2024 US Presidential Elections: Former US President Donald Trump's campaign emblazons merchandise with his mugshot
The Washington Post reported. Notably, Trump has throughout tried his best to appear “unfazed and unbowed" by having been indicted four times since March, as per the New York Times. “It is not a comfortable feeling — especially when you have done nothing wrong," he told Fox News’s website in an interview.
ANI reported citing The Washington Post that Trump has effectively capitalized on his mug shot. Just an hour and a half after being released from an Atlanta jail, merchandise featuring his mug shot such as T-shirts, mugs, koozies, and bumper stickers was already available for purchase. The merchandise, priced at $34 for shirts, features the slogan "NEVER SURRENDER!" Also Read: Indian-origin Vivek Ramaswamy speaks on running as Donald Trump's VP: ‘Fine position for someone…' Notably, Trump surrendered at the jail on Thursday and was released on a USD 200,000 bond in a move his legal team negotiated this week.
The ‘Trump Save America Joint Fundraising Committee’ is also selling his mug shot, saying it would give out a T-shirt in exchange for a USD 47 donation. The Trump campaign claimed in a fundraising email that his mug shot was an attempt “to make him look like a criminal in front of the entire world," The Post reported. Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., also posted on X a link to his own website featuring merchandise with the photo.
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