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As he closes in on the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump made a highly unusual stop Saturday, hawking new Trump-branded sneakers at “Sneaker Con,” a gathering that bills itself as the “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth.”

Trump was met with loud boos as well as cheers at the Philadelphia Convention Center as he introduced what he called the first official Trump footwear.

The shoes, gold lame high tops with an American flag detail on the back, are being sold as “Never Surrender High-Tops” for $399 on a new website that also sells Trump-branded “Victory47” cologne and perfume for $99 a bottle. He’d be the 47th president if elected again.

Biden-Harris 2024 Communications Director Michael Tyler slammed the appearance, saying: “Donald Trump showing up to hawk bootleg Off-Whites is the closest he’ll get to any Air Force Ones ever again for the rest of his life.”

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Tbh I like how the shoes look. I'd wear them if they were not from Trump and were under 100$.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Far be it for me to judge your stupid taste or your dumb sense of style

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'll judge anyone who wears gold shoes. That's just tacky.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I agree. Which is why I've hated pretty much every design Trump has ever been involved with, long before he was president.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"I judge people by their shoes and I'll loudly proclaim it to the entire world because I don't like the color gold."

Just listen to yourself lmao

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, I do judge people when they waste their money on ugly, expensive sneakers.

Especially when I can think of many, many things that a $400 investment would be better spent on.

I know, I'm the worst.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

You don't own other people or their money. You cannot say whether there is another 400 dollar "investment" that's better for then. Why do you have the need to dictate other people's lives? Super weird, tbh. Also, maybe other people just have more money than you and can afford it?

Also, you are not the arbiter of "beauty"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So you're claiming that I'm not allowed to judge people based on my standards?

Because that seems like what you're doing to me right now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, they're judging your preferences by their own preferences for not judging people for wearing ugly shoes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

And they're welcome to not judge people who do that. I do. I can also say that $400 would be better spent on all kinds of things other than a gold shoe. They are welcome to disagree with me on that, but I won't judge them for it.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

Thanks for not just blurting out your unasked opinion and idiotic view.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Imagine being afraid of the color gold and insulting someone because they aren't afraid of the color gold. Grow up; it's just a color, and it's just a style, and you are an asshole for being a dick about it. Why is anyone so opinionated about a shoe anyway?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I don't know. Since you're one of those people overly opinionated about people's opinions about shoes, why don't you tell us?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I would also wear these shoes, if around 100 dollars, and not from Trump, just to troll the people in this thread who are talking trash about them. I bet not a single one of them would say a thing to either of us about it in real life because they'd be too intimidated by our swagger lol.

P.S.: I am opinionated about this because my car has gold wheels hahaha