A large store in Tennessee that exclusively sells President Donald Trump merchandise is closing, and it is due to a lack of shoppers.

The store is located along Interstate 40 near Knoxville, Tennessee and its exterior has massive Trump billboard, banners, and a brick outhouse labelled the "Democrat Superstore" make clear what kind of goods the shop is slinging.

But now the shop is selling off its remaining inventory at a 50 percent discount, Slate reports. It's going out of business, and its owner, identified as William 'Bill" Hays, admitted the closure is due to lack of customers.

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[–] 74 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I popped in to one of these Trump stores for a look prior to the election while I was visiting doing a road trip through some states

The shit was expensive and cheaply made, the owner was reacting to recorded news interviews playing on screens as if they were live

Very obviously a grift

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  • [–] 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    The shit was expensive and cheaply made, the owner was reacting to recorded news interviews playing on screens as if they were live

    In the Trump world, that's just your standard kayfabe

    Very obviously a grift

    Also yes, of course.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    Its hard to educate the average person on how central the concept of kayfabe is to the current situation we exist in, it goes beyond Trump but I don’t know if anyone besides Vince himself ever used it so effectively.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    In the Trump world, that’s just your standard kayfabe

    Enragement capitalism.

    I think some ex-Faux guy wrote a book some number of years ago and gave the game away about how Faux was consciously designed to be very similar to WWE, formerly known as WWF. I wish I could find that snippet...

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  • [–] 29 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    How did they even stay in business this long? I hope they were losing money every month.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago

    I used to live nearby, it always seemed empty whenever we drove by, every time. I dunno how it survived, I think the owner must have had money to burn because they always had a rotation of nice classic cars parked outside. Knew it must have been the owner's though because it was the same rotation of 5 or so.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Honestly, the dumbasses that would buy this stuff and plaster it on their bodies, their houses, their vehicles....thought they were "owning the libs" with it.

    I mostly just shake my head and pity them. Every time I see some gigantic truck acting as a penile compensation device, plastered with gun-nut decals and Trump regalia, I think of it as just another example of The Tribe That Rubs Shit In Their Hair...in-group signaling to other hopeless tribe members.

    https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-tribe-that-rubs-shit-in-their-hair.html

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  • [–] 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    In another few years it's going to be just like Iraq and Afghanistan. All those people who endlessly supported the war will suddenly go quiet and blend in, pretending they never supported such disastrous interventions -- and of course, never admit they were wrong.

    Suddenly you won't be able to ever find someone who admits to having been a Trump supporter.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I supported both wars and I was wrong. I nearly joined the Air Force myself. I really believed they did have WMDs in Iraq, and that Afghanistan was deliberately sheltering bin Laden.

    I wish I could say one big thing changed my mind and I was wrong for some good reason. But I can't even point to anything that the handful of radicals hadn't already told me in person. I just slowly learned more about the world.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago

    There's a guy in my area selling Temu-quality Trump merch on the side of the highway, out of what I'm pretty sure used to be one of those water pistol games you see at carnivals and state fairs, with all that hardware ripped out.

    I've passed by it on the way to and from work for years now, and never once have I seen a customer.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    All you LIBTARDS have TDS! I don't see you COMPLAINING when the BIDEN MEGASTORE went Out Of Business!

    -SMERT Republicans!

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    One day that shit will be like Nazi memorabilia

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    They clearly must've gone woke to get this broke

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    What I've seen are people driving around in large Trump-themed buses, parking in different towns from one day to the next, propping up tents and selling Trump merch. MAGA truly is a cult.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    Its easier to peacock to own the libs when you're not in power. Now that they are, its harder to be reactionary.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    we all want to forget about his crooked ass and someday we will

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    I kinda fear someone more coherent will get in there running on the same ideas but properly execute it. I'm scared shitless that we'll look back on his ass like we look back on W now. He was horrible and embarrassing, but his hallmarks were broad republican ideals, hating broccoli, and being unable to say nuclear.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    I just noticed something about myself: every time I see that orange turd I wonder if his diaper was full or empty when the pic was taken.

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    Maybe they should have switched to selling boat flags. Like every boat in Florida has one of those trump flags.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I can just hear this guy. "The gurl who said thaaat didnt know what she wus talkin bout. "

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Play stupid games...

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