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Trump Bibles, Rudy coffee, Tucker nicotine pouches: the rightwing knick-knack racket Republican figures are using their
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/30/rightwing-knicknack-racketTrump Bibles, Rudy coffee, Tucker nicotine pouches: the rightwing knick-knack racket
Republican figures are using their influence to sell a variety of goods, preying on people’s political affiliations
If you wanted to, you could smell like Donald Trump. Or you could drink coffee developed by Rudy Giuliani. You could also use a nicotine product developed by Tucker Carlson, read your children a Trump-themed book written by Mike Huckabee, take health pills hawked by Dr Oz and wear T-shirts designed by Kash Patel.
These are only a few of the products that Trump and people in his circle are selling to the American public, as Republicans and the right wing have established an unprecedented culture of grifting – hawking everything from Bibles to scraps of fabric to NFTs in a ruse that has become a multimillion-dollar micro industry.
Trump’s gold sneakers, launched in February, have brought him almost $400,000 alone. He’s also made $300,000 from selling poorly reviewed Bibles, according to financial disclosures, and has recently been pushing a “fight, fight, fight” range of colognes and perfumes.
The incoming president also sells, in no particular order: watches, guitars, boots, drinks coolers, flip-flops, candles, drinking glasses, doormats, water bottles, a “candle care kit”, slippers, corkscrews, a cheeseboard, a bottle opener, dog leashes, a “Gold Trump Serving Tray”, a “Trump Havana Wood Cigar Ashtray”, a $95 Christmas ornament, an $85 passport holder, a picnic blanket, a baseball, a $62 throw pillow and a $70 “Trump Leatherette Coaster Set”.
Others have noticed the apparent willingness of Trump’s supporters to buy almost anything, as long as it is pushed by a famous person with rightwing politics.
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And then keep them as far away from government as humanly possible? I'm asking for the 78 million of us who didn't vote for the fucking asshole! 
Just as long as he's not a threat to international and domestic politics! 
I've heard people get sick by his rank odor. 