• @Lowpast@lemmy.world
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      -1410 months ago

      Read the disclaimer - it’s a license deal. Trump probably has seen 1 design total and said go ahead, for 50% profit or some insane number.

      Trump Sneakers are not designed, manufactured, distributed or sold by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization or any of their respective affiliates or principals. 45Footwear, LLC uses the Trump name, image and likeness under a license agreement which may be terminated or revoked according to its terms.

      • @Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz
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        3210 months ago

        You say that like it’s not tacky for a former President to license their image to a shoe company.

        • @Maalus@lemmy.world
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          -1510 months ago

          It’s not tacky for NBA players, football players, etc. It isn’t tacky to get a Che Guevara shirt. So why is it tacky now? Because you don’t like the person?

          • @A7thStone@lemmy.world
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            It is tacky to get a Che t shirt, and I’ve never seen an NBA players face on sneakers. The closest I’ve seen is the iconic Jordan silhouette.

            • @Maalus@lemmy.world
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              -610 months ago

              Beatles have tons of sneakers with their faces on them. It’s not something unheard of and people wear those because they like them.

          • @Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz
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            410 months ago

            Why do you think NBA players and football players have the same type of job as a politician? They are literally entertainers. Politicians should be running their area of politics to improve the lives of the people they represent, not sell them shit.

            Why is buying the item the problem? Che Guevara isn’t selling you a shirt. He didn’t do a deal to sell shirts. The random theoretical shirt buyer you are talking about is not the same as an ex-president, who is also running to be president again, profiting from selling merchandising like a struggling garage band.

      • catsarebadpeople
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        610 months ago

        Oh thank goodness. I thought Trump was personally designing these in a little sketchbook.

  • @xantoxis@lemmy.world
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    6110 months ago

    Saw the headline: “Haha, theonion really nailed this one”

    What’s the inverse of eating the onion?

    • @Sloogs@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2510 months ago

      When I try to think of things that would sell out quickly, clown shoes were not on my list but here we are.

    • @jumjummy@lemmy.world
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      2210 months ago

      That’s $1.5M. Eternal grifting.

      I love the disclaimer of “The images shown are for illustration purposes only….” Meaning the final product will probably look 1000x worse.

    • Sidyctism II.
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      910 months ago

      dont tell me those are the actual shoes.

      holy shit. i dont have any deference for the us-flag whatsoever, but if someone showed me these shoes and a video of somebody pissing on the flag, i would be hard-pressed to say which is less respectful of the flag

    • Justagamer
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      210 months ago

      Limit 3 pairs instead of Limit 1 pair sounds odd to me. As if it’s intended to be scalped.

  • @zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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    2410 months ago

    On top of being tacky, insensitive, and greedy, this is also going to reinforce all the people who believe the assassination attempt was staged.

    • @cley_faye@lemmy.world
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      1010 months ago

      At this point, if we use the age-old question of “who would benefit from the crime?”, we’ll get very weird results.

  • @Leviathan@lemmy.world
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    1410 months ago

    Everyone: Trump’s gonna use this assassination attempt to sway voters!

    Trump: buy my limited edition assassination sneakers!