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Cattledog

(5,915 posts)
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 02:09 PM Apr 2018

In 2015, Trump listed 19 companies selling his branded goods. Today there are 2.

In recent weeks, only two said they are still selling Trump-branded goods. One is a Panamanian company selling Trump bed linens and home goods. The other is a Turkish company selling Trump furniture.

Of the rest, some Trump partners quit in reaction to campaign-trail rhetoric on immigrants and Muslims. Others said their licensing agreements had expired. Others said nothing beyond confirming that they’d stopped working with Trump. Their last Trump goods are now being sold off, often at a discount: One cologne is marked down from $42 to $9.99 for an ounce.

“Success by Trump,” the website says. And below that: “Clearance.”

The decline of the Trump merchandise empire is another sign of how politics has changed the president’s business. On one hand, it has allowed his Mar-a-Lago Club and his D.C. hotel to mon­etize his political alliances, raking in money from evangelical Christian groups and GOP campaigns.

But it has also driven away customers and partners who’d been drawn to the old Trump — a hustling icon of ostentatious wealth, who sold golf memberships to the truly rich and $42 cologne to those who merely wanted to be.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/whatever-happened-to-trump-ties-theyre-over-so-is-most-of-trumps-merchandising-empire/2018/04/13/2c32378a-369c-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html?utm_term=.9f3c59d3fe8d
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In 2015, Trump listed 19 companies selling his branded goods. Today there are 2. (Original Post) Cattledog Apr 2018 OP
Everything he has ever done has failed, only reason he has a pot to piss in is Russia Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #1
I heard he's got a deal for Trump brand enema bags. Dread Pirate Roberts Apr 2018 #2
Probably only two in 2015, too... TreasonousBastard Apr 2018 #3

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
1. Everything he has ever done has failed, only reason he has a pot to piss in is Russia
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 02:12 PM
Apr 2018

Well, to be fair "The Apprentice" was a success, what a SHAME that is on the people of this country

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
2. I heard he's got a deal for Trump brand enema bags.
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 02:14 PM
Apr 2018

When you're full of shit like Donald Trump, only the best enema bag will do!

Only he won't guarantee there won't be any leaks.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. Probably only two in 2015, too...
Fri Apr 13, 2018, 03:52 PM
Apr 2018

OK, maybe 3 or 4. But, remember that it's Trump's list, so is undoubtedly inflated bullshit.

Did anyone ever actually buy his steaks or vodka before they disappeared? Ties, jewelry and other stuff may have been bought as jokes.

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