Did Donald Trump Destroy Sneaker Culture? | The Complex Sneakers Show

[@Complex]

What do you think of Donald Trump’s sneakers?

[@curtisjackson224]

Trump is hip hop culture .. hip hop culture is sneaker 😂

[@ericonsocial]

Cheap Temu trash

[@__Kellz__]

🗑

[@ChairLunchDinner625]

They are as trash as Trump himself is.

[@chasesonic292]

Trump is genius, the hood is going to eat this up (not me tho)

[@jonathanharwood532]

I applaud Welty for so succinctly articulating the issue with having politicians on a show like FSR. I think JLP is a little clouded by “doing numbers”, when platforming a politician (no matter their partisanship) may inherently diminish the show’s integrity regardless of the hosts’ intentions. Welty can be frustrating at times but his commitment to maintaining his values is admirable 👏

[@Air234evaa]

I agree 👍🏽

[@jawlinejawlinejawline]

I love Welty

[@Phamousillday]

This is exactly what I was looking for in the comments! Big facts!

[@bern717]

Always has been. Love how he stood on business when people were calling him a liar *coughBookcough*

[@davidferrer6771]

Trump voters will blame artificial intelligence for losing(having election stolen). That's the last excuse their going to have for the mountain of evidence showing trump set up fake electors to try(and fail) to steal the election. I get it, their ego won't allow for a fair election in which they actual lose because their so deep into this domestic terror cult because they only watch fox news and enjoy being worked like putins puppet. All their grandkids and future family will deeply hate them because the amount of domestic terror they reigned into this country because they only cared about me, me, me and not the United States of America. They need to be rehabilitated to save democracy but they are objectively equal since no animate life in the universe has free will so we all have to learn from this and try to flourish as a species without causing malice towards each other and other species. If the top falls we all fall.

[@juzzyhunter6812]

Welty W on this. Kamala on Complex was a sucker move.

[@StephenMangiulli]

Welty W on this - dont let these politicians use you!

[@williamsmith9315]

Too late, 15 minutes talking about the issue, lol

[@BookerT69]

Yeah Complex is pathetic. They don’t like free speech 😂

[@bigvanvader3122]

Did you tell yourself and others that when you voted for Biden?

[@js6527]

I’ve never agreed with Welty more. 1000% spot on.

[@Georeo-et3ju]

typical lib

[@wellyforpm]

TDS level 100. Liberals = communists in 2024.

[@MarcSerrano87]

Matt Welty is a national treasure. His takes are always backed by logic.

[@RussellPuschinsky]

Brendan declaring “I voted for Biden” had zero people surprised

[@brendandunnecomplex]

lol fair

[@nicslik1]

Said it like 3 times. Making sure he got that across. 😂

[@CliftonMcMullen]

Well he is from the Pacific NW, shocker!

[@brens9143]

Word. I like Brendan but his political talks are so cringe

[@TH3BEAST512]

Said it twice like anyone asked

[@iMoha46]

If you want politicians on Sneaker Shopping, I’d have them on there after they’ve served their terms have ended because then you know they’re doing it for the love of sneakers with real stories

[@BookerT69]

Remember Kamala lying bout 2 Pac?! 😂all time culture vulture

[@FunkieFelix]

Welty went crazy this ep 🔥🔥🔥 W Complex 💎🤞

[@peterrossini6345]

Yo that Welty tweet about JLP an kamilla🐥 was wild

[@BookerT69]

Welty really won me over on this episode. Glad to see a man with his own thoughts

[@randyvixamar3072]

Welty is going off this episode and I agree. These politicians will do anything for support. Pretend to care about something they don’t love. 💯

[@KingOfSwords720]

Most people today aren't sneakerheads, they're opportunist. The real culture was replaced mid 2000's. Everyone wasn't wearing basketball shoes in 90's.

[@impact_220]

I don’t know, being a kid and growing up in the 90’s I remember a lot of us (kids) wearing basketball shoes as our daily shoe. Whether we were running around a park, riding our bikes, or actually playing ball, we had basketball shoes that we wore every single day as “regular” shoes. In the 90’s basketball shoes were a huge thing. Jordan’s, Shaq’s shoes, Reebok Pump, etc. etc. that was the 90’s big time.

[@monopolimanufacturing]

💯

[@ant_the_rant]

The real culture? Huh? Consumerism didn't show up in the 2000s, you just plugged into it at that time in your specific location. Malls have been around for a while, and people always liked to look fly and wear expensive things. People are repping hard for all the sneakers that took off 30+ years ago. Michael Jordan famously said; "Republicans buy sneakers, too"

[@KingOfSwords720]

@@ant_the_rant Yes, the real culture.(I was born before "85". It is more that sneakers. Hip-Hop, break dancing sports, TV shows, music videos and movies in the 90's were all on the same accord. This gave birth to everything you hold dear today. You wasn't outside then. We create.

[@drollins9973]

word!

[@gambee_]

The guy who bought the 9k sign sneakers, Roman Sharf, is a grey market watch dealer who is currently being sued for selling fake products. Birds of a feather.

[@zackamania6534]

A Russian, without fail

[@sjeverton]

No matter what side of the fence you sit on. If you can't see that trump is just a meme and needs attention, America needs real politicians and not just red vs. blue.

[@madrush24]

Amen!!

[@ChirpingChocobo]

💯

[@Adam-ug7gd]

real politicians are the problem, wake up.

[@BabyJesus66]

Facts

[@BabyJesus66]

​@@buff3014he's been a politician for 200 years... so I hope so. 😂😂

[@Checkz_over_Stripez]

We can't have phones at work but I put it all on the line for complex.

[@brendandunnecomplex]

Worth it.

[@Checkz_over_Stripez]

@@brendandunnecomplex 💯

[@pushajc1]

I dont care who you vote for but keep the politics out our community. They mentioned people always question the guest on sneaker shopping...im one of them. You said you like to get the perspective of non sneakerheads. But they only appear on your show when they are doing promo runs. Which is no different than what Trump did

[@keviningram6940]

Welty shined this episode

[@Ghost_xx_10]

Glad you guys dropped today! Definitely made my Friday a lot better!🙌🏾🙏🏽

[@kushsauce1406]

Welty’s right, Joe having Kamala on sneaker shopping was a major sucker move

[@brens9143]

Honestly. Like I lost so much respect when they had that witch on sneaker shopping

[@BookerT69]

Yeah that was a desperate move for complex and she knows nothing but throwing ppl in jail

[@Drew_Reviews]

Props for the Nightwing shoutout, he's been consistently providing some of the best wear tests of performance basketball sneakers for so long. And props to you guys for not dodging the conversation about the Trump sneakers - we don't collect sneakers because of politics, and I don't think that needs to change. Hawking an overpriced sneaker to an audience of potential voters is unnecessary and I don't care for the politicization of sneakers.

[@NateAnd15]

Glad to see you boys didn't skip out this week. Great show as usual, Also shoutout to Nightwing, he was godlike performance reviews.

[@destructichron5]

JLP was so visibly uncomfortable this episode 😭😭😭

[@markphillips1439]

Brendan voted for Biden? Dang I couldnt tell

[@khaldub]

30:31 bredneck 1s is funny

[@tyrusbluford2194]

Y'all points about the inauthentic plea for politicians to gain this new voting base due to sneakers is true. Guys I was there. The first thing they said before he came out was about how the sneaker industry and sneaker culture is worth billions of dollars.

[@s.marques3534]

Nightwing come on the show!! 😂

[@BookerT69]

That would be a great episode! Prolly have to make that 2hr long

[@Moe_Lester_fromUptwn]

What show?

[@matthewstewart2298]

Joe’s gonna get splinters with all that fence-sitting 😂

[@Sneakahead555]

Was very surprised at seeing the notification! Really not a Friday without this. Very interesting conversations! Amazing job, guys !

[@tonybpena]

listening to joe speak about this topic is so dull. all he wants to speak on is the publicity that drove headlines from this trump sneaker and ignoring everything welty is speaking on by consistently bringing up trump's impact individually rather than the political scheming trump was driving. in my opinion, it sounds like joe chose this week's episode name for the sole purpose to get more clicks and publicity rather than an actual analysis of what this means for voting polls, the actual target demographic/purpose of the sneaker, and trumps team attempting to derive from his 91 criminal charges.

[@zanemontego8090]

He cannot destroy sneaker culture, but he did destroy those lobster dunks.

[@danielzakrzewski.bardown]

What happened with the lobster dunk haha?

[@MikeAirTheTruth]

@@danielzakrzewski.bardown Trump signed them

[@jonsar713]

Sneakers are down but the podcast is UPPP 🙌

[@vanessaragin4377]

I 100% agree with Welty and Brendan on this topic. I feel like JLP is on the fense about it and trying to stay more neutral. Interesting... I enjoyed this episode very much.

[@gashytewala]

Right on Welty! Valid point. I come to this podcast for sneakers and the culture. 🤘

[@RyanTheproblemchild]

AMEN Welty!!

[@jjmejia_21]

Got a headache after watching this episode. 🗑

[@GoopieG]

Cry more

[@eceertrey1]

I wanted to hear about the YZY Pods for $20

[@madrush24]

Ok. YZY Pods are $20.

[@jonnymids]

@@madrush24😂😂😂

[@destructichron5]

😂😂😂

[@hoyfaladam2410]

I’m with you Welty

[@Jayredsworld]

These new “sneakerheads” are actually hypebeast. They follow the opportunity of what is currently popular and don’t bother to educate themselves on why true sneakerheads actually love the shoes they own

[@joshuastump9747]

I love Welty and Brendan's take on Trump's sneakers. It is a stain on sneaker culture and the most obvious attempts to exploit something cool and unifying. Thanks for taking an honest approach to the conversation.

[@relentlesseducator]

Everything about sneakers is about exploitation at every level and has been for a while. It is what it is.

[@BookerT69]

You’re wrong

[@zackamania6534]

@@relentlesseducatorall capitalism involves exploitation. The regulation of exploitation is what a great society manages to implement

[@MrEpikazm]

A waste of an episode. Avid watcher and look for it every week but a hour on trump while you say you don’t wanna cover politics issssssss hypocrisy. Otherwise love you guys

[@bachiboozook]

The reward of being a fashion victim, Brendan Dunne looked like the Michelin Tire Man on that picture with Trinidad. Well done Dunne, the Bibendum!

[@adrianzuniga8145]

Sneaker cam was dope as usual! Still missing that Full size run shoe. B-Diddy felt the emotion I feel. I enjoy this segment in lieu of F. S. R. Cheers!

[@GORGON_OG]

JOE will interview democrats but not republicans lol typical hahahah

[@ObservantLynx]

“I voted for Biden” lol you definitely did

[@commentator2.0]

JLP said he was proud of having Kamala on the show but Welty was right, that was whack af

[@eddie6two6]

Them AE 1’s are giving me Yeezy quantum vibes

[@AirJordanNothing]

I agree'

[@brutus8123]

Yeah that have a few similar visual cues

[@Behzey2fly]

Obama supporters? 😅😂😂 oh dear…

[@BookerT69]

Having Kamala on Sneaker Shopping is the most pathetic thing Complex has ever done.

[@beastykid113]

I can tell Joe voted for trump just being from Long Island , how strong his LI accent is and how he never gave his opinion on trump in a negative only trying to convince other to be for trump which is a trait allot of trumpers do but hey he’s gonna loose again so I’d doesn’t matter also sneaker heads are corny and so is the culture with all the releases no uniqueness and just copying cats with taste and no self identity but it’s fine lol just corny 😂😂

[@brutus8123]

You already know Joe would be down to have him on if he got the chance

[@consmercado3843]

I respect Matt Welty more on that IG comment.

[@_KMAC_]

Donald Trump + Politics on this show 🤢🤮

[@emeighd]

Welty was 10000% right

[@icysolez23]

Appreciate yall for this!!

[@RyanMcNeely-x1u]

Welty with an incredible take on this. Love him staying neutral

[@thecunninlynguist]

Such hyperbole

[@victortorres1901]

shout out to brendan and especially wealty some sneaker heads still have a moral compass

[@BookerT69]

Nah f mustache Lady

[@jflo-supes]

Well said Welty. Bro speaking facts

[@jaykendall7468]

Brendan might as well said “I’m a die hard liberal and hate trump” 😂

[@thecombckid]

What a ridiculous title

[@sjeverton]

It gets the people going

[@thecombckid]

Can't wait to hear what the woke idiot says about it

[@Multiversetraveler93]

Trump is ridiculous.

[@RyanWellsokc]

When the bait clicks itself.

[@NicolasLeedom]

Agreed

[@edesands4479]

The ..jump the fences 6's🤭😂🤣

[@griand21]

Welty with the double cup

[@richinoable]

If he had any business sense, he'd go after all the counterfeit products using his name/image/likeness/brand. But hey, they'll never deliver the $400 pair you already paid for.

[@mikey15red49]

Brendan calling people bozos because they taking pics with Trump. But he voted for Biden, you Brendan are the biggest clown 🤡

[@BookerT69]

THIS IS THE BEST COMMENT!!!!! 😂😂😂 Mustache man is the biggest 🤡 of anybody

[@albertoascari9390]

I usually don't agree with none of the point of views of mr Wealthy... But this time, I wholeheartedly agree with everything he stated.

[@RubenSeoane-v2u]

Was excited that they didn’t go on hiatus. That excitement quickly dissipated when I realized 50 minutes were going to be spent talking about Donald Trump and politics.

[@dragonballt123]

You say you don't want to make it political but then you make it political...I don't care if you like trump or not just keep the focus on sneakers.

[@djswany85]

Jlp had quite the payday this week. Hopefully not too many cuts hitting the sneakers crew.

[@debusen81]

“The values of sneaker culture” You guys sit around talking about marketed running shoes made for $2 in China

[@TheNFA20]

Hope you know, How many un-subscribed after you guys boasted about voting for Biden and the left agenda.

[@AlbinoMonkey96]

Grow up, Brendan. Buddy is nearly pushing 40 talking about “muh orange man bad.” “Do we really have to talk about this on our website”, whilst simultaneously naming this video the way you did. I don’t necessarily care that he went there but you can’t sit there and say they would be saying all of this if Bernie, Barack, or even AOC showed up. Just looking for excuses to be upset.

[@85boondocks85]

I saw that KD4 video, I’m not that old. I’m 28 that was fire in high school. I hate that I’m potentially that old man saying you don’t know the classics if you don’t know the importance of Nike basketball in that 2010 era

[@williamsmith9315]

It's cool, you know what you know, minor details and intricacies like the KD4 opinion really don't matter. 😊

[@85boondocks85]

While I will agree, a minute opinion about a specific KD or lebron series is not necessarily important but the younger kids opinions I find to be invalid as “sneakerheads” or some new era where it isn’t truly what they love!

[@yeshuarc]

Ya'll made my day with this upload. Thank you boys 🫡

[@MetaMan09]

23:38 bro I would pay a Patreon monthly to hear this pod without the edits 😂😂😂💯💯💯

[@truthistruth4186]

Sneaker culture died around 10-15 years ago. Now its just watered down into business and sneak snobs.

[@JRMeadows-bb8km]

🤬 both parties

[@Multiversetraveler93]

Democrats are colluding with Russia or banning black history….

[@a1rkidlebron2]

why is the lighting making JLP look like he has jaundice

[@theshoemmelier]

Lighting and color grading continues to be an issue for this new set. It’s much improved from the first episode, but they chose set colors that don’t really jive with the skin tones of the hosts.

[@BookerT69]

😂

[@gfeast4518]

Where my Trump supporting sneakerheads at? Complex is in New York they don’t know what’s up

[@BookerT69]

Right here brother. That mustache lady Dunn sure acts unprofessional on this episode

[@csn2213]

Starting the podcast and mentally preparing for Dunne’s attack on Trump

[@Su006]

Did the whole pod really have to be about the Trump shoe?

[@serialkilla23]

the current so called sneakerhead...just know about travis scott jordan, retro 4, panda dunks and whatever is on trend.

[@416-t7v]

welty is right !!

[@kay_jay_em]

10:43 AE may have had the “illest shoe of the weekend” but he did nothing in them. 4 points?!! Lefty shots of the side of the backboard?? Would have loved to see him throw down some sick dunks but he pretty much stood around like a 5 year old while everyone else did their thing.

[@trealityt.v262]

Imagine getting sneaker information from these weirdos 😂

[@adamneustaedter4666]

Love the show and the fellas. As a Canadian didn’t really care for the convo that much this week.

[@shady2493]

New Balance 990v6 is the Best Shoe out right now. Putting anything else on your feet after wearing them it’s like strapping boards with laces to your feet

[@kirkstate]

Ummm naww 1. It’s only a few limited pair 2. Just another product he threw his name on but had nothing to do with it

[@Multiversetraveler93]

He has everything to do with as it’s paying his legal fees.

[@MetaMan09]

Yo hearing yall take on this topic was amazing to hear, love the acknowledgment of black ppl in sneaker culture historically touched my heart, and yes I agree we need to gatekeep this to some extent cause we can’t let these ppl just use us as a marketing ploy.

[@BookerT69]

Never surrender Dunne…never surrender little bro 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CliftonMcMullen]

3 liberals in a room lol. I bet if Obama came out with a sneaker they be drippin or flippin. They wouldn't skip.

[@BookerT69]

😂 oh no doubt about it they’d be sobbin’ on them like his personal chief was before he got whacked!

[@ntsakomathebula4840]

Lol during Black History month Trump drops the most talked about sneaker in years, Nike take notes bro. Movie

[@DavidPeck]

Joe is clearly not a very political guy, because he doesn't seem to fully understand Dunne and Welty's very valid points about not wanting to have Complex platform politicians.

[@V0ltron]

I think Trump and Spike Lee both having their own gold sneaker is dope. They're both huge icons and are both part of our culture.

[@nonamewillbegiven2412]

No

[@BrandonMarchegiano-lh8mh]

The dn bubble is actually really similar to the air max plus 5. There is a close resemblance to the air max deluxe on the upper, and the rest is an air max pulse with a bit of 97. What do you think?

[@markfitzurka9995]

Thanks for making this special episode. I waited to get the real opinion from some sneaker head cultured guys. It was all over the news and I was waiting to hear you guys talk about them. Thanks for coming in on your day off. If you guys didn’t cover this Trump story It would be crazy. Its a sneaker however much of a cash grab it is you guys are the guys to real talk this story

[@ChirpingChocobo]

Thank yall so much for talking about this. Hard topic to cover but def needed to be talked about.

[@tippylosojos]

Nightwing shout out 🔥

[@AndrewLaSane]

Shout out to Welty

[@steveroeill5065]

Oh yes, it was Trump. Definitely wasn’t people who never cared about sneakers before hearing they could make money in selling them and treat it like the stock market.

[@disaul1627]

You know you’re LEFT wing with that title 💀 lol

[@G-spookyk4zs]

Trumps shoe is better than kanyes new shoes😅