sometimes I wish I could get away with such a blatant grift. I love my $15 wood and leather watch.
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Have you thought of selling it as a wood and leather watch- but with AI?
maybe I could write "rump" on it and sell it for $80,000
You got a cuckoo clock on your wrist? That's all I think of when you say a wooden watch
it's similar to this. got it from amazon back off one of their first prime day thingies, I've only had to change the battery twice in ten years so I like it. I like the minimalistic look tho
I'm not much for watches and stuff. I have my phone, it does what I need and then some. But that is one nice looking watch.
Simple but elegant.
The Con-Man continues to live up to his reputation.
Since people keep commenting on how it looks. Here they are. That way you don't have to give that cretin more clicks.
So a Rolex rip with gaudy jewels and a cheap looking logo
those actually look kinda cool... for like $200.
Dude if someone told me this was a modded Seiko 5 with a "tourbillion" movement in it I would 100% believe it.
Sadly it only has a fluxdepacitor. It's like a flux capacitor but it resists moving in time instead.
What the fuck is a tourbillion?
It's essentially a fancy watch spring mechanism. So the open spot on the bottom of the dial is the tourbillion as it unwinds it rotates around.
Huh
So you gotta wind it?
Might be automatic. That way the movement of the arm winds it
the movement of the arm winds it
That explains why Trump fails his arms around during his rambling speeches.
Generally yes, like the other reply said it might be automatic and self winding. It's a style of mechanical watch though so something somehow has to tension the spring that makes the watch run.
The small print at the bottom of the page is quite something.
Trump Watches are not designed, manufactured, distributed or sold by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization or any of their respective affiliates or principals. TheBestWatchesonEarth LLC uses the “Trump” name, image and likeness under a paid license agreement which may be terminated or revoked according to its terms. Trump Watches are intended as collectible items for individual enjoyment only, not for investment purposes. The images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product. These watches are not political and have nothing to do with any political campaign
Trump Watches are intended as collectible items for individual enjoyment only, not for investment purposes. The images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product.
So they are absolute trash.
Bulk ordered from Ali Express
"TheBestWatchesonEarth" I can already imagine how tasteful the watches are based on the company name
Oh, so these are AI images of a watch that doesn’t exist yet.
Wait we’re allowed to just declare that something isn’t political? Neat! I declare access to abortions to be non-political as well.
So he's not seen as the one to directly profit from it, but can still make a quick buck on the licensing and play dumb when the watches are worthless crap
Fuck me, at this point I feel like it wouldn't be too hard to just... create a website selling expensive ass Trump shit and in reality dropship it from Aliexpress
I mean there's probably a bunch of people doing it, but I wonder how hard it would be to do it without, y'know, any legal trouble.
"These watches are not designed to give accurate time and should not be used to tell time or keep track of time."
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Is this not blatant money laundering?
Unless he is destroying the watches and saying "oh look, I received these duffle bags of cash".
No, no, I think this is just blatant scamming.
Foreign nationals are prohibited from donating to Trump’s campaign fund. There’s no rule against them buying a dozen overpriced watches, though. They may not even be upset that their order is never delivered.
- Trump gives Joe $1mil worth of Cocaine
- Trump manufacturers a watch at the cost of $10/each
- Joe buys 10 of these watches for $100k each
That is how you money launder via purchases. It's more common to use artwork but you get the gist.
You don't need to destroy the watch for it to be money laundering. If he receives cash for the watch, he can hide the exact amount by means of some Weisselberg-esque money tricks.
But yeah, more than likely it's his semi yearly trashy overpriced product drop.
Nope just good old American grifting.
Wow, these are some truly hideous watches. This has got to be a money laundering scheme or something. No one actually interested in watches would spend six figures on one of these.
It's not for people interested in watches. It's for people interested in seeing a large economy having a figurehead who is a complete fucking waste of space.
Honestly, better than I was expecting. I was expecting gaudy gold, maybe with some (probably fake) diamonds. You know, Trump's ugly style. These just look fairly plain and cheap. I agree it does look like money laundering because they're far from nice, but they're just not as ugly as I expected.
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Must be gathering cash for one of his whores. Maybe that Jigsaw chick.
It's him. He's the whore.
the $500 ones have mineral glass crystals - sapphire coated.
movement is not mentioned, just "Automatic Movement With Date Window"
signature on the dial looks atrocious
grifter trash
Sapphire isn't even that expensive anymore. So cheap. The "automatic movement" really gives it Wal-Mart vibes 🤣
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sapphire coated? Like those screen protectors I can get for my phone for ten, twenty bucks?
Even that sounds too expensive! Unless it's like a three pack or something
Why buy a Hublot when you can get in on Trump's latest Aliexpress drop instead? It can even pass as a Rolex at 20 feet
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