{"id":3684,"date":"2025-07-02T02:31:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=3684"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:31:37","slug":"trumps-new-perfume-has-strong-notes-of-graft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=3684","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s New Perfume Has Strong Notes of Graft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"has-underline\">President Donald Trump<\/span> took to social media Monday night to promote a limited edition, self-branded fragrance in a bottle topped with a gold statuette of a generic man in a suit, called \u201cVictory 45-47.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Patriots who never back down, like President Trump. This scent is your rallying cry in a bottle,\u201d reads the <a href=\"https:\/\/gettrumpfragrances.com\/\">advertising copy<\/a> for both a men\u2019s cologne and a women\u2019s perfume sold under the same name.<\/p>\n<p>Trump launched the scents with an announcement on Truth Social, wedged between posts boasting about U.S. tariff revenue and touting the so-called \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill.\u201d\u00a0Hours later, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114777624950181477\">posted<\/a>: \u201cWe brought respect and dignity back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump Fragrances are here. They\u2019re called \u2018Victory 45-47\u2019 because they\u2019re all about Winning, Strength, and Success,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114774905224497775\">wrote<\/a> the president. \u201cGet yourself a bottle, and don\u2019t forget to get one for your loved ones too.\u00a0Enjoy, have fun, and keep winning!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victory 45-47 costs a whopping $249 for 3.3 fluid ounces. Roughly the same quantity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chanel.com\/us\/fragrance\/p\/125530\/n5-eau-de-parfum-spray\/\">Chanel No. 5<\/a> retails for $176.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j99zT2R2EEE\">said<\/a> it was \u201cabsurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- BLOCK(cta)[0](%7B%22componentName%22%3A%22CTA%22%2C%22entityType%22%3A%22SHORTCODE%22%2C%22optional%22%3Atrue%7D)(%7B%7D) --><\/p>\n<p><!-- END-BLOCK(cta)[0] --><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s net worth was estimated at $5.1 billion in March, a full $1.2 billion more than the year before, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danalexander\/article\/the-definitive-networth-of-donaldtrump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forbes.<\/a>\u00a0It is the highest Trump\u2019s net worth has ever been in the magazine\u2019s rankings. \u201cIt\u2019s quite a comeback for the former president, who more than doubled his net worth in a year,\u201d wrote Forbes senior editor Dan Alexander in March. \u201cIt pays to be king.\u201d (Just recently, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/5377257-trump-attacks-forbes-reporter\/\">attacked<\/a> Forbes and Alexander in a Truth Social post.)<\/p>\n<p><!-- BLOCK(promote-post)[1](%7B%22componentName%22%3A%22PROMOTE_POST%22%2C%22entityType%22%3A%22SHORTCODE%22%2C%22optional%22%3Atrue%7D)(%7B%22slug%22%3A%22presidents-crimes%22%2C%22crop%22%3A%22promo%22%7D) -->  <\/p>\n<aside class=\"promote-banner\">\n    <a class=\"promote-banner__link\" href=\"http:\/\/theintercept.com\/collections\/all-presidents-crimes\/\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"promote-banner__image\"><br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"promote-banner__text\">\n<p class=\"promote-banner__eyebrow\">\n            Read our Complete Coverage          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/aside>\n<p><!-- END-BLOCK(promote-post)[1] -->\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2025\/01\/10\/trump-hush-money-sentencing-unconditional-discharge\/\">convicted felon<\/a> to serve as president, Trump has sidelined past notions of propriety, busted all previous ethical boundaries, and annihilated remaining norms surrounding graft. After being <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/series\/all-presidents-crimes\/\">twice impeached<\/a> during his first term, the president has dismantled any viable machinery of accountability during his second stint in the White House. Trump has fired government inspectors general, installed loyalists at the Justice Department and FBI, and is protected from legislative oversight and additional impeachments by a Republican-controlled Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The Intercept has <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2025\/05\/08\/democrats-trump-crypto-stablecoin-maxine-waters\/\">documented<\/a> Trump and his family\u2019s efforts to monetize the presidency via<a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2025\/01\/28\/trump-crypto-ethics-government\/\"> meme coins <\/a>and cryptocurrency. They and their business partners have\u00a0collected at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/22\/us\/politics\/trump-memecoin-dinner.html\">$320 million in fees<\/a>\u00a0from $TRUMP crypto.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the 100th day of Trump\u2019s second term, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., read 100 reports of graft into the congressional record on April 29. \u201cTrump and his administration have paved the way for the president, his top officials, and his billionaire buddies to personally feed at the trough of government corruption,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/icymi-warren-reads-100-acts-of-trump-corruption-into-congressional-record-to-mark-100-days-of-the-trump-administration\">she said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump reported income of more than $630 million last year, including $57 million from cryptocurrency sales.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has assets in excess of $1.6 billion across a business empire that includes real estate holdings, hotels, golf courses, as well as\u00a0investment accounts and numerous Trump-branded efforts, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/President-Donald-J.-Trump.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">234-page financial disclosure<\/a>\u00a0released by the White House earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>But every little bit counts: Trump also made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/06\/26\/nx-s1-5446114\/trump-wealth-business-crypto-brand\">$2.5 million<\/a> from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/02\/19\/1232438349\/donald-trump-golden-high-top-sneakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump sneakers<\/a>\u00a0and perfumes in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Trump previously hawked a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/donald-trump-jill-biden-photo_n_6756973ee4b06b50ac932fe7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fight, Fight, Fight<\/a>\u201d line of fragrances that harken back to the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2024\/07\/13\/trump-pennsylvania-rally-shooting\/\">attempt <\/a>on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania. Those scents sell for $199 a bottle.<\/p>\n<p>The new Trump perfume and cologne are also available through GetTrumpSneakers.com. A webpage <a href=\"https:\/\/gettrumpsneakers.com\/products\/victory-47-trump-perfume-for-women-pre-order\">touting <\/a>Victory 45-47 perfume refers to it as \u201crare, exclusive, collectible footwear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c45Footwear uses Donald J. Trump\u2019s name, likeness and image under paid license from CIC Ventures LLC,\u201d according to the website\u2019s fine print, which also notes \u201cthese are only official Golf Shoes, Sneakers &amp; Fragrances by President Trump!\u201d 45Footwear, LLC is \u201cnot owned, managed or controlled\u201d by the president, the Trump Organization, or CIC but <a href=\"https:\/\/gettrumpfragrances.com\/pages\/faq\">says that it pays<\/a> CIC for a branding deal. Trump himself is the manager, president, secretary, and treasurer of CIC Ventures, according to his recent financial disclosure, which valued the firm at somewhere between $1 million and $5 million. Wyoming, where 45Footwear is incorporated, does not require businesses to publicly disclose their owners\u2019 names.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump Fragrances are not designed, manufactured, distributed or sold by Donald J. 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Tim Petit, a Rhode Island man, bought a $640 \u201cInauguration First Lady\u201d pink-dialed timepiece for his wife, who cried when her husband gave her a watch that instead said \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/donald-trump-watch-delivered-typo\">RUMP<\/a>.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m very disappointed,\u201d he told his <a href=\"https:\/\/turnto10.com\/i-team\/trump-watch-bought-by-rhode-islander-missing-important-letter-president-donald-branded-website-jewelry-may-13-2025\">local NBC affiliate<\/a>. \u201cI want it to be a special thing for her. And we had expected that it would have the integrity of the president of the United States and good follow-through.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump has recently addressed the problem of corruption head-on by encouraging other nations to turn a blind eye to possible wrongdoing by their elected leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, Trump demanded Israeli prosecutors drop the graft charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of luxury goods in exchange for political favors and attempting to negotiate for more favorable coverage from Israeli media outlets. \u201cBibi Netanyahu\u2019s trial should be CANCELLED, IMMEDIATELY, or a Pardon given to a Great Hero, who has done so much for the State,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114763460580044614\">posted <\/a>on Truth Social. \u201cIt was the United States of America that saved Israel, and now it is going to be the United States of America that saves Bibi Netanyahu. THIS TRAVESTY OF \u2018JUSTICE\u2019 CAN NOT BE ALLOWED!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2025\/07\/01\/trump-fragrance-crypto\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump took to social media Monday night to promote a limited edition, self-branded fragrance in a bottle topped with a gold statuette of a generic man in a suit, called \u201cVictory 45-47.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cFor Patriots who never back down, like President Trump. 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