Trump launches gold high top sneaker line a day after $350m court ruling
GuardianFEB 2024
Trump Launches $400 Sneaker Line
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The Spin
Anti-Trump narrative
Proven by the licensing address of this shoe manufacturer being the same as one of his golf resorts, Donald Trump is tied financially to the sale of these shoes. However, despite his efforts to pretend that this isn't a scheme to bring in income after losing yet another multi-million-dollar lawsuit, the only result of this cynical stunt is the continued trivialization of his legal losses.
Pro-Trump narrative
Donald Trump has never lost his supporters because he does what old-fashioned Republicans would never do — not give up. As Democrats seek to win by trying to put their primary political opponent in jail, Trump continues to meet regular Americans where they are and provide to them about what they care about. Donald Trump isn't the one trivializing the weaponized justice system — he's the one poking fun at its institutional rot.