Feels like it’s been a while since we highlighted any products from “Proud Patriots” or similar MAGA fan merchandise sites. Maybe drifting away from relying on shit like “The Trumpinator Bobblehead” and the “Never Surrender Limited Edition Trading Card” for content is a sign that there’s only so much mileage in the fucking garbage collectibles being hawked to the fanboys. It’s true that a few months ago we did pick up $149 “gold Never Surrender plates”, but that article was more about the deepfake video of Trump telling his fans that the plates could be redeemed for $10,000 cash each at any bank branch – if he wins the election (That’ll probably directly cause bloodshed either way).
The most common threads in the comments under all our articles on the gold coins and collector’s plates and all sorts of other shit was either that (A) readers mistakenly believed that Trump himself was the one hawking this garbage or (B) more often they understood it wasn’t “licensed” (there is no “licensing” required for these things as Trump is a public figure and his likeness and name aren’t copyrighted) and got a laugh out of the fact that these dogshit operations were making money selling worthless collector’s coins and stuff to Trump’s fanboys and he wasn’t seeing a dime of it.
About that…
“Good morning everyone – I have something incredible to share today, as we are introducing the launch of our Official Trump Coins! The ONLY OFFICIAL coin designed by me—and proudly minted here in the USA. The President Donald J Trump First Edition Silver Medallion will be available starting Wednesday, 9/25/24, EXCLUSIVELY at realtrumpcoins.com/ Sign up today!” posted the fat bastard Saturday morning, debuting his foray into the Trump merch market if you don’t count the NFTs, the campaign gear, the “Trump Lifestyle Collection” shit from his pre-politics days, and so on.
The best part might be that visually this is 100 percent indistinguishable from the “bootleg” Trump merch sites and the coins themselves. Hell the “Proud Patriots” shit could even arguably be higher-quality. This one below’s certainly a cooler design at a quarter of the price:
Also noteworthy is how Trump is bridging the generational gap of questionable investments in fake coins with the crypto scam on one end and now his silver coins on the other.