“Once again Donald Trump is demonstrating that his most consistent practice as a government official is not prioritizing the needs of the American people that have entrusted him with our highest public office, but instead finding new ways to exploit the presidency to funnel money into his businesses,” Donald Sherman, Crew’s executive director and chief counsel, told the Guardian.
Trump store ‘unabashedly’ cashing in on his White House return, inquiry finds Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington found 168 new products appeared for sale on site since November.
The president’s online store, which attracted ethics concerns when it was launched early in his first administration in 2017, is run by the Trump Organization separate from his administration, but “is quietly making Trump millions”, Crew said.
In all, 168 new products appeared for sale on trumpstore.com since November, many celebrating his election to a second term of office, according to the pro-transparency group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew).
Donald Trump’s merchandising operation moved into overdrive between election day and his inauguration this week as it rushed to cash in on his return to the White House, an investigation has found.
