[Yo-Yo]

I'll be the lone contrarian and take the flaming.

I'm not sure how I feel about Trump marketing his presidential run like this.

It was bad enough when he sold EFT "trading cards", but now Trump Sneakers?

[stanne]

What in particular is wrong with it.

[READINABLUESTATE]

How do you feel about hats and T-shirts?
If Trump doesn’t do it someone in China will do it instead.

[bert]

He was taught the retail trade by the guy trying to sell sheets instead of pillows

[pepsi_junkie]

There a building momentum for Trump in the black community. He’s leaning into it with this move. Smart.

[dforest]

Oh for pity sakes. The man has always been an entrepeneur. Selling sneakers beats the selling of national security secrets to other countries as Joe Biden family and other RATs do to fund their campaigns and personal endeavors.

You want to talk cheesy? Biden, Jill, Hunter, are what is cheesy.

This country is in trouble and Trump is being criminally targeted and personally robbed with lawfare. That is cheesy.

Nobody is forced to buy this product or anything else unless they want too.

[Nateman]

...I'm not sure how I feel about Trump marketing his presidential run like this...

Trump has been a salesman his whole life. MAGA was an advertising slogan. Since it helps American liberty I'm all for it.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

—> I’m not sure how I feel about Trump marketing his presidential run like this.
It was bad enough when he sold EFT “trading cards”, but now Trump Sneakers?

I’ll do my best to educate a FReeper bro.

Politics is downstream of culture.

Trump arrested and booked: street cred. Shared experience. PR. “One of us.” Expands the base.

Trump shoes: what people have their own shoes? Celebrities, top athletes. Also great American branding. Expands base. Big waves in a sub culture that would ordinarily vote democrat.

NTF: same strategy. Young culture and voters, happening area.

All of these are cultural events that make huge waves in communities that expand the base.

Politics is downstream of culture.

[MotorCityBuck]

LOL! I get your point. Is it grift? I'll leave that for others to decide.
That being said. Trump is a Brand. Not just a candidate. Its what he does, and he is successful at it. Hopefully he will be successful in November. Trump 2024 ;)

[wiseprince]

Yea you’re right. We shoulf keep pumping money into the hands of those who would see him die in prison.

[ckilmer]

It was bad enough when he sold EFT “trading cards”, but now Trump Sneakers?

........
they will be popular in the hood.

[Drew68]

I'll be the lone contrarian and take the flaming.

You're not alone. On top of it all, they look like ghetto shoes.