Selling Trump: A Profitable Post-Presidency Like No Other

By artappraiser on Sun, 02/13/2022 - 6:19am |

NEW: A dive into the profit-seeking post-presidency of Donald J. Trump who is busily working to convert his small contributors into consumers of all things Trump. With @EricLiptonNYT —>https://t.co/j2OYe2rpYm
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) February 12, 2022

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/12/us/politics/donald-trump-business-interests.html

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Among Trump's activities:
— Spending PAC funds at Trump properties
— 7-figure advance for picture book
— O'Reilly tour
— Renting 2020 campaign list to sell Trump merch via LLC
— Plus: An unusual Xmas party in Napleshttps://t.co/j2OYe2rpYm
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) February 12, 2022

In 2021, Trump's PAC spent more money on rent at Trump Tower (~$375k) than he gave away to other candidates he has endorsed (~$350k).

Many of those candidates, in turn, spent at Trump properties. Herschel Walker spent $135k at Mar-a-Lago alone.https://t.co/j2OYe2rpYm
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) February 12, 2022

Trump's PAC gave away two $1 million donations to nonprofits.

Notably, both groups held big events at Mar-a-Lago in 2021 that are believed to have had six-figure price tags.https://t.co/j2OYe2rpYm
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) February 12, 2022

Trump's online store, which started while he was in WH, has been sending marketing emails to portions of his 2020 campaign list, by renting email lists maintained by former campaign manager Brad Parscale.https://t.co/j2OYe2rpYm
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) February 12, 2022

The emails come from domains like https://t.co/M3HUR5FqV3 and https://t.co/IRzVmKcCZK.

One this week hawked a new "Gold Collection" and featured Trump-stamped gold bars.https://t.co/j2OYe2rpYm pic.twitter.com/pPKS1o6Vya
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) February 12, 2022

By the way, some of these themes — Trump merchandising to the masses — were also covered by my WaPo friends @michaelscherer and @jdawsey1 last monthhttps://t.co/38u3m0EW52
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) February 12, 2022

In Trump Tower, the lobby bar has also been renamed and remodeled as: "45 Wine and Whiskey Bar"

It features jumbos of Trump and POTUS paraphernalia

One cocktail is, yes, $45 (tho that comes w/ 2 sliders and a diet coke).

“You come here, you drink Trump”https://t.co/j2OYe2rpYm
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) February 12, 2022

by artappraiser on Sun, 02/13/2022 - 6:25am

Trump post-Prez emoluments

(it's one thing for a difficult Presidential Records Act to be ignored - it's another for 2 specific Constitutional emoluments provisions to be run over. And so that of course turns into abusing campaign donations and whatever ripped off presidential/government materials to pad his pocketbook while out of office)

But hey, both sides do it, or we can leave it beneath the fold, or... (actually this is NYT, so maybe it's prominent - just likely too late to be prosecutable. Reminded that Bannon was pardoned after illegal online bait-and-switch of Trump offers duping tons of supporters. It just keeps going).

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 02/13/2022 - 11:18am

Selling Trump: A Profitable Post-Presidency Like No Other

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