When I heard of Trump branded shoes, I thought "what are they like gold and tacky?"
Yes, because of course they are.
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Junior and ~~Uday~~ Eric have to pay $4 million each. With interest the entire sum is actually $464 million. It was a very bad day for the Trump crime family.
You guys understand that these are for laundering money to his defense funds, right? Nobody actually buys these.
Instead, his illicit contacts in Russia and other extremist groups, will buy a fuck ton and let them rot just to feed money into his pocket 'legally'
It's very obvious. Also surreal.
Wow, those shoes look trashy as fuck. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
I read there's also a disclaimer that the shoes you get may not be exactly what you see on display there lmao. $400 and you might not even get that version of hideous
For $400 you'll get whatever the cheapest sneakers they could source from China with one coat of the cheapest gold spray paint.
Trump is Super Genius Billionaire Businessman!
The shoes, gold lame high tops with an American flag detail on the back, are being sold as “Never Surrender High-Tops” for $399 on a new website that also sells Trump-branded “Victory47” cologne and perfume for $99 a bottle. He’d be the 47th president if elected again.
Excuse me, I'm not well versed in American politics mumbo jumbo, but this seems to make no sense, right?
He is the president number 45 already, as Obama was 44 even when he served two terms. You don't get a number for each term, why he would be 47 then?
Trump is only 45 because Grover Cleveland is 22 and 24.
It's counting the order of presidencies. If someone else is president between your terms, you are occupying two positions in the list.
Oh, that clarified it for sure, thanks. So it's not president 47, it's presidency 47, that sounds way less cool as a concept.
it's also admitting he lost to #46, so I guess that's progress lol
No he's only admitting that he can get rubes that bought Trump45 merch to now buy Trump47 merch.
Biden-Harris 2024 Communications Director Michael Tyler slammed the appearance, saying: “Donald Trump showing up to hawk bootleg Off-Whites is the closest he’ll get to any Air Force Ones ever again for the rest of his life.”
Rekt
Is it spelled "hawking," like the bird? I always thought it was "hocking" like a loogie.
Edit: Huh, TIL.
It's to hawk, to sell out in the open as a hawker would. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_%28trade%29?wprov=sfla1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation
Like the radiation, but nothing to do with the radiation.
I thinking "hocking" refers to selling things to a pawn shop, yeah? Because, when you get enough money, you can "get my [thing] out of hock."
Seems like that'd be hawk too according to the other comments, I guess hock is only for ham and loogies.
They will be available for pre-order and they will take your money and you will never receive the shoe. I'm calling it.
Of course. Why pay the $3.50 to actually produce it? The people who buy this garbage clearly don't mind being fleeced
They won't produce it, and it will still somehow be all made in China
Once a con man always a con man. I don’t feel bad for the people who worship him and lose their money.
Those will be available in Marshalls soon.
At least he didn't show up at Petco with a bunch of golden retriever puppies...each $399.00 retail...get one now while they're still smart.
So glad you said smart and not hot.
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