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He must have taken "Sneaker Con" literally.
He gets confused a lot...
Don’t you mean “CON-fused”?
That was bad and I feel bad.
Oh, please...CON-trol yourself! Don't CON-cern yourself with his fragile little snowflake CON-servative feelings. CON-tinue on.
Well, he could host his own event, "Trump Con", but the name would be redundant.
Biden-Harris 2024 Communications Director Michael Tyler slammed the appearance, saying: “Donald Trump showing up to hawk bootleg Off-Whites is the closest he’ll get to any Air Force Ones ever again for the rest of his life.”
Rekt
WI have completely lost the ability to distinguish satire from reality. I'm assuming this is real but damn if we don't live in the worst timeline.
I don't know. Everyone talks about worst timeline...but what about worse scenarios? Like, don't jinx the rest of us, dude!
We are living in a simulation that has gone off the rails and the admins have stopped the auto-rollback several times because they can't stop laughing.
You guys understand that these are for laundering money to his defense funds, right? Nobody actually buys these.
Instead, his illicit contacts in Russia and other extremist groups, will buy a fuck ton and let them rot just to feed money into his pocket 'legally'
It's very obvious. Also surreal.
They will be available for pre-order and they will take your money and you will never receive the shoe. I'm calling it.
Of course. Why pay the $3.50 to actually produce it? The people who buy this garbage clearly don't mind being fleeced
When I heard of Trump branded shoes, I thought "what are they like gold and tacky?"
Yes, because of course they are.
I just want to know where they are made.
I swear to god….
What the fuck is even happening anymore.
Money laundering.
Although it would be nice to think he’s so fucking broke his only option is to sell lame shoes.
Cultism, fear of the unknown other, and a constant state of seething anger to keep them from feeling the existential dread that has been creeping up all over the world the last 2 decades.
Will this be used for money laundering?
To donate to a presidential campaign, you must be a US citizen, and there’s a $3,300 cap. Anyone can buy sneakers, though, and they can buy as many as they want.
Like with the ghostwritten books where the RNC buys them up to give out as gifts?
No, never /s
LII U.S. Code Title 4 CHAPTER 1 § 8
Quick search by citation: Title Section 4 U.S. Code § 8 - Respect for flag
U.S. Code
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prev | next No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
(b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
(c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker’s desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
(e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
(f) The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
(g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
(h) The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
(i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
(j) No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.
(k) The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
Unfortunately this is just a guideline for conduct within official institutions, and has no bite of real law. It's predicated on respect, a word these people wouldn't understand.
"Unfortunately"? Be careful, your wording makes it sound like you would rather people be legitimately punished for letting the flag touch the ground or disposing of it improperly.
I tried interpreting your comment in different ways and hope what you intended to say is that it's unfortunate that he is the kind of crass person that would abuse this important freedom.
But it's important for us to make a distinction between those that exercise a freedom and those that abuse a freedom. We should be free to criticize or ridicule those in the latter group for the same reason that they are free to abuse it.
Gonna paraphrase another shoe salesmen with this one:
"The shoe has a pliant heel with a cork filling whereas [Trump] is a giant seal with a pork filling"
That slanders both giant seals and pork fillings.
He should take up selling shoes full time instead of doing what he's been doing.
Those will be available in Marshalls soon.
Oh my days! Now I have the image of a MAGA crowd all wearing these monstrosities.
Only $335 million a pair.
Honestly when I read an earlier article on this (well, the title) I thought it said $399 million. Like he was joking (maybe half-joking) that if he could just sell ONE, his problems would be solved.
And was booed so hard
Is it spelled "hawking," like the bird? I always thought it was "hocking" like a loogie.
Edit: Huh, TIL.
Junior and ~~Uday~~ Eric have to pay $4 million each. With interest the entire sum is actually $464 million. It was a very bad day for the Trump crime family.
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Gold lame high tops
missing a "é" or not lol
Bad things happen in Philadelphia.
“These are the new AIR BONE SPURS. All proceeds go to Putin”
That's a con alright