There was a time when such an idea would have been unthinkable. Serious politicians are meant to focus on the onerous responsibility of running countries not upon souvenir merchandise sales. But Trump spotted a business opportunity.
At the Trumpstore you can purchase all manner of apparel from T-shirts to baseball caps and from hoodies to golfwear. Mostly these items bear a single word and that is "Trump". It is as if he is some sort of religious leader - a mast to pin your allegiances to.
Leaving the clothing aside, here are some of the other bizarre items you can purchase via Trumpstore
Perfume, hi-ball glasses, bandanas, flasks, umbrellas, socks and many other Trump items may be bought from the Trumpstore. But here are some things that they don't sell - Integrity, Honesty, Kindness, Humility, Intelligence, Fairness and Truth. Of course these things do not sit well with Donald J. Trump. And they do not seem to matter much to his deluded followers either.
It is a conundrum. Since they're selling his mug shot on various items I wonder if they'll some day sell photos of him behind bars.
ReplyDeleteOne can only dream but I rather think that "The System" will shy away from that conclusion. In the end justice is a slippery creature.
DeleteWhilst I hold no liking for "The Donald", I think that it is unfair to target just him for the lack of qualities that you list. Just as an example, our beloved Liberal Democrats are neither liberal not democratic - wanting to overturn the BREXIT referendum result just because the voters chose to vote the "wrong" way. And just how many U-turns has Sir Kier made since assuming the role of Leader of His Majesties Opposition? And just how many lies has the present government told about how they were going to drastically reduce immigration whilst presiding over a 600,000 nett immigration figure?
ReplyDeleteOf course you are right Will but here I was focusing upon Trump - nobody else.
DeleteNice turn for the ending of this post.
ReplyDeleteThanks again Red.
DeleteIn my house I wouldn't want ever a single thing that had Trump stamped on it.
ReplyDeleteNor me.
DeleteI suspect that similar shops exist for many "celebrities", be they movie stars, famous athletes, or just "in" people who have done nothing more than showing their faces and bodies anywhere and everywhere on social media.
ReplyDeleteYou'll be hard pressed to find Inegrity, Honesty, Kndness, Humility, Intelligence, Fairness and Truth in any shop. Those things are too valuable - nobody would be able to pay for them if it were even possible to attach a price tag.
Did Mrs Merkel have a similar online store?
DeleteI never checked, as I was (and am) not interested.
DeleteShe was a proper leader - focused and hard-working. I very much doubt she would have approved of an online self-promotional store.
DeleteI don't think there would be a northern train set if Sunak had a store.
ReplyDeleteLittle models of Sunak would be sold in matchboxes. He's so tiny. Maybe there'd be wind-up ones too.
DeleteAre you informing us of this just in time for your birthday?
ReplyDeleteI don't need a present. Just send money.
DeleteI was thinking more in terms of Trump underpants with the name written across the seat.
DeleteI'm not sure if it's universal but the verb 'to trump' can mean to fart. On that basis, I don't fancy the trump sweets at all.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly would not want Yorkshire Pudding trump flavoured Addy!
DeleteThat's very bizarre. Trump cheese knives? Why?!
ReplyDeleteHis acolytes don't strike me as the type of people who would need cheese knives.
Trump was a brand long before he was a president, though. Maybe the issue isn't that a politician has all these branded items for sale, so much as that we've elected a person to public office to will slap his name on just about anything.
Librarians can buy "Trump" pencils from Trumpstore.
DeleteWhen will this Trump cult go away forever?! I'm so sick of hearing his name, seeing his ugly face, hearing the lies that come out of his tiny, puckered mouth.......
ReplyDeleteOne day he will die.
DeleteThe arrogance of the man is unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteMan? I don't think so.
DeleteDo they have prison jumpsuits with his name on them???? Not Yet.
ReplyDeleteThey would sell like hotcakes but I fear that the American "system" will in the end pull back from the merited incarceration of Trump. They just won't do it.
DeleteWhy would anyone expect anything less?
ReplyDeleteClinging to hope perhaps.
DeleteProves that old PT Barnum saying about a sicker being born every minute ... though I think it's quicker than that!
ReplyDeleteMaybe the moronic thinking was there all along. It was just better hidden.
DeleteSome people are idiots. I hate this stuff.
ReplyDeleteIn England some people tell me that Americans are such morons to follow Trump and I frequently point out that that more than half of Americans - yourself included Ellen - have not fallen for the craziness.
DeleteYes, it's a cult and I'm so tired.
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