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The Trump Network was a 2009 multilevel marketing scam for pee tests and vitamins
Is it any wonder that, when left in charge of a major pandemic, he has resorted to pushing dubious drugs and lying about the science and statistics? From 2016:
Donald Trump, bad science, and the vitamin company that went bust
Among other claims, The Trump Network asserted that it could use a urine test to recommend customized nutritional supplements, its signature products. It also offered products that purportedly tested for allergies and bone health. But scientists said such claims were never backed up by modern medicine.
“They make an outrageous statement, which is that this testing and supplement regimen, this process, are a necessity for anyone who wants to stay healthy,” said Dr. Pieter Cohen, a general internist at Cambridge Health Alliance and an expert on dietary supplement safety who reviewed some of The Trump Network’s marketing materials at the request of STAT. “That’s quite insane.”
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The firm was a network marketing company, or multilevel marketing company, that sold products through a team of marketers who were financially incentivized to make sales and to recruit others into the network.
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According to an archived version of The Trump Network’s website that can still be found online, the PrivaTest, along with a month’s worth of the Custom Essentials, cost $139.95. Retesting was available for $99.95, plus shipping and handling. The company recommended retesting every nine to 12 months.
https://www.statnews.com/2016/03/02/donald-trump-vitamin-company/
Among other claims, The Trump Network asserted that it could use a urine test to recommend customized nutritional supplements, its signature products. It also offered products that purportedly tested for allergies and bone health. But scientists said such claims were never backed up by modern medicine.
“They make an outrageous statement, which is that this testing and supplement regimen, this process, are a necessity for anyone who wants to stay healthy,” said Dr. Pieter Cohen, a general internist at Cambridge Health Alliance and an expert on dietary supplement safety who reviewed some of The Trump Network’s marketing materials at the request of STAT. “That’s quite insane.”
...
The firm was a network marketing company, or multilevel marketing company, that sold products through a team of marketers who were financially incentivized to make sales and to recruit others into the network.
...
According to an archived version of The Trump Network’s website that can still be found online, the PrivaTest, along with a month’s worth of the Custom Essentials, cost $139.95. Retesting was available for $99.95, plus shipping and handling. The company recommended retesting every nine to 12 months.
https://www.statnews.com/2016/03/02/donald-trump-vitamin-company/
Trump became the front man for an existing multilevel scheme, lending his name (and the "family crest" - no, stop laughing) and throwing the words "the best" and "wonderful" around a lot. And, because there were idiots who saw him on TV and thought he was their idea of a successful businessman, he increased their sales. But, because anyone associated with Trump is a grifter, they failed to pay their bills, and it went bust.
Via New York Magazine
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