ago

    The words “derelict”, “strip” and “mall” really sum him up perfectly. So it sounds like he found the perfect match for his needs.

  • @[email protected]
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    104 hours ago

    A man whose presidential bid is simply a grift for money having a decent chance at winning is very fitting for the US.

  • @[email protected]
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    Worth a read, no idea how legit this info is - https://calibercorner.com/trump-watches-caliber-tx07/.

    I don’t know if it’s my cynical eyes, but the side by side image comparison is… striking. The parts in Trump’s watch look much cheaper, and there seem to be fewer mechanical pieces. I know nothing about watches so I have no idea if I’m making sense or taking out of where the sun don’t shine.

  • @acosmichippo
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    115 hours ago

    so what is the point of “registering” a business if the address it obviously bogus?

    • @AbidanYre
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      125 hours ago

      If the goal is, let’s say money laundering, it’s harder to track you down.

      • @acosmichippo
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        64 hours ago

        oh I get the point in lying about your location of course. in other words what I’m asking is why have business registration at all if it’s so easy to lie?

        • @kautau
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          Mainly because at the moment, he’s still under the whim of the FBI who he basically wants to disband. Once he’s in power he can dismantle any government agency that would fight his corruption, and then there’s no need for Shell companies

        • @AbidanYre
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          34 hours ago

          Oh, the why was directed at the other side. My bad.

  • @nemonic187
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    64 hours ago

    Literally laundering money to his campaign. Nothing will happen.

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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    Those watches, if any of them even actually ship, are guaranteed to be straight from Aliexpress.

    • @[email protected]
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      So not “mail” enhancement? Dammit! I could use a check from Publisher’s Clearing House about now.