cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/25269065
As surely as Donald Trump sought to cash in on his various criminal indictments, so the former president turned Republican presidential nominee began to sell merchandise commemorating his attempted assassination in Pennsylvania last weekend.
In Butler county on Saturday, a rooftop gunman wielding an AR-15-style rifle fired shots at the stage. Trump was wounded in one ear. One rally-goer was killed and two injured. The gunman, who was killed by a sniper, was discovered to have had an explosive device in his car.
Despite such traumatic events, 45Footwear, a company which has sold $399 golden Trump-branded sneakers, swiftly offered a new range of high-tops.
Rather more pricey than unofficial assassination merch churned out in China, the $299 white shoes were emblazoned with the US flag, an image of Trump with fist raised and face bloodied and the words “Fight Fight Fight” – his instant reaction to being shot.
He started selling these on Monday. He didn’t call the wife of the victim until Tuesday.
For the lazy:
Lazy is definitely the right word to describe the designer. What horrid fascist bullshit does a backwards flag with five stars mean?
I looked it up, this is the first image I found when searching for “cheap”.
Limiting orders to three per customer, by Thursday the site said the shoes were sold out, which would represent just under $2m raised.
These people will literally buy anything
Honestly, this and his other grifts just sound like a money laundering scheme. Sure, some real people buy and get the item for realism, but most of the stock never existed in the first place and was sold to fake customers.
I am actually not sure about that.
The USA are a huge country and Trump does have substantial following of fanatic fans. I can definitely see plenty of people wasting their money on this. And some more that buy them to speculate on an increase in value.
And by these people, you mean mostly corporations and foreign governments who have a way to give extra money to his campaign
He can’t pass up this wonderful opportunity to grift even more money from his dumbass followers.
Dude is the perfect conman. Always grifting morons.
Does he have any shame? No obviously not none at all. So eager to sneak under the bar even when it’s basically on the floor. Fucking caterpillar ass lookin muthafucka
The new “Air Bone Spurs” allow you to run away from crisis as well as logic, reason, and your money
Yeah no there is no way I’m going to feel bad about making fun of him for getting shot at
