EXCLUSIVE. Trump Is Selling New Merchandise Made in China and Bangladesh

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



The Trump Organization is at it again, making a buck off the president’s name and buying from overseas.

JUSTIN GLAWE
11.28.17 3:00 PM ET

President Donald Trump’s company started selling a new line of Trump-branded merchandise this month and some of the products are manufactured overseas, The Daily Beast found.

The Trump Organization launched Trumpstore.com and sells a $32 Trump Golf hat made in Bangladesh and a $25 faux gold bouillion “TRUMP” coin bank made in China. The Trump Organization is still owned by the president and is managed by his sons, Eric and Donald Jr. (who promoted the opening on his Facebook page). It appears then that Trump is profiting off of foreign-made goods despite his promise to put “America first” when it comes to manufacturing.

The Trump Organization and the White House did not respond to requests for comment.

“Even though he’s taken some steps to separate himself from his business, we know that he can still receive reports about the Trump Organization and that he can directly profit from the sale of those goods,” said Larry Noble of the Campaign Legal Center, an ethics watchdog group in Washington, D.C.

Trump was criticized during the presidential campaign for bashing Mexico and China for “stealing” U.S. jobs even though his ties were made in Mexico and he applied for trademarks in China.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-selling-new-merchandise-made-in-china-and-bangladesh

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Deplorables will go out of their way to buy this stuff.

Not providing jobs for black people, gay people, Latinos or Muslims

that's the ticket

good job my president - we showed them didnt we

Too dumb to be Americans. Sorry, the deplorables lost their right to that name, American.

[Gothmog]

2. Who is surprised by this?

[dchill]

5. Not surprised, but genuinely disgusted...

and completely aghast.

[NanceGreggs]

3. It makes me laugh every time.

Seeing people sporting "Made in China" MAGA hats because they support a pResident who promised to bring jobs back to the US.

I always wonder how many of those people used to have jobs in factories that produced hats just like that - before people like Trump shipped their jobs overseas.

[pecosbob]

4. Gangsters are running the government

and dismantling it as fast as they can.

[Angry Dragon]

6. I have not seen any evidence that Trump took steps to separate himself from his business

just like he still imports people to work at his golf courses and hotels

[Achilleaze]

7. sleazeball republicans are dragging America down, down, down

what lowlifes republicans are. A disgrace to the USA

[SergeStorms]

11. And their moronic supporters...

still support them. Yep, they think Trump is the best thing since perforated toilet paper. The stupid..........it hurts!

MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!

[democratisphere]

8. One lie, after another, after another, after another..........

[SergeStorms]

9. Donald Trump? A liar and hypocrite?

Say it isn't so.

[yurbud]

10. We have a president who is the human version of a Walmart product

[PatrickforO]

12. Trump shouldn't be selling ANYTHING. He's president and the

emoluments clause...oh, sorry, I forgot. Trump is actually above the law. That's right. Gosh, isn't it great he's finding a way to PROFIT from his office?

God, what a total puke.

Impeach!

[FakeNoose]

13. It's posted on an electronic billboard in Times Square

Whoops - wrong billboard. Sorry!

[Bayard]

14. The Faux President

Add another emoluments violation to the list, Mr. Mueller.