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douglas9

(5,275 posts) Fri Nov 7, 2025, 07:16 AM Friday

Trump Wine Hits Government Shelves [View all]

The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores, which provide service members and their families with access to tax-free consumer goods, have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider.

Coast Guard Exchanges at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and in Centreville, Virginia, recently stocked Trump-branded wine and cider, according to a photo postedon Instagram and confirmed by Forbes from calls to the stores.

Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the exchanges were carrying Trump wines in a statement to Forbes, saying, “The brave men and women of the USCG are pleased to be able to buy Trump wine and cider tax free.”

While there’s been no shortage of Trump’s businesses capitalizing on the presidency—from using the presidential seal on golf markers at his courses to selling a $75 coffee table book showcasing pictures by his official White House photographer—these wines are among the few times Trump products have been sold at a government facility.

The White House referred inquiries to the Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security, the Coast Guard deferred to DHS and the Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/11/06/trump-wine-coast-guard-exchanges-stores-federal-property-government/

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Trump Wine Hits Government Shelves [View all] douglas9 Friday OP

Trump Whines...apropos MiHale Friday #1

good gawd he is sleazy rurallib Friday #2

there is no end to his sleaze Jbraybarten Friday #11

I'm surprised he's not selling Jelly shots. nt Trueblue Texan Friday #38

Tell TSF that we could start selling Epstein Files at the Commissary Seinan Sensei Friday #50

I know. I can't think of anything he wouldn't sell. ananda Friday #43

The sitting president of the US is selling his wine on American military bases?? Irish_Dem Friday #3

Tax free. He takes unfair advantage at every opportunity. nt allegorical oracle Friday #14

Trump is the military commander in chief. So the boss is making employees buy his crap. Irish_Dem Friday #18

Have read several times that Eric's in charge of the winery. That alone would put allegorical oracle Friday #21

Yep cheap products sold at exorbitant prices. Irish_Dem Friday #23

Isn't that illegal? yardwork Friday #16

Sure seems is should be illegal for a president to force troops to buy his merchandise. Irish_Dem Friday #19

We are no longer edhopper Friday #20

We are a nation of corrupt grifting. Irish_Dem Friday #24

Of course it is - that is why Trump is doing it dwayneb Friday #48

Au contraire orangecrush Friday #27

The Hegseth connection seems obvious Drum Friday #30

Hegseth wants the troops too drunk to notice what a jack wad he is. Irish_Dem Friday #31

The grifter oozes sleaze and corruption Hey Joe Friday #40

Technically, the Coast Guard is part of DHS, not DOD... Wounded Bear Friday #46

fat orange imbecile wolfie001 Friday #4

If he does this in the open, what is he doing behind the scenes so bad it has to be hidden? Irish_Dem Friday #5

Hence the Epstein Files... RainCaster Friday #47

Whatever happened to the Hatch Act? Retrograde Friday #6

The emoluments clause of the Constitution gab13by13 Friday #13

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil happened to it eShirl Friday #45

And hey! No tariffs! no_hypocrisy Friday #7

Well, the Coast Guard does need to remove barnacles from the hulls of its ships . . . hatrack Friday #8

Why does the Coast Guard need or deserve tax-free alcohol in the USA? muriel_volestrangler Friday #9

My review of Trump wine: True Dough Friday #10

Don't forget no. 5 The Madcap Friday #28

Gotta unload all that unsold Rump Vodka - just dump in a packet of grape Kool-Aid. nt Buns_of_Fire Friday #12

I'd expect tariffs to go up on all wines, including those from California. dem4decades Friday #15

I guess you'd have to be very brave to drink Trump wine and cider. tanyev Friday #17

Even if it weren't Trump, why would you trust a wine sold by a purported teetotaller? Redleg Friday #22

Remember Billy Beer? Captain Zero Friday #26

I remember Trump mattresses. llmart Friday #36

In a sane and normal world it would robbob Friday #41

I'd like to know the sales numbers. It would be a kind of poll. JohnnyRingo Friday #25

No grift too small for the Grifter-in-Chief. flashman13 Friday #29

At those price points I'd rather buy from Bordeaux, Rhone, Tuscany, Rhine Valley, or the U.S. West Coast Auggie Friday #32

Hopefully they just gather dust sitting on the shelves. KS Toronado Friday #33

Where I grew up they called it "two buck chuck". twodogsbarking Friday #34

Trader Joe Two buck chuck is actually decent wine despite the low price point zeusdogmom Friday #51

It doesn't make you, well, chuck, though, does it? twodogsbarking Friday #53

Get shitfaced on Trunp wine, how appropriate. It's like the Nazis on drugs as they were. BradBo Friday #35

Saint Peter don't ya call me 'cause I can't go... Harker Friday #37

This is what a dictatorship looks like. Our only function is to enrich Trump and his oligarchs. Doodley Friday #39

Fuck him and his racist grapes of wrath. n/t flvegan Friday #42

It's actually re-branded KOOL-AID, right? nt Exp Friday #44

Is anyone keeping track of the plethora of Trump merch? OneGrassRoot Friday #49

Fleecing the investors? Mopar151 Friday #52

once hes out of office every asset of his should be seized moonshinegnomie Friday #54

Mr. President, the troops have no water. twodogsbarking Friday #55