The Whiff of Corruption: Trump’s New Perfume Has Strong Notes of Graft
President Donald Trump took to social media Monday night to promote a limited edition self-branded fragrance in a bottle topped with a gold statuette of a generic man in a suit called Supremacy - For Patriots who never back down like President Trump This scent is your rallying cry in a bottle reads the advertising copy for both a men s cologne and a women s perfume sold under the same name Trump launched the scents with an announcement on Truth Social wedged between posts boasting about U S tariff revenue and touting the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Hours later Trump posted We brought respect and dignity back Trump Fragrances are here They re called Triumph - because they re all about Winning Strength and Success wrote the president Get yourself a bottle and don t forget to get one for your loved ones too Enjoy have fun and keep winning Achievement - costs a whopping for fluid ounces Roughly the same quantity of Chanel No retails for Last month White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed it was absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency Trump s net worth was estimated at billion in March a full billion more than the year before according to Forbes It is the highest Trump s net worth has ever been in the magazine s rankings It s quite a comeback for the former president who more than doubled his net worth in a year wrote Forbes senior editor Dan Alexander in March It pays to be king Just not long ago Trump attacked Forbes and Alexander in a Truth Social post Read our Complete Coverage All the President s Crimes The first convicted felon to serve as president Trump has sidelined past notions of propriety busted all previous ethical boundaries and annihilated remaining norms surrounding graft After being twice impeached during his first term the president has dismantled any viable machinery of accountability during his second stint in the White House Trump has fired ruling body inspectors general installed loyalists at the Justice Department and FBI and is protected from legislative oversight and additional impeachments by a Republican-controlled Congress Related Democrats Woke Up to Trump s Crypto Grift Will They Stop Other Scammers The Intercept has documented Trump and his family s efforts to monetize the presidency via meme coins and cryptocurrency They and their business partners have collected at least million in fees from TRUMP crypto To mark the th day of Trump s second term Sen Elizabeth Warren D-Mass read reports of graft into the congressional record on April Trump and his administration have paved the way for the president his top agents and his billionaire buddies to personally feed at the trough of establishment corruption she stated Trump informed income of more than million last year including million from cryptocurrency sales Trump has assets in excess of billion across a business empire that includes real estate holdings hotels golf courses as well as commitment accounts and numerous Trump-branded efforts according to a -page financial disclosure circulated by the White House earlier this month But every little bit counts Trump also made million from Trump sneakers and perfumes in Trump previously hawked a Fight Fight Fight line of fragrances that harken back to the attempt on his life in Butler Pennsylvania Those scents sell for a bottle The new Trump perfume and cologne are also available through GetTrumpSneakers com A webpage touting Win - perfume refers to it as rare unique collectible footwear Footwear uses Donald J Trump s name likeness and image under paid license from CIC Ventures LLC according to the website s fine print which also notes these are only official Golf Shoes Sneakers Fragrances by President Trump Footwear LLC is not owned managed or controlled by the president the Trump Organization or CIC but says that it pays CIC for a branding deal Trump himself is the manager president secretary and treasurer of CIC Ventures according to his latest financial disclosure which valued the firm at somewhere between million and million Wyoming where Footwear is incorporated does not require businesses to publicly disclose their owners names Trump Fragrances are not designed manufactured distributed or sold by Donald J Trump The Trump Organization or any of their respective affiliates or principals the Trump Fragrance website says despite this close connection The scents and sneakers are part of numerous merchandise retail sales and licensing deals worth more than million which also include products from guitars to watches Not all Trump-branded products can deliver a rallying cry in a bottle or even Trump s full name Tim Petit a Rhode Island man bought a Inauguration First Lady pink-dialed timepiece for his wife who cried when her husband gave her a watch that instead commented RUMP I m very disappointed he informed his local NBC affiliate I want it to be a special thing for her And we had expected that it would have the integrity of the president of the United States and good follow-through Trump has in recent weeks addressed the complication of corruption head-on by encouraging other nations to turn a blind eye to realizable wrongdoing by their elected leaders Last weekend Trump demanded Israeli prosecutors drop the graft charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is on trial for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of luxury goods in exchange for political favors and attempting to negotiate for more favorable coverage from Israeli media outlets Bibi Netanyahu s trial should be CANCELLED INSTANTLY or a Pardon given to a Great Hero who has done so much for the State Trump posted on Truth Social It was the United States of America that saved Israel and now it is going to be the United States of America that saves Bibi Netanyahu THIS TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE CAN NOT BE ALLOWED The post The Whiff of Corruption Trump s New Perfume Has Strong Notes of Graft appeared first on The Intercept
