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A website that pays licensing fees to President Donald Trump is selling merchandise bearing the official presidential seal—including a $150 record player and $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls”—that could violate federal law restricting commercial use of the seal.

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[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I do love a good pumpkin pie, but what's the story behind that?

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I shared that because it seems so "off" to me. He doesn't seem like a pie guy but don't ask me why. For some reason I can't imagine Trump eating any kind of pie. But you made me wonder if the page for the tee would have a little story like "President Trump loves pumpkin pie! When he was a boy..." But I checked the page and there's nothing there other than an order form.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

What you're seeing here is the blank slateifaction of politics the right does with Trump. It doesn't matter what he says or does, i.e. being a bit of a dandy who doesn't eat pies like a real blue collar roughneck, what matters is that the chuds THINK he does, so it's willed into being.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

For the longest time even into 2017 I didn't understand the magic of the MAGA cap. But then I saw a photo of Trump with a guy in his cabinet. He always reminded me of The Simpson's Mr. Burns. In one of his grifts - he stole $50 million or $100 million. I don't remember the number. I entirely forgot his name. [Ninja edit - It was Wilbur Ross.] The little nebbish of a criminal billionaire was wearing a MAGA cap and with it - voila - he was transformed into some kind of alternate reality trucker guy or something. That was true - even if he was still a obscenely rich guy in a suit who would steal the gold filling out of the mouth of still warm corpse of a chud's deceased mother.

He's one of us.

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In other news - I forgot how much I like using "voila".