Is this not blatant money laundering?
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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.
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.
- 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.
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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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Gotta take the rubes for everything they're worth. I wonder how many inheritances that fucking guy has sacked.
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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
This is probably the only watch douchier than a Hublot. Even Richard Mille can't hope to match this.
The old weirdo doesn't have time for a second debate because he's too busy playing golf and hawking overpriced collectables.
I’d love to know what brand these really are or who made them. Made in china or Mexico?
TheBestWatchesOnEarth LLC started in 07/2024.
Located at:
1309 Coffeen Avenue, Suite 1200 Sheridan, WY 82801
Which is also the location of a dozen other companies.
I can't really find any info on who owns it. I wouldn't be surprised if it was essentially owned by him and this is little more than money laundering.
Edit: Looks like it is registered by Cloud Peak Law Group, LLC and the filing was put in by Andrew Pierce. The last registered person on thir paperwork was Ashley Preston. They both work for Company Sage (Andrew Preston being the founder) which makes software to make it easy to start an LLC. But it seems odd to have your own employees be the registered person for the LLCs.
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
Oh, so these are AI images of a watch that doesn’t exist yet.
🤔🤔🤔
Probably the least political offer I’ve ever read
Neither politics nor candidates come anywhere close to mind
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
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.
Wait we’re allowed to just declare that something isn’t political? Neat! I declare access to abortions to be non-political as well.
"These watches are not designed to give accurate time and should not be used to tell time or keep track of time."
"TheBestWatchesonEarth" I can already imagine how tasteful the watches are based on the company name
Must be gathering cash for one of his whores. Maybe that Jigsaw chick.
It's him. He's the whore.
She’s so bad at sounding like a typical person.
Since people keep commenting on how it looks. Here they are. That way you don't have to give that cretin more clicks.
Dude if someone told me this was a modded Seiko 5 with a "tourbillion" movement in it I would 100% believe it.
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?
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.
Sadly it only has a fluxdepacitor. It's like a flux capacitor but it resists moving in time instead.
those actually look kinda cool... for like $200.
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
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You know it's got a tiny watch face so it doesn't dwarf his tiny hands.
His hands aren't even particularly small. But he's an old, fat and decrepit man and he needs a very large and padded suit to give his body some sort of healthy appearance. His hands sticking out of that suit therefore look tiny.
Seriously, look at the pictures of him golfing in his XXXL polo shirt. The guy is shaped like one of the McNuggets
Maybe he’s raising money FOR the poor… haha
The money is exactly for that. All of it is going to someone who is bankrupt, morally bankrupt, but stil....
I was listening to some interviews with undecided voters.
Several saying that Trump is a business genius and has what it takes to balance the budget and run the economy.
These people are "low information voters" who saw a meme in tiktok once, so you can't really blame them. Still, it's weird that this impression has sick with him despite him being the worst economic manager in the history of forever.
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LOL "gold"
yea, i'm sure. just like those fuglidiculous sneakers
she doesnt say it in sympathy
She's downright pissed at these poor bitches that can't buy her watches.
The Con-Man continues to live up to his reputation.
sometimes I wish I could get away with such a blatant grift. I love my $15 wood and leather watch.
Have you thought of selling it as a wood and leather watch- but with AI?
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