It’s no small wonder that the day after a judge ordered Trump and his company to pay $355 million due to the fraud they committed in New York, he started hawking the golden ”Never Surrender High-Tops” sneakers which retail for $399 per pair. Let’s see, $399 divided into $355 million is – a lot of shoes!! I understand these are supposed to be limited edition shoes anyway so I guess Trump will have to find another way to make money.
I wonder if the tennis shoe enterprise will be as successful as all the other Trump businesses. There was Trump Airline – failed. Trump Vodka – failed. Trump Casinos – failed. Trump Magazine – failed. Trump Steaks – failed. Trump University – failed. Trump Mortgage – failed. The Trump Corporation has already been found guilty of fraud so most would consider that a failure as well. Given all of that, it doesn’t bode well for the sneaker business. No doubt they will make for a nice display in the Trump presidential library someday.
I wonder if any other world leader is hawking merchandise? There could obviously be a market for Putin’s Poison! I think that could be a real seller. Kim Jong Un could sell DIY kits for killing your relatives. No doubt that’s a winner! President Xi of China could find a market for a ‘Build a New Virus’ kit. Even non-dictators could get in on the act. Perhaps, there could be ‘Macron Merlot’ from our ally in France. The possibilities are endless. However, virtually all world leaders of any stature would never stoop so low as to shamelessly hawk such tawdry products or any products at all. Once again, Trump has lowered the bar further than any of us thought possible.
The simple fact is, Trump does not need gold high-top, sneakers. If he is going to market something, it really should be something like the muck boots that are used on ranches when you have to go shovel the horse crap out of the stalls. So much of what he says is just total BS that it would make more sense to sell the appropriate boots to go along with it. Muck boots are really the kind of footwear you need to wade around in Trump world. Those gold sneakers are like so much of Trump world – flashy and loud but completely devoid of any utilitarian value or substance.
Trump is a con artist and a grifter and this latest embarrassing spectacle of him pushing the golden ‘Never Surrender High-Tops’ amidst all his legal troubles, adverse judgments, and a presidential election would probably make even P.T. Barnum roll over in his grave. This man, like the emperor with no clothes, is a one-man, never-ending parade of embarrassments. The country deserves so much better.
Trump will continue to push the narrative that everything he touches turns to gold, but the fact is, even bull crap painted gold is still bull crap. Skip the sneakers and get those muck boots out! You’re going to need them.
