You mean the sneakers? Twelfe posts ago there is a link to some live streaming Twit and I personally trust the Guardian for that kind of news. And (checking calendar…) it is not April Fool’s Day. So probably yes: for real.
Just like a billionaire to hawk cheap sneaks in front of a convention crowd. Yep. That’s exactly what someone with billions of dollars would do.
I’d read where he negotiated some naming agreement with one company for the shoes and the cologne. So basically, he contracted with some clearing house with warehouses full of knock-off products. I’m just surprised he’s not auctioning off a genuine Brolex or cans of expired caviar as well.
I’m amused by how his tiny hands make those shoes look absolutely gigantic, which somehow manages to make their soul-searing ugliness even worse. 
Sheesss, he’s dragging around a Secret Service detail for this kind of BS. WE are paying for that.
They definitely look painted. The man is insane.
You mean they’re something showy but worthless?
Something showy and worthless?
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This reminds me of his long ago press conference where he finally backed off on the Obama birth certificate nonsense (“I’ve solved it!”) and proceeded to use the remainder of his time plugging some condos he wanted to sell.
A pebble of bullshit lost in the vast ocean of that which has followed.
How much can it cost to get a pair of good hightop steakers, a can of gold spray paint, and an American flag decal? A lot less than $399, I’m thinking…
I view these efforts as an attempt to grift more money from his supporters, but I also wonder if this is a way to launder money. Will some Saudis decide now is the time to purchase a whole bunch of sneakers?
That, uh, would be the joke.
Ooops, @Cervaise, my apologies! Lame attempt at humor.
The extra $395.47 per pair is pure profit that goes towards his roughly $550 million (so far) liabilities to the State of New York and E Jean Carroll.
Don’t forget Trump’s fervent belief that the most valuable thing in the world is his “brand”. He is so great that just putting his name on shit makes it immediately valuable, no matter how awful the trash is. See Trump wine, Trump steaks, even Trump University is an example. More recently, he has used it for Trump NFTs, Trump coins, and Trump cards (I doubt they even realized how much of a pun that last is).
He used the same “fact” as justification for why he inflated the price of things during his business fraud trial, or at least he declared that in public. I’m not sure if that was an actual legal argument advanced in court but it was how he explained the valuation discrepancies to the gullible within our populace.
So yeah, Trump truly believes he can slap his name on hideous sneakers and they’ll sell for $400 a pair and sell out. He believes he’s truly worth that much; he’s Elvis Presley, Abraham Lincoln, and Jesus Christ all rolled into one person.
They probably will sell out, as there are only a thousand pairs. His PAC will buy them all, and give them out to deserving supplicants. That’s only $400,000 dollars.
CNN reports that they did sell out. News flash: there are at least 1,000 morons in the USA! (Rumour is that there may be many more. 
) These morons will now embarrass themselves by wearing the stupid things.
This is Exhibit #5,346,495,978 in the case of “America too stupid to govern itself”.
It reminds me of the old SNL skit with Jon Lovitz as Picasso. All he has to do is sign his name to something and suddenly it’s priceless. IIRC at one point he blows his nose in a handkerchief, then signs it. “I’m Picasso!”
I’m not so sure. I think there are a lot of rubes who would look at these like people look at Action Comics Number 1, or a Wayne Gretzky rookie card: as something that will only appreciate in value as time goes by, and will be worth even more if they’re never worn.
I have my doubts about that.