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Fox News host says Trump’s $399 gold sneakers will make Black people support him because ‘they love sneakers’ – DeadState

deadstate.org Fox News host says Trump’s $399 gold sneakers will make Black people support him because ‘they love sneakers’ – DeadState

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Anyone who genuinely loves sneakers is gonna look at those tacky pieces of shit and pass immediately.
- But sadly anyone who collects sneakers is gonna buy them for the lols.
  
  These will hang on a power line soon enough
  
  I mean, yeah, if I I were into collecting sneakers and had the money, I'd totally do it for the meme.
  
  Maybe auction them off once they sell out and donate the proceeds to some lgbt/minority/feminist org?
  
  I mean, fuck it, most revenue he's going to make off of them was around half a mil anyway iirc.
- They look like gold shoes you can buy from China on Amazon
  
  Unable to delete so editing instead. Leaving Lemmy.world due to privacy concerns.
- People said the same about Kanye's EVA foam marshmallows
- I way prefer God's shoes
As Newsweek points out, the “Never Surrender High-Tops” are shiny gold high tops with an American flag on the back, and have since sold out on the website they were promoted on.

Two words Money Laundering
- That’s four words
  
  It could be more.
- Wouldn't that be a pretty terrible way of laundering money though since inventory and sales are pretty easy to verify? Like how would one inject dirty money that would wouldn't be blantly obvious?
  
  You overpay for a trash product not because you're willing to buy the product at that price, because you believe that is what it is worth, but because an investigator can't prove you were just doing it to transfer funds.
  
  For another example, all these political talking heads pumping out a ghost written book no one will read that sell out immediately and make the best seller list because a PAC buys all the copies.
  
  I don't think that's what's happening here though. A thousand sneakers at $400 isn't hard math, and while that's a lot of money on a personal level it's nothing to a man that just ate a $300 million fraud judgement.
  
  Nice try FBI, but you’re not getting me to confess.
  
  All kidding aside. Everything Trump does is the terrible way of doing things.
Yes, that sounds exactly like something a FOX(FAUX) News host would say.
- Fox entertainment
  
  While I agree with your intent there actually is a Fox entertainment that's owned by Disney and is not in any way currently connected to the trash fire that is Fox News. Fox News was spun off into its own thing while the rest of Fox that isn't dedicated to Republican propaganda was sold to the highest bidder which happened to be Disney.
- It also sounds exactly like something a racist would say
  
  Why are you repeating their comment?
- https://youtu.be/b5JKiAUqRi0?si=DddhcRlrAD3ED07m
I will give someone a hundred internet points if they can find one single picture of a black guy in trumps gold sneakers out in public.
- Stupid people aren’t exclusive to any race or ethnicity. You lost your bet before you even thought of it.
  
  We'll find out around July when they're supposed to have been delivered.
- Clearance Thomas is probably wearing some right now
  
  Pfft. He dont go out in public. Too risky for him.
- Bet me $399 and I'll make it happen
  
  You joke, but that still wouldn't work for you. The gold ones all sold out in a day. Lol
- *who isn't Kanye, sometimes he oddly likes trump
- Those aren't his sneakers.
  
  I said out in public. Not that staged and paid photo shoot. This ain't counting.
  
  It's either AI, or someone who broke his ankles for this photoshot...
The most depressing part is he legitimately might win.
- And if he doesn't legitimately win, he will make damn sure he wins illegitimately.
Comically evil levels of racism.
Why isn't he marketing to us Jews? I want two-for-the-price-of-one pennies!

When I see how many of my relatives are actually considering voting for this monster, the question answers itself. I'm simply stunned seeing Jews defend a man who openly supports Hitler.
- Well, the shoes are gold, so I think they were doing their best to appeal.
  
  And, I’ve got a cousin who is amped for Trump and calls Musk a genius (I’m black, so it hurts even more).
  
  You're not wrong. I can't help but imagine myself singing "If I Were a Rich Man" in those shoes.
  
  Just like I assume you can't stop wanting to watch The Wiz while wearing them. Or, you know, whatever is Fiddler on the Roof for black people.
  
  In case it needs to be said: sooooooooo much /s
The sneakers weren't a meme?
- Unfortunately no. I guess in this case you ate the not-onion
That whole discussion... Just... Goddamn.
I 100% believe that they believe this
sneakers: check

menthol cigarettes: check

durags: coming soon
I thought this was an onion article..
Anyone who loves sneakers was probably offended by whatever the fuck those things were
Yeeeaah, I don't think so.
Yet the same people who shelled out $399 for these ridiculously gaudy sneakers are raining blows on Biden for the "poor state" of the economy. With people paying that much for god-awful looking sneakers and paying upwards of $8500 just for superbowl tickets, and not mention what they pay for Taylor Swift concert tickets - I don't want to hear anymore bitching about inflation or how bad the economy is. People obviously have more money for discretionary spending than they are admitting.
can a black person please tell me if this is true or not
Oh man, he sunk to Hilary level pandering
Trump's republican party reminds of DC's Gotham universe.
I have no dog in this fight but the sneakers don't look that bad.
- They look like they got taken out of a time capsule from the 80's. I wouldn't have been surprised to see Kid and/or Play rocking something like that back in the day.

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