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CNN tracked Trump’s watch to a building in Sheridan, Wyoming—and found strange ties to a “male enhancement honey” company with a similar name.

Last month, Donald Trump announced that he was selling limited-edition, gaudy watches ranging from $499 to the bargain price of $100,000, bragging about their Swiss-made precision.

But a CNN investigation traced the watches’ origin to a shopping center in remote Sheridan, Wyoming, where TheBestWatchesOnEarth LLC, the company behind the timepieces, is based. There’s no indication that a watch company is located at the building listed at the address, only a daycare. Its neighbors include an H&R Block, a Wendy’s, and a “vape and hemp smoke shop.”  

CNN couldn’t find the people behind the company either, because the business’s location allows it to legally hide those details from the public. The news network found that knocking on the door of the business’s supposed address didn’t answer those questions. Interestingly, the limited liability corporation behind Trump’s infamous gold sneakers is also based at the address, along with other random businesses. The watch company was registered on July 29, only two months before Trump announced the watch line.


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[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Worth a read, no idea how legit this info is - https://calibercorner.com/trump-watches-caliber-tx07/.

I don't know if it's my cynical eyes, but the side by side image comparison is... striking. The parts in Trump's watch look much cheaper, and there seem to be fewer mechanical pieces. I know nothing about watches so I have no idea if I'm making sense or taking out of where the sun don't shine.

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

There are a few reviews of the watch on YouTube, and they seem to agree with your assessment.

Review 1

Review 2

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Hey buddy... wanna buy a watch?

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 2 points 5 hours ago

Wyoming strip mall’s owner is listed as Skyler White. Attorney is Saul Goodman.

[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 91 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Its a money laundering front, plain and simple.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 41 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It’s weird how this is surprising. His shoes, his NFTs, all traces through Wyoming corporations set up to launder money.

Basically. If you want to start a number of Shell companies that all report to each other so money can disappear, do it in Wyoming, they don’t give a fuck, and that’s what Trump did.

[–] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I wonder how that will change with the upcoming January deadline for companies filed under a registered agent having to file a BOI report to disclose their controlling interests.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

If he's president by then it won't matter.

[–] CyberDine@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Which is why rich people really want Trump to win.

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 88 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This Trump character sounds like he might be involved in shady business dealings!

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 21 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The more I learn about that guy, the more I don't care for him.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 12 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Some were saying that decades ago. Some still haven't crossed that line, for some reason.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 2 points 3 hours ago

My grandma had that dude sniffed out in the 1900s

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Some are breathing borrowed air.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 45 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It should come as no surprise that nothing was legitimate about that entire scheme.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

It’s all legitimate. That’s the issue. Wyoming doesn’t give a fuck. You can set up hundreds of llc’s in Wyoming that only just connect back to each other or shady law firms. The law firms take their money. Wyoming takes their money. And the rest of the money disappears

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 30 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

The words "derelict", "strip" and "mall" really sum him up perfectly. So it sounds like he found the perfect match for his needs.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Please don't connect the words "Trump" and "strip" like that.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Haha, yeah it does create some horrible mental images, doesn't it!

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

I imagine him falling from a pole and breaking his neck on a first try. Makes it bearable.

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)
[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

so what is the point of "registering" a business if the address it obviously bogus?

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If the goal is, let's say money laundering, it's harder to track you down.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

oh I get the point in lying about your location of course. in other words what I'm asking is why have business registration at all if it's so easy to lie?

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Oh, the why was directed at the other side. My bad.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Mainly because at the moment, he’s still under the whim of the FBI who he basically wants to disband. Once he’s in power he can dismantle any government agency that would fight his corruption, and then there’s no need for Shell companies

[–] superkret@feddit.org 10 points 6 hours ago

A man whose presidential bid is simply a grift for money having a decent chance at winning is very fitting for the US.

[–] Mobiledecay@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

They don't even look like real gold. It looks like a fake Rolex from the streets of Manhattan. 🤣

[–] nemonic187@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Literally laundering money to his campaign. Nothing will happen.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Those watches, if any of them even actually ship, are guaranteed to be straight from Aliexpress.

[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Con man gonna con.

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 hours ago

Gee I sure hope trump finds out that he's been ripped off.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

So am I still ok to use this male enhancement honey? So far my male seems about the same.

[–] DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

So not “mail” enhancement? Dammit! I could use a check from Publisher’s Clearing House about now.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

No surprise. Dude is nothing but a con man and if you see anything but a con man then you are stupid.