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riversedge

(80,496 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:08 AM 18 hrs ago

Trump lays groundwork to slap his name all over historic event

Source: msn.com


Story by Vic Verbalaitis • 12h •

President Donald Trump wants to make America’s most celebrated moment in modern history all about himself.

The Trump Organization filed several trademark applications last week related to America’s 250th anniversary celebration, according to a NOTUS report on Sunday.


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One trademark, filed by Trump’s holding company, DTTM Operations, LLC, on Friday, pertains to a “Trump 250″ image to be used on different merchandise, including golf balls, coffee cups, clothing items, and more.


A trademark application for another image that “consists of the word TRUMP and a design of five aircrafts followed by converging contrails” was also filed on Friday, and is intended for use on merchandise.


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On Tuesday, the Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, all of whom were appointed to their positions by Trump, also filed a trademark application for a logo of “The Trump Kennedy Center.”............




The Trump Organization was founded by Trump but is now run by two of his sons, Eric and Donald Jr., both of whom also oversee the organization’s mobile service venture, Trump Mobile.
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Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-lays-groundwork-to-slap-his-name-all-over-historic-event/ar-AA1XN09h?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=69aec755df5e49c3ada76b7e964732e8&ei=15



Whow--guess I am surprised that Trump would make our 250 U. S. Anniversary ALL ABOUT HIMSELF!!


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The Trump Organization filed a trademark application for the bold type logo on Friday. / U.S. Patent and Trademark Office





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The Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts applied for a trademark of a logo depicting



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Trump lays groundwork to slap his name all over historic event (Original Post) riversedge 18 hrs ago OP
Did he forget adult diapers? Turbineguy 18 hrs ago #1
Isn't that against the emoluments clause? That a president can't profit off being in office ? kimbutgar 18 hrs ago #2
He'll pocket billions from that event this year dalton99a 18 hrs ago #3
au contraire NJCher 17 hrs ago #11
For this reason, I will not be celebrating it. lastlib 18 hrs ago #4
;-{)..... Goonch 18 hrs ago #5
Oh come on now Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 16 hrs ago #16
I am not the least bit excited by the 250th year. Solly Mack 18 hrs ago #6
Did he trademark the Trump 250 mushrooms yet? FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #7
250? BidenRocks 18 hrs ago #8
What a f***ing a**hole. Americanme 17 hrs ago #9
There should be a law prohibiting government officials from profiting this way. pnwmom 17 hrs ago #10
Many of which he highlighted in his first term ... SomewhereInTheMiddle 3 hrs ago #20
Dementia, Inc. Bayard 17 hrs ago #12
Just like a senile old dog that shits and pisses all over marking its territory. cstanleytech 16 hrs ago #13
Except Trump is destroying American democracy neohippie 16 hrs ago #14
He's a money whore and an attention whore. Talitha 16 hrs ago #15
It's gonna be called: liberalgunwilltravel 15 hrs ago #17
Trademark away you fools. All the more reason to revert the name back to the Kenedy Center Marie Marie 14 hrs ago #18
Trump 250? Hey, he looks pretty good for a 250 yrs old guy!... electric_blue68 11 hrs ago #19

kimbutgar

(27,167 posts)
2. Isn't that against the emoluments clause? That a president can't profit off being in office ?
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:36 AM
18 hrs ago

Oh I forgot rules don’t apply to him only Democrats !

NJCher

(42,982 posts)
11. au contraire
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:23 PM
17 hrs ago

could be the biggest flop ever. Who's going to buy this crap? His supporters have dwindled away. Take a look at The Economist graph, which maps it.

It's never been this low and it's only going lower as gas prices increase.

But go ahead and let them gear up for it and take a financial bath.

lastlib

(28,064 posts)
4. For this reason, I will not be celebrating it.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:42 AM
18 hrs ago

Not giving one non-existent penny to that basturd.

FakeNoose

(41,234 posts)
7. Did he trademark the Trump 250 mushrooms yet?
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:53 AM
18 hrs ago


Actually I'd love to see Jimmy Kimmel get the copyright for it.

BidenRocks

(3,161 posts)
8. 250?
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:02 PM
18 hrs ago

More National debasement.
FIFA and the Olympics also.
Chump has ruined everything!
(At least Adam was funny!)
Conover.

pnwmom

(110,245 posts)
10. There should be a law prohibiting government officials from profiting this way.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:23 PM
17 hrs ago

Trump has found all the weak points of our democracy.

20. Many of which he highlighted in his first term ...
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:32 AM
3 hrs ago

My greatest hope was the President Biden would spend significant energy during his term to pushing for laws that would formalize traditional limitations and expectations for the President and set real boundaries on executive power by statute.

Trump showed how a president with evil intentions could obfuscate his illegal actions and ignore precedent and tradition while sticking to the "letter of the law".

I was disappointed that Biden didn't seem to try, and now we are paying for it.

Not that the Old Man is bother by breaking the law so it might not have done much but give the courts more grist for the mill.

Bayard

(29,398 posts)
12. Dementia, Inc.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 12:54 PM
17 hrs ago

Nobody in their right mind could be that self-centered on a national scale. Disgusting and embarrassing. It makes me wonder if Stephen Miller has him occupied with these shiny things now, while he runs (ruins,) the country.

I don't see how this could not be illegal against the Emoluments Clause.

neohippie

(1,266 posts)
14. Except Trump is destroying American democracy
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:12 PM
16 hrs ago

In what should have been it's 250th year, he is dismantling our democracy crushing our federal institutions and trampling over our constitution with the help of his GOP enablers, including a corrupt Supreme Court and rudderless congressional leadership

Marie Marie

(11,186 posts)
18. Trademark away you fools. All the more reason to revert the name back to the Kenedy Center
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 03:30 PM
14 hrs ago

if we regain control of Congress. As for the other named "things", the Trump name will go down in history as the evil it embodied - much like Hitler before Republicans began to embrace that monster. Like during and after his first term, all the buildings that removed his name because it was devaluing that real estate. His neediness is so pathetic.

electric_blue68

(26,727 posts)
19. Trump 250? Hey, he looks pretty good for a 250 yrs old guy!...
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 06:15 PM
11 hrs ago
BLARGH!
Grifting, meglomaniacal monster.
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