Donald Trump’s Latest Merchandise: $100,000 Collectible Watch After Foray into Sneakers and Gold Bibles

Attempts to predict the outcome of the 2024 presidential race between Republican candidate/former president Donald Trump and Democratic Party candidate/current vice president Kamala Harris has become more difficult in recent days, with current vote count Place them across your neck. But with Harris seems to be leading In several battleground states, the Trump camp appears to be scrambling to make hay while the sun shines. For a more traditional candidate, that might manifest itself in an increase in campaign stops or visits to historical regions of the country. If not a veteran salesman Like Trump, outreach comes in the form of increasingly questionable products that seem more relevant to One America News Network home shopping rather than being a candidate for the highest office in the land. His latest effort, a line of gaudy wristwatches aimed at the analog-watch crowd, may be his most desperate attempt to stop his increasing financial problems and withdraw money His waning attractiveness Not yet.

We’ve been down Trump’s questionable product path before. Back in February, we saw those, um, eye-catching High-end Trump branded sneakers sold for 399 USD. Although Trump was not involved in their creation or distribution, he happily promoted them at the Shoehead Sneaker Con event; but as of the time of publication, Donald Trump has never been spotted wearing his namesake shoes on his feet.

Then there’s his branded Bible, which sells for $59.99 and as of August, placed $300,000 in the pocket of the former president. As for the shoes, Trump’s relationship with the good book seemed to get the most hype, as the former president said vaguely, “The Bible means a lot to me, but I don’t want to wear “Deep into specific details” and said“I just think the whole Bible is something very special.” Spoken like a true Bible scholar!

But wait, there’s more to it than that, as the TV pitchman Trump clearly aspires to be might say. There are “Trump digital trading card” he filmed a video for Augustand “Trump Coins” that he launched earlier this weekBut also via a video post on social networks.

The watches dropped on Thursday, promoted for the first time by a Quick article from Trump’s Truth Social account. “These watches are truly special – You will love them,” the post reads (/sic/ throughout). “Would make a great Christmas gift. Don’t wait, they will go quickly. SEE YOUR TRUMP NOW!

Exciting product launch event timekeeping communitya global group of passionate collectors Whose obsession? To be legendary stuff. To put it mildly, they were not impressed.

According to watch line websitewatches—start at $499 but also include an option worth $100,000—”is not designed, manufactured, distributed, or sold by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization, or any of their respective affiliates or holding companies.” Instead, candidates’ names, images and likenesses are used under a paid licensing agreement, the site claims.

The company that sells the watches is called TheBestWatchesonEarth LLC. Registered in July in the same Wyoming city that the Trump-branded sneaker company uses. It’s a business that’s been linked to a wave of that county’s assessor fraud and is currently under investigation by several (Republican) officials at the state and local level, Cowboy State Daily reports.

According to professional watch enthusiasts Ben CookFans of expensive watches may not love Trump’s products as much as he claims. “Why do they look like they are AliExpress watches designed for about five hours?” he asked an Instagram videorefers to a deep discount Chinese retailer known for cheap goods. Viewing enthusiast and retailer Golden Adam was equally harsh in saying “If anyone buys one of these…I have a bridge to sell you.”

To be fair, however, the watches—which feature “Trump” where “Timex,” “Casio,” or “Rolex” often appear—are not marketed with any such claims of quality as has been confirmed. watch brand is. Instead, the website selling the watch states that the watches are “considered collectibles for personal enjoyment only.” And the appearance of that piece, which has been ridiculed by the watch community, may yet remain unknown.

“The images shown are for illustrative purposes only and may not be an accurate representation of the product,” the website reads. At the very least, it feels very on-brand for the former president, difficult as it is. has been determined What he representsalso.