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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,610 posts)
Fri May 25, 2018, 03:55 PM May 2018

The grifter grifts again:

NEW YORK — For more than a week, nobody at the Trump Organization wanted to talk about the mysterious new corporation from which President Trump earned more than $100,000 last year.
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The store sells everything from T-shirts and hats to dog leashes and gold bar-shaped coin banks branded with the “Trump” name. A can of Trump deodorant sells for $14, while a Trump bath robe costs $125.

Kathleen Clark, a professor at Washington University School of Law who specializes in legal and government ethics, said while the business does not appear to violate ethics standards, it is “seriously not normal” for a politician to personally profit from a new business based on the use of his or her name.

“The idea of opening up a store to sell merchandise with your name when your name is more prominent because you’re President of the United States — arguably this is another example of Trump trying to benefit financially from the presidency,” she said.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/05/24/trump-store-financial-disclosure-president-trump/640506002/

Trump deodorant? A product that probably makes the user smell worse.
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The grifter grifts again: (Original Post) The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 OP
Merchandising one's own presidency is obscene. MineralMan May 2018 #1
It's probably not illegal because no president ever did it before, The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #3
Smells like mean spirit Solly Mack May 2018 #2
Good one! ProudLib72 May 2018 #4
That, too. Solly Mack May 2018 #5
Eau de Bawbag. smirkymonkey May 2018 #21
Smells like the Superglue of hairspray that Trump uses lunatica May 2018 #18
Comes with open flame warning. Solly Mack May 2018 #19
Fourteen bucks to mask a Trump smell? Totally worth it. Iggo May 2018 #6
It is industrial strength. world wide wally May 2018 #14
it is "seriously not normal" Gidney N Cloyd May 2018 #7
I guess this explains why Cheeto is trashing Amazon lately FakeNoose May 2018 #8
Amazon carries Trump Deodorant! The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #9
No thanks, I'd rather get the Donald Trump tweets toilet paper marylandblue May 2018 #11
Is the Lincoln Botique still in business? world wide wally May 2018 #10
No, but you can get a powdered wig at Ye Olde Washington Shoppe. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #13
And who's enough of a dumbass to buy this shit? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2018 #12
I wonder what other products he's put his name on? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #15
Sad fmdaddio May 2018 #16
Some Amazon reviews for Trump deodorant: The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #17
LOL! lunatica May 2018 #20
It just makes me sick how this family is milking the office of the Presidency for every smirkymonkey May 2018 #22

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
18. Smells like the Superglue of hairspray that Trump uses
Fri May 25, 2018, 04:47 PM
May 2018

He can start his own beauty products for in denial aging old men. Superglue hair spray that resists hurricane winds up to category 4 so no one will ever know you are old and half bald, plus pancake makeup that will hide everything and give you an otherworldly glowing glow. And hair dye that will make you stand out at night and even in a darkened room.

FakeNoose

(32,596 posts)
8. I guess this explains why Cheeto is trashing Amazon lately
Fri May 25, 2018, 04:13 PM
May 2018

Amazon is his direct competitor now. One of these days he's going to start his own church and declare himself the Pope.
I mean, he's already grifted everything else, so what's left?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,610 posts)
15. I wonder what other products he's put his name on?
Fri May 25, 2018, 04:25 PM
May 2018

Trump Adult Diapers?
Trump Nose Hair Trimmers?
Trump Suppositories?

fmdaddio

(192 posts)
16. Sad
Fri May 25, 2018, 04:26 PM
May 2018

There is a store just for deplorables now. Yes it's sad. Sad that people will buy this crap and help enrich this howler monkey of a president. I'm holding out for Muellers White house cleaning products.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,610 posts)
17. Some Amazon reviews for Trump deodorant:
Fri May 25, 2018, 04:36 PM
May 2018

This is a rare product that is actually made in Russia. But it really turns on Eastern European chicks. Has a nasty side effect of turning your skin orange, making hands and other body parts small, and you no longer seem to be able to tell the truth.

It literally made my mouth dry and I became impotent for a week.

When France sends its deodorant, they're not sending the best. They're not sending Speed Stick. They're not sending Right Guard. They're sending deodorants that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with them. They're bringing stink. They're bringing sweat. They're bringing stains. They're smelly and they don't shower. Somebody's doing the stinking! I mean somebody's doing it! Who's doing it?

This deodorant actually makes you smell worse than not using anything at all. Plus it's made in China and turns your armpit hair orange.

This turned my skin an odd orange color. It also smells like urine. Other than that - guess it's cool.

Fake deodorant. Left me smelling like collusion.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
22. It just makes me sick how this family is milking the office of the Presidency for every
Fri May 25, 2018, 04:55 PM
May 2018

penny they can get from it. It's nauseating. Can you imagine if Obama or Clinton attempted to profit from the office in this way? They would be out in the streets with torches and pitchforks.

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