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fhdkweigyesterday at 6:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

On that topic, how many presidents in the past have had merch stores after elected? I can understand fundraising during a campaign, but after winning or losing, the fundraising usually stops.


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jfengelyesterday at 7:05 PM

The fundraising never stops, not even for lame ducks, because the money can always be delivered into related war chests.

But here it is going directly to the President's pockets. That has never happened before.

bcrosby95yesterday at 6:28 PM

Merch. NFTs. Playing cards. Crypto coins. A phone. It's like we have Dennis Duffy as POTUS. If it were 40 years ago it would be like Reagan starting his own MLM.

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