Trump Wine Hits Government Shelves

[douglas9]

The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores, which provide service members and their families with access to tax-free consumer goods, have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider.

Coast Guard Exchanges at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and in Centreville, Virginia, recently stocked Trump-branded wine and cider, according to a photo postedon Instagram and confirmed by Forbes from calls to the stores.

Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the exchanges were carrying Trump wines in a statement to Forbes, saying, “The brave men and women of the USCG are pleased to be able to buy Trump wine and cider tax free.”

While there’s been no shortage of Trump’s businesses capitalizing on the presidency—from using the presidential seal on golf markers at his courses to selling a $75 coffee table book showcasing pictures by his official White House photographer—these wines are among the few times Trump products have been sold at a government facility.

The White House referred inquiries to the Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security, the Coast Guard deferred to DHS and the Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment.


https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/11/06/trump-wine-coast-guard-exchanges-stores-federal-property-government/

[MiHale]

1. Trump Whines...apropos

[rurallib]

2. good gawd he is sleazy

[Jbraybarten]

11. there is no end to his sleaze

[Trueblue Texan]

38. I'm surprised he's not selling Jelly shots. nt

[Seinan Sensei]

50. Tell TSF that we could start selling Epstein Files at the Commissary

He’d for sure release the Files then

[ananda]

43. I know. I can't think of anything he wouldn't sell.

and I mean anything.

[Irish_Dem]

3. The sitting president of the US is selling his wine on American military bases??

Unbelievable.

[allegorical oracle]

14. Tax free. He takes unfair advantage at every opportunity. nt

[Irish_Dem]

18. Trump is the military commander in chief. So the boss is making employees buy his crap.

[allegorical oracle]

21. Have read several times that Eric's in charge of the winery. That alone would put

me off a purchase. Probably watered down.

[Irish_Dem]

23. Yep cheap products sold at exorbitant prices.

[yardwork]

16. Isn't that illegal?

[Irish_Dem]

19. Sure seems is should be illegal for a president to force troops to buy his merchandise.

[edhopper]

20. We are no longer

a nation of laws.

[Irish_Dem]

24. We are a nation of corrupt grifting.

[dwayneb]

48. Of course it is - that is why Trump is doing it

He will look for any opportunity to further degrade the rule of law, that's the whole point, it's not just about building his wealth that is simply icing on the cake.

We no longer live in a nation of laws. We are living in an autocracy/oligarchy. This is a fact.

[orangecrush]

27. Au contraire

Utterly believable

[Drum]

30. The Hegseth connection seems obvious

[Irish_Dem]

31. Hegseth wants the troops too drunk to notice what a jack wad he is.

[Hey Joe]

40. The grifter oozes sleaze and corruption

like a snail secrets slime. It is his primary mode of locomotion .

[Wounded Bear]

46. Technically, the Coast Guard is part of DHS, not DOD...

Just sayin'

Having said that, it still seems pretty illegal for trump to be hawking his products on gov't property. Probably can't find a commercial outlet to carry it.

[wolfie001]

4. fat orange imbecile

[Irish_Dem]

5. If he does this in the open, what is he doing behind the scenes so bad it has to be hidden?

[RainCaster]

47. Hence the Epstein Files...

And that list of underage boys TSF has settled with over the years.

[Retrograde]

6. Whatever happened to the Hatch Act?

Or the entire concept of selflless service to the country?

[gab13by13]

13. The emoluments clause of the Constitution

may as well be scrapped.

[eShirl]

45. Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil happened to it

people that are supposed to stop it haven't stopped it

[no_hypocrisy]

7. And hey! No tariffs!

[hatrack]

8. Well, the Coast Guard does need to remove barnacles from the hulls of its ships . . .

And who knows, Trump wine might be just the biocide they're looking for.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Why does the Coast Guard need or deserve tax-free alcohol in the USA?

As well as the obvious "why are they openly making profits for a corrupt organization found guilty of fraud, with a conflict of interest because of their rapist boss?"

[True Dough]

10. My review of Trump wine:

Absolutely no sweetness.

Enough tannin to turn you an ungodly orange.

The body has an aroma of a dirty diaper.

As fermented and acidic as hell.

0 out of 5 stars.

[The Madcap]

28. Don't forget no. 5

Best served cold with Big Macs and fries.

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. Gotta unload all that unsold Rump Vodka - just dump in a packet of grape Kool-Aid. nt

[dem4decades]

15. I'd expect tariffs to go up on all wines, including those from California.

All wine not named Trump will soon have a 1000% tariff proposing.

[tanyev]

17. I guess you'd have to be very brave to drink Trump wine and cider.

😒

[Redleg]

22. Even if it weren't Trump, why would you trust a wine sold by a purported teetotaller?

My bets is that Trump wine goes the way of Trump steaks and other failed Trump enterprises.

[Captain Zero]

26. Remember Billy Beer?

National uproar about that.

[llmart]

36. I remember Trump mattresses.

They were about as good as the Pillow Guy's pillows.

[robbob]

41. In a sane and normal world it would

But unfortunately in this timeline he has found a way to make money off it. How much you want to bet he receives payment up front for all shipments whether or not a single person is brave enough to actually buy that swill?

[JohnnyRingo]

25. I'd like to know the sales numbers. It would be a kind of poll.

In fact, that may be the whole purpose, to gauge loyalty among the troops.

[flashman13]

29. No grift too small for the Grifter-in-Chief.

[Auggie]

32. At those price points I'd rather buy from Bordeaux, Rhone, Tuscany, Rhine Valley, or the U.S. West Coast

[KS Toronado]

33. Hopefully they just gather dust sitting on the shelves.

This country is turning against him plus he's not paying the military personal.

[twodogsbarking]

34. Where I grew up they called it "two buck chuck".

[zeusdogmom]

51. Trader Joe Two buck chuck is actually decent wine despite the low price point

Think it is closer to 5.00 now

[twodogsbarking]

53. It doesn't make you, well, chuck, though, does it?

[BradBo]

35. Get shitfaced on Trunp wine, how appropriate. It's like the Nazis on drugs as they were.

[Harker]

37. Saint Peter don't ya call me 'cause I can't go...

I owe my soul to the government store.

[Doodley]

39. This is what a dictatorship looks like. Our only function is to enrich Trump and his oligarchs.

[flvegan]

42. Fuck him and his racist grapes of wrath. n/t

[Exp]

44. It's actually re-branded KOOL-AID, right? nt

[OneGrassRoot]

49. Is anyone keeping track of the plethora of Trump merch?

Just the stuff being sold over the last year. I find I'm overwhelmed by so much now -- and I realize that's by design -- and googling isn't nearly as helpful as it used to be because there is soooooooooooooooooo much.

So I ask here. TIA!

[Mopar151]

52. Fleecing the investors?

It's what Trump does best!
Hey, when he stiffs a contractor, does he charge the investors full boat? Isn't that what Trump Construction is for?

[moonshinegnomie]

54. once hes out of office every asset of his should be seized

every last nickle from his kids and melania. dont leave then a penny

[twodogsbarking]

55. Mr. President, the troops have no water.

"Let them drink wine"