Sale season has reached the highest office in the land right in time for its current occupant’s transformation into a private citizen. TMZ alerted the world to the sales. The White House Gift Shop is selling some Trump stuff for “50 % OFF SALE!!!!!!” It’s not all the Trump stuff that’s on sale at the gift shoppe, nor is it only Trump stuff on sale, but it is this stuff that is simply taking up space: an ornament set, some hats, some commemorative coins. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out of the Oval Office, my guy.
The ornaments are called “Icons of Success” (“Mission Accomplished” was surely already taken) and are going for $175—that is, half off. They’re from 2018, a lifetime ago, and commemorate the “North Korea peace talks in Singapore” and the “Dow at highest levels in U.S. history.” Yes, in case you want a tribute to “North Korea” and the stock market on your yuletide evergreen. Didn’t Dickens write a story about this? A ghost came to Trump in the middle of the night extolling the virtue of trickle-down economics and warning about what happens if one does not suck right up to dictators? I love that book as well as that movie. You should see it on the stage!
There are also “Make America Great Again” hats on sale for the Trump supporters in your life too. They’re perfect for pulling down over one’s eyes and imagining that that guy was never a single-term president.
Anyway, the Biden–Harris coins, as TMZ notes, are available for preorder.
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