The Trump Organization Ordered Golf Course Markers With the Presidential Seal

[brooklynite]

Source: ProPublica

President Donald Trump loves putting his name on everything from ties to steaks to water and, of course, his buildings. But now the Trump Organization appears to be borrowing a brand even more powerful than the gilded Trump moniker: the presidential seal.

In recent weeks, the Trump Organization has ordered the manufacture of new tee markers for golf courses that are emblazoned with the seal of the President of the United States. Under federal law, the seals use is permitted only for official government business. Misuse can be a crime.

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Eagle Sign and Design, a metalworking and sign company with offices in New Albany, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky, said it had received an order to manufacture dozens of round, 12-inch replicas of the presidential seal to be placed next to the tee boxes at Trump golf course holes. Two tee markers are placed on the ground at the start of a hole on golf courses to indicate where golfers should stand to take their first swing.

We made the design, and the client confirmed the design, said Joseph E. Bates, who owns Eagle Sign, declining to say who the client was.

Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-extra-the-trump-organization-ordered-golf-course-markers-with-the-presidential-seal-that-may-be-illegal

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[bmbmd]

1. I've still got

some LBJ cuff links and a tie bar somewhere......

[ret5hd]

3. I am convinced you are not so dense as to not see the difference.

Please prove me correct.

[keithbvadu2]

2. Just walk all over it says Trump

[packman]

4. So, the elite are going to stand on these discs

that will generate a lot of respect for the office- But, I think I will order one and I know what I'll do on it.

[Angry Dragon]

6. You do not stand on them to tee off

They are placed on either side of the tee box and you tee off between them

[packman]

8. Ah, thanks - My knowledge of golf is meager , at best

[Angry Dragon]

11. glad to help

[niyad]

5. it was one thing for chimpy to have the presidential seal on his boots (tacky enough),

but this. . . . .

[Bayard]

7. "Misuse can be a crime. "

The man has no respect for the office.

Come on, Mueller. I know you're only supposed to be investigating Russian ties, but please add this to the list from an immorality standpoint.

[aggiesal]

9. I thought it was illegal to profit ...

in the private sector from a public sector position?

This has to be illegal. I'm sure some smart lawyer will soon determine that
and Cheetolini would have wasted money ordering these course markers.

[aggiesal]

10. And here it is ...

https://politicalwire.com/2018/03/05/trump-organization-using-presidential-seal/

“In recent weeks, the Trump Organization has ordered the manufacture of new tee markers for golf courses that are emblazoned with the seal of the President of the United States. Under federal law, the seal’s use is permitted only for official government business. Misuse can be a crime.”

“Ethics experts have long been on the lookout for signs that the Trump Organization would exploit the office of the presidency for commercial gain. Several said that using the presidential seal on the company’s golf courses would fall into this category.”

[BumRushDaShow]

14. EXACTLY

Those seals are only for "official" use".

[lagomorph777]

12. Here, Donnie, feel free to use this logo on your golf tees.

Actually, these probably are what you will use in your new home.

[malthaussen]

13. He probably has it tattooed on his chest by now...

... or possibly somewhere else.

-- Mal

[Corgigal]

15. Hey kids.

Congrats. America is the new owner of a unwanted golf course in Florida. Hope we make big bucks, cause America.