This is vintage Donald Trump, the man with the golden sneakers. You undoubtedly know the saga by now: two runs at Trump trading cards brought diminishing returns so Trump decided that he needed to get out of NFT world and into the world of the tangible scam. What do to? He must have wracked his brains for days. After all, Trump University didn’t work, nor Trump steaks, nor vodka, nor Trump the Game, nor Trump airlines, nor Trump football. Rumor has it that Barron actually came up with the idea for Trump sneakers, because Barron likes sneakers.
So Trump found a cheap pair of Chinese sneakers, retailing at $18, and he decided that with the letter T and a few other tweaks, that he could sell them for $400. And sell them he did. He’s got sneakers in manufacture as we speak — unless he just takes the money and runs, and as financially challenged as he is, that may happen. But otherwise, cult members who have parted with $400 will see their orders delivered in late summer. Meanwhile, there’s another substantial wrinkle in all this.
Those shoes blatantly do have red soles. There they are, bigger than life. And other companies have tried this before and Christian Louboutin has successfully sued. So what does that mean for Trump? Will he have to disgorge the profits he’s made from advance orders? Will he have to cease and desist production?
If so, then what happens to the people who have already paid their $400? Will they get their money back? Or, do they just join the long line of people that Trump has ripped off over the years and take a bath on it? We’re going to find out.
Meanwhile, when and if this scheme goes belly up, what’s next? Trump bubble gum, so that you can do a kind of holy communion to Trump? I’m surprised he hasn’t thought of that yet, frankly. Trump silly putty, so you can copy images of him all the time, same idea as the holy communion, i.e., to constantly be at one with Trump.
I think what the Louboutin people should do is allow the red soles on Trump sneakers, IF Trump puts his own face on the bottom of the sneakers so that his cultists will in fact be stomping on his image with every step. That might be an interesting kind of permissive use. It certainly would be a novel legal concept.
It’s something in the Trump DNA that he has to break laws. Even when he’s trying to get money to save himself from judgments, he’s just breaking other laws in order to do so. It’s a never ending cycle.
Sue him. Just do it. Enough is enough. Those that bought ’em – tough shite.
I’m pretty sure that’s exactly how it will go down. Louboutin is famous for the red sole like McDonald’s is famous for the golden arches. I don’t see Trump standing a chance. The hilarious part is that it never crossed his mind. And Melania owns Louboutins. I read that in an interview, that she was wearing a pair of Louboutins. Not that anybody in that family can put two and two together.
There is one consumer product with his brand on it that seems to be taking off:
Being not just a guy, but one who is pretty freaking clueless about fashion other than what is or is not quality in men’s suits and dress shoes although not so much about “style” and what particular look is “in” I’d never heard of Louboutin or the red soles thing. So, after reading this I did some quick checking. As 2021 the company itself was worth 2.7 billion, and as of Sept. 2023 Christian was personally worth 1.6 billion. So I think it’s highly he’s actually personally more than Trump and his company is worth more than the Trump Org. actually is.
Oh, but it gets better. Unlike Trump Louboutin actually has had (as the guy in the video says) success in winning lawsuits. In court. Around the world and one here in the U.S. against another designer. I think it’s safe to say their lawyers would eat Trump and his lawyers like most of us would wolf down a quick afternoon snack after missing lunch. Given all his other legal troubles if I were them I’d pounce. Right away. Trump could find himself on the losing end of a quick summary judgement for not responding in a timely fashion.
I still think the people who bought those sneakers are going to be plenty pissed off because I highly doubt a contract has been signed to produce them, much less that manufacturing has started or will even within two or three months. And Trump did put disclaimer language on the website about no refunds AND no responsibility if there turned out to be production problems. As I wrote recently the earliest delivery folks have been told to expect is July for one model and August for the other. But by mid-September when damned near all the suckers haven’t gotten their shoes things will hit the fan.
By October it will be trending on social media. In the month before the election!
Getting sued for copyright infringement is not technically a production problem. I still don’t know if his disclaimer holds up when a product was never delivered. I don’t ever expect these shoes to ever even get close to being made and I’ve a feeling dingleberry is already licking his lips in anticipation of all that money for absolutely nothing. Thing is, fraud is bad but fraud as a business model? I can’t think of a judge or jury that would let that one slide and it isn’t as if this dipshit knows how to cover his tracks…hell, he’ll announce it at a rally f.f.s.
Of COURSE these p.o.s. shoes infringe on someone’s copyright. WTF did everyone expect–that he would do the right thing because it is February 2024? Don’t know who this shoemaker is but I hope he nails dingleberry in court. Won’t be long until dingleberry starts bringing a sleeping bag to court as much time as he’ll be spending in courtrooms.