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”.

  • @RememberTheApollo_
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    107 days ago

    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.

    • @captainlezbian
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      27 days ago

      Indulgences for protestants. Martin Luther would be proud

  • Mister Neon
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    728 days ago

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

    • @kryptonianCodeMonkey
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      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.

      • TimeSquirrel
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        158 days ago

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

        • @kryptonianCodeMonkey
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          198 days ago

          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.

        • Flying Squid
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          87 days ago

          $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.

      • Dhs92
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        97 days ago

        Huh, someone does that here too. Some black food truck like trailer with a ton of Trump merch

    • Flying Squid
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      107 days ago

      Yep, I drove by one on an interstate exit on the way to Atlanta last month. Made me want to retch.

  • @CharlesDarwin
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    418 days ago

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

          • Omnifarious
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            67 days ago

            You made my day bringing up one of my favorite holiday movies 😁

            • Flying Squid
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              47 days ago

              Mine too. I have to watch it every year!

    • Flying Squid
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      147 days ago

      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.

    • @MegaUltraChicken
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      97 days ago

      Money laundering. It’s money laundering all the way down.

  • Diplomjodler
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    267 days ago

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

    • Flying Squid
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      137 days ago

      I’m not going to look for it, but I guarantee you it already exists.

  • Justin
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    217 days ago

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

    • Flying Squid
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      107 days ago

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

  • @Goodmorningsunshine
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    187 days 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.

  • Lemminary
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    97 days 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.

  • @MegaUltraChicken
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    57 days ago

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

  • IninewCrow
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    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.

    • @enbyecho
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      107 days ago

      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