{"id":270420,"date":"2021-10-30T11:27:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T11:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/?p=270420"},"modified":"2021-10-30T10:38:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T10:38:55","slug":"disgusting-trump-family-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/celebrities\/disgusting-trump-family-products.php","title":{"rendered":"5 unbelievably distasteful things the Trump family actually tried to sell and make money off – Donald Jr.\u2019s disgusting Alec Baldwin T-shirts to the Trump Organization\u2019s \u201cWhite House-inspired\u201d merch"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWhile former US president Donald Trump<\/a> may have made his name as a New York businessman, he\u2019s had his fair share of failed business ideas. Others, meanwhile, grabbed plenty of attention \u2013 but for all the wrong reasons. And the rest of the Trump clan aren\u2019t strangers to bad biz press, either.
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\nFrom wanting to \u201csell\u201d Puerto Rico to creating insensitive T-shirts<\/a>, here are some of the Trump family\u2019s sales ideas that caused trouble instead of making money \u2026<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump Jr speaks at the 47th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\n Donald Trump Jr.\u2019s Alec Baldwin T-shirts<\/strong>
\nThe Don\u2019s eldest son was recently criticised for trying to make a quick buck off the death of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer on Western flick Rust. The mother-of-one was accidentally killed when actor Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene on the New Mexico set and was apparently unaware the gun contained live rounds when he handled it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s reported that the star \u2013 who has portrayed former president Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live over the years \u2013 was told by the assistant director that the weapon was a \u201ccold\u201d gun, suggesting it didn\u2019t contain live rounds. Baldwin was pictured distraught after the incident. While the blame has been shifted onto the prop master, some Conservative personalities have used the opportunity to get back at Baldwin for his liberal political views \u2013 including Don Jr.<\/p>\n

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The T-shirt with the controversial slogan can be found on Donald Trump Jr\u2019s website. Photo: shopdonjr.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nDon Jr. quickly started selling T-shirts with the slogan, \u201cGuns don\u2019t kill people Alec Baldwin kills people\u201d.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, the backlash has not been pretty, with Vanity Fair columnist Bess Levin even dubbing him \u201csentient pond scum\u201d for the controversial move.<\/p>\n

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Former US president Donald Trump holds MAGA hats during his first post-presidency campaign rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington, Ohio, US, in June 2021. Photo: Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nDonald Trump\u2019s \u201cyou ain\u2019t black\u201d T-shirts<\/strong>
\nBut that wasn\u2019t the first time a Trump has tried to flog merchandise with a controversial slogan; during Donald Trump\u2019s presidential campaign, his team started selling T-shirts stating \u201cyou ain\u2019t black\u201d. It referenced a phrase his political rival Joe Biden uttered last year following racial injustice protests in America.<\/p>\n

While Trump \u2013 for the most part \u2013 refused to sympathise, Biden did but was criticised for saying: \u201cWell, I\u2019ll tell you, if you\u2019ve got a problem figuring out if you\u2019re for me or Trump, then you ain\u2019t black.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump was quick to capitalise off of rival Joe Biden\u2019s statement by releasing a T-shirt. Photo: trumpstore.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThe Trump Campaign jumped on the backlash and started selling merchandise on their website. However, Biden eventually apologised and Trump was left looking like the bad guy.<\/p>\n

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Puerto Rico. Photo: Handout<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nDonald Trump once wanted to \u201csell\u201d Puerto Rico<\/strong>
\nIf you think selling distasteful T-shirts sounds bad, buckle up \u2013 it gets much worse. This one isn\u2019t so much a business idea as it is a complete misunderstanding of how US territories work. Former Department of Homeland Security boss Kirstjen Nielsen\u2019s chief of staff, Miles Taylor, confirmed last year that Donald Trump wanted to, erm, sell the US territory of Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

The former president allegedly suggested selling the Caribbean territory after 2017\u2019s Hurricane Maria or swapping it for Greenland, because he viewed it as \u201cdirty and poor\u201d. Yikes.<\/p>\n

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Fashion lover Ivanka Trump was once offered a job at Vogue. Photo: @ivankatrump\/Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nIvanka Trump\u2019s Goya beans boost<\/strong>
\nThe former first daughter had plenty of career opportunities other than her White House job, but she mistepped when she tried to boost Goya Foods sales after the food brand\u2019s chief executive, Robert Unanue, showed support for her father. Donald himself tweeted about his love for the brand \u2013 which is owned by the Spanish-originated Unanue family \u2013 and Ivanka<\/a> followed with a photo of herself holding a can of black beans with the brand\u2019s slogan, \u201cIf it\u2019s Goya, it has to be good\u201d.<\/p>\n
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If it\u2019s Goya, it has to be good.
Si es Goya, tiene que ser bueno. pic.twitter.com\/9tjVrfmo9z<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) July 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n