‘Unadulterated grift’: Professor blasts Trump guitar venture as having ‘no moral sense at all’

[@jsmcguireIII]

Completely unqualified people appoint completely unqualified people.

[@kevinvogrin187]

The Narcissitic and sociopath playbook

[@jjmarz1001]

That's what you get when you have a completely unqualified electorate.

[@kevinvogrin187]

@ you tell them! 💪👍

[@Pilot_engineer_19]

Insurrectionist only appoint other Insurrectionist.

[@two-sense]

The good news is: There won't need to be any firings at the factory in China where the guitars are made. So, jobs created.

[@thedeejaeebee5babee]

This!

[@briankeenan4901]

This is Hilarious!😮

[@kevinvogrin187]

Maga = American jobs going to china.

[@Jackie371]

lol

[@markl2815]

“A national that values privilege over principle will quickly lose both” Dwight D Eisenhower

[@Taskerofpuppets]

Incompetence begets incompetence

[@00bankz24]

And that’s why Trump got reelected 😂

[@mssu_5]

DOGE should stand for Department of Grifting Executives

[@musicloverme3993]

tRump prefers DO(D)GE as to avoiding Civil or Criminal liability/conviction/sentencing.

[@MultipleOffenses]

If Orange Jesus had really wanted to appeal to his base with this newest grift, the guitars should have been banjos.

[@two-sense]

Sold in pairs.

[@Bluelightcheaphotel]

Guitars, banjos, mandolins, dobros. All preferable over the skin flutes of the left

[@geofo60]

Nothing wrong with guitars, banjos, dobros or mandolins as long as they're not made in China. I own several and apart from one banjo that dates from the 1920's and is British made, all of the others are U.S. made and not Mexican.

[@MultipleOffenses]

@@geofo60 If you're that against China-made stuff, I wouldn't buy any Trump "product"...

[@23v0lv32]

Keep slurping up the MSDNC pablum there bud! Comcast wants to spin off MSNBC. Your side has lost. 😂❤

[@River.channel]

National embarrassment.

[@francihuffman6595]

Kamala lost Trump's your boss

[@MoreThanYouTimesTwo]

​@@francihuffman6595 not remotely Vlad. Trump may become President however he will never be our boss.

[@TheGunslingerRoland]

​@@francihuffman6595, I pray for a modern day John Wilkes Booth. Stay blissful.

[@francihuffman6595]

@@TheGunslingerRoland but you have Trump

[@susanjames6511]

And this is what a piece of 💩that was voted in

[@Pinkricaan]

Hes talking about people cant afford apples and hes selling $10,000 guitars

[@joycewills895]

​@@paulbober😂😂😂😂😂

[@Don_ECHOguy]

But maga will remortgage to buy one! 🤣

[@Pinkricaan]

@Don_ECHOguy 🎯🎯🎯

[@el7jake]

I saw this on one of the late night talk shows, and I thought it was a joke! Why guitars, of all things?

[@ld3511]

@@el7jake I thought trumpy bear was a joke. Then I thought tRump wall fish was a joke. I guess the jokes on us.

[@seanyiscubsfan1]

One of those guitars on the website looks like a Gibson Les Paul and given Gibson’s track record of suing companies for copyright infringement that is one lawsuit I’d be happy to see.

[@00bankz24]

I think you need to look up the definition of copyright infringement 😂😂😂😂

[@MrArvola]

They are going to run government like a business. That is good for owners but not for We The People.

[@00bankz24]

You’re not too bright huh?

[@danforster6525]

So sick of Trump being called out on his crimes but authorities look the other way.

[@alex35agm]

The department should be called Dolt,or Department of lying traitors.

[@earthstewardude]

Ha ha... very good!

[@missinterpretation4984]

I’d like to nominate you to my cabinet to oversee the department of department naming.

[@aesea57804]

I vote for pronouncing it Dodgy

[@A.day.in.the.Life-1]

Total embarrassment. Shame on America.

[@christurnerct49]

Lol your the embarrassment you don't understand hes doing this to help us Americans

[@A.day.in.the.Life-1]

@christurnerct49 You're.

[@christurnerct49]

@@A.day.in.the.Life-1 why dont you try a little bit of forgiveness and a little bit of love for one day and see how it goes for you ?

[@Quaker-tc8ue]

@@christurnerct49 ‘try a little bit of forgiveness” What for? He created $7.8TRILLION in national debt; He didn’t care that 400,000+ died in one year on HIS watch; He’s been whining about a stolen election for four years DESPITE NO PROOF.

[@FDT2024now]

​@@christurnerct49how ? Please explain

[@alex35agm]

A Trump guitar?It doesn't go twang,it goes Whine whine whine.

[@ld3511]

🤣😂

[@yurei8]

You are an artist!

[@Robert-ty3qi]

That's rich, coming from the side that's been whining since Nov 5th

[@00bankz24]

All I hear is liberals whine whine whinging because HES BACK! 😂😂😂😂

[@tombanwell-u3g]

His flatulence is the enemy from within

[@davidbible1469]

So. Trump’s Bible cost $3.00 to make and sell for $60.00. China makes some electric guitars that sell for $150.00 retail. Trump selling them for $10,000. A real guitar player would not by one of these guitars.

[@00bankz24]

Stay in school kid. You obviously need it.

[@dawngerken6613]

It amazes me that people spend money on Trumps cra@.

[@tlz6638]

Does a dozen eggs come with the guitar? WHERE ARE MY EGGS?

[@asesetervoll6035]

😂😂😂

[@cindygreene1306]

They and his followers certainly aren’t behaving Christlike- that’s for sure.

[@yurei8]

Amen!

[@ToBeDetermined56789]

Grifters gonna grift

[@simonstuart1269]

I'm wondering about those whom purchased/ordered a pair of Trump sneakers have actually received them and if this will be another non-existent product from the over ripe orange.

[@two-sense]

No sneakers yet. Sneaky!

[@tmo4330]

Do you love abortion on demand, high inflation, lgbtq agenda, high gas prices, muslim immigration? Do you vote for those abominations?

[@lawrencesullivan3307]

"break government" and see what happens when a major crisis like a hurricane or earthquake occurs and no one shows up.

[@tomm2311]

Things that could occur if MAGA idiots king breaks gov: less safe products and food, less safe industries, more pollution, more crime and chaos, etc. They forget there’s some federal office somewhere that probably inspects mines or whatever but they just want to chop off swathes of gov with a blunt instrument. MAGA has no idea what it takes to run a gov of a country of 350M. Also rich when you consider some of those fed e’es and plenty of state and local gov e’es prob voted for their own demise.

[@emsleywyatt3400]

Katrina.

[@two-sense]

Hey! Don't you remember when he tossed out a few rolls of paper towels in Puerto Rico? Everything would be fine.

[@billbixby7877]

@two-sense... My new year's wish is orange Jesus 😄 cuts all social programs. Social security, Medicare, government pension and FEMA. No FEMA department...

[@LeaveMyFreedomBe]

The problem with our government is not the elections. It's the selections! I blame the people for it. They buy into the entertainment aspect of it all.

[@JoseReyes-ph4mi]

Yes. That is also what I tell family members. Trump entertains people with his circus 🎪. Some people are so deep in this, they need. As me. I am so tired of it.

[@Travis-vl7sg]

​@JoseReyes-ph4mi it's not just one party my dude. Both sides are the same. Just cons in different cloths.

[@Quaker-tc8ue]

@@Travis-vl7sg really?, ‘my dude.’ ‘Both sides are the same’ Did Biden: create $7.8TRILLION in national debt? Constantly hold “i love me’ rallies?, have people ejected because they weren’t seen fawning over him? Be *nasty* to anyone who disagreed with him?, call news outlets that didn’t glorify him ‘fake news’? Demand at least one camera crew be there while he signed a piece of paper?, then show it off that he signed it? Cross a street during protests to hold up a Bible UPSIDE DOWN for a picture?, has been sellling bibles that also contain the consistitution? No, that’s all been #45? Thought so.

[@00bankz24]

@@JoseReyes-ph4mi that’s why he won the popular vote 😂😂😂hahahaha!!!! He’s back thank god!

[@00bankz24]

@@Travis-vl7sgsuch a typical low iq comment. iTs BoTh SiDeS 🤪 so cliche and boring.

[@franciastone5048]

How is this not a conflict of interest for Musk who is one of the largest contractors for the Federal Gov't?

[@soaringvulture]

Conflict of interest is not a consideration for Trump's buddies.

[@Don_ECHOguy]

The felons much touted Project 2025 is slowly unraveling.

[@Crux161]

Our universe’s Palpatine: *Unlimited Grift!!!*

[@EugeneDavid-h8s]

I think violins would be a bigger seller for the base.

[@two-sense]

Yes, and many of them play the cello, as well.

[@jeannette.sgili.132]

​@@two-senseApocalyptica.

[@Robert-ty3qi]

I've been playing my tiny violin since election night for all the salty losers

[@Quaker-tc8ue]

@@Robert-ty3qi it’s so sad how scared MAGAts are to think for themselves….

[@two-sense]

@@Quaker-tc8ue They tried it, and it got them nowhere. They WANT a daddy dictator to think for them. They honestly think it's a better way to live. Typical of any cult. It's Jonestown 2.0.

[@geargeekpdx3566]

Thanks to Merrick Garland for doing NOTHING for four years. SLOW CLAP

[@jpdemer5]

The man himself is utterly devoid of morals; why would you expect it in any of his countless scams and grifts?

[@msimonse]

Just a grifter, meanwhile my guitar gently weeps....

[@baldeagle4710]

Elon’s deteriorating mental health will make this office of government efficiency project a disaster

[@FDT2024now]

Yep!

[@DrCHUD666]

I'm a guitar enthusiast. However, upon hearing about Trump Guitars, I find myself highly skeptical of them and consider this as nothing more than another grifting cash grab for Trump. The website gives some false specs and vague information as far as who the actual manufacturer really is. Needless to say, I'll be looking forward to the reviews once they hit the market done by qualified people.

[@wanderingwanda8972]

They are made in China and the value is approximately $150. If you do research you will see that there are better quality guitars out there with flags on them.

[@vaskenkafafian8171]

And this guy complain about 4$ eggs .

[@ronduff4325]

I guess if thousands of people get laid off ,they can always pick crops since the migrants won't be picking anymore

[@paul5683]

That's right. Or at least until we have a bunch of stupid kids that can't do much else after the public school system is shut down.

[@mufflejoy]

There will not be many Tesla customers left - billionaires forget that their fortunes are built on a functioning society that has law & order, education, healthcare and infrastructure.

[@jaysonoweh2227]

Bot account

[@mufflejoy]

@@jaysonoweh2227 Thanks for letting us know.

[@MoreThanYouTimesTwo]

​@@jaysonoweh2227a confession?

[@paul5683]

Not necessarily. When the recession comes and we have to sell off any stock or mutual funds that we have invested in, we will be selling at a lose. That's when people like Elon and Trump and all his other rich buddies will buy up all that devalued stock at the lowest cost to them. When stock prices come back again the billionaires will be a step ahead of us and we will get what they give us , crap like usual.

[@GeorgeRekowski-k3q]

Now the maga crowd can sing the blues when they realize how expensive things are after Trump tariffs kick in!!

[@c.a.t.732]

Mr. "America First", who can't play a musical instrument, selling a signature series Chinese made musical instrument.

[@pauldockree9915]

10,000s of voices saying "but I voted for you!" RIP actor Chadwick Boseman specifically recalled today for the "Thurgood" film from 2017. RIP too Thurgood Marshall former SCOTUS JUSTICE. Fictionalised but yes that line. “The only way to get through a bigots door is to break it down…”

[@earthstewardude]

Soon he'll be holding a tattoo gun signing people's rear ends for $10,000 !

[@asesetervoll6035]

😂😂😂

[@ronrichardson2869]

Well I guess Ted Nugent could buy all the guitars. Can't imagine anyone else wanting one.

[@sonnycarter8447]

Get use to it. That's who our country overwhelming voted for..We deserve what's coming..

[@tolstoy21]

If you’re dumb enough to buy Trump guitars or coins or bibles or NFTs, go for it. It’s your money. Waste it on junk as you wish. Donald is laughing all the way to the bank.

[@jackkoch9974]

I don't want to hear them complaining about prices and not being able to feed their children.

[@subtlesuplex2394]

Trump's Trash!!! ... Maga's Trash!!!🤣🤣🤣👍

[@artyfhartie2269]

Trump: I will not be selling Trump endorsed bongos and congas.

[@two-sense]

Not this week, anyway.

[@heats13crazyness]

Of course not...that's for the radical left drum circles.

[@DeborahSch]

Rumor has it that Elon might buy MSNBC.

[@wonderchild53]

The rantings of a madman were one thing, but the actions will be another bad failure on Trump's part...

[@JeanellePerez-x5n]

What a clown show. Not sure any of this is going to turn out well. What happened to people peacefully protesting? Let's get loud. Why is everyone okay with all of this? I'm freaking out that our democracy will be gone forever.

[@markl2815]

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” Thomas Jefferson

[@rowbags3017]

It looks like a cheap bolt-on-neck "Chibson".

[@Jackie371]

Professor Glaude is always spot on. Princeton turns out great people. Jimmy Stewart went there, too.

[@AdrianDeVore]

Trump making guitars = concept of a plan.🎸 😂

[@gmedeiros5748]

You can just buy a used vintage Japanese SG copy 70s era guitar and put warpigs hum buckers in the bridge and neck for under 300 bucks and forge the autograph of anybody you want on it and sound like Iommi with a little practice. Don’t waste the money . Save it for a Hammond B3 and Leslie and play Jimmy Smith on it with a beastie boys improvisation

[@yurei8]

Correction: "Jimmy Smith-like". Nobody can play like Jimmy Smith did. lol Proof: an Album with him and Wes Montgomery. I think it was called "Jimmy and Wes".

[@mufflejoy]

The federal workforce will each get a signed banjo as severance package. Together with a 8-track tape of Ray Charles "I'm Busted"

[@jeannette.sgili.132]

😂😅😂

[@vickiealexander2910]

If they voted for him they voted themselves out.

[@kdani11307982]

Do you all seriously think anyone was going to vote for a party that didn't hold Donald Trump accountable all the way from the Supreme Court all the way down. Our country looks like a joke to the world

[@two-sense]

Looking in from the outside, I must agree. A scary joke, though.

[@Troubleclef52]

Talk about unemployment

[@two-sense]

Not in the Chinese factory where the guitars are made.

[@carolynmeinung1286]

They are trying to keep MTG quiet. Don't spill the beans Marge.

[@jameshenderson4668]

Let's hope they look at the government workers in small city halls. Alot of waste there. Does it really take 3 guys to fill a small hole with dirt?

[@paul5683]

Yes it does . One guy to drive the truck, one guy to work the shovel and one guy to try to make sure that someone doesn't run the shovel guy over with their car.

[@jimough2441]

Neither of these guys has anymore power than a lobbyist. The issue is how impotent does the republican congress allow themselves to become?

[@dan_kay]

"Joe Bonermaster, an amazing man, very skilled, some say the most skilled player, he came up to me with tears in his eyes and he said 'Sir, these guitars are the best guitars. They have the warmest tone, better than my 59 LP. The tone sir, it's beautiful, the best tone ever."

[@julieraymond-walters1481]

America, what have you done?

[@sylvainjackson2]

… and they’re going to buy stocks before making any changes

[@mikeflood2588]

Now that there is this. Then what is that? What was before? And what and who and why will be after? Just checking?? Anyone from America know??

[@jjmarz1001]

He should be allowed to sell his guitars. After all he taught Jimmy Hendrix how to play.

[@DeanPhilips]

All the good musicians need to pack up their gear, but leave them banjos.

[@Andreas-gh6is]

If they get through with it, "small government" will never be attractive to voters again- if they ever get a vote again, that is.

[@michaelfarineau6]

Lame. Ask real questions. Talk to lawmakers. Break Govt. derp derp derp.

[@MathiasJonsson-r4j]

That was the ugliest Gibson knockoff I've ever seen😂

[@GypsieRayne]

I bought this guitar for my boyfriend. He broke up with me😢

[@creekwalker62]

The thumbnail: Under his chin, is that what I think it is? 😅

[@ausfreedom-ss1vr]

a very wise man believed there is a direct correlation between morality and truth/wisdom. proven correct once again. once character integrity is no longer a basic foundation for leader selection (however this is done) , society moves in only one direction.

[@ronaldblack-zb4yn]

Lay off’ already. Can’t blame Biden for this one.

[@Tsudkyk]

I bet the guitars are just like the watches, an over priced item that the buyer may never receive.

[@anthonypiety9468]

As a professional guitarists I love these it’s an honor the he is thinking of us after what the government has done to us the other negative comments are such bull crap thank the lord for President Donald Trump

[@BillOakley-t6w]

😂😂😂😂 as a professional guitarist I'm already writing protest songs against tyranny... considering covering some Guthrie.. but you do you 😂😂😂😂

[@grahamjones5400]

He's selling guitars. So what. Eddie is worried guitars instead of Trump's violent crimes.

[@michaeljohnson7945]

It's more the concept of the president of the United States acting unnecessarily like a one-person QVC.

[@jeannette.sgili.132]

​@@michaeljohnson7945Yes!!;😂

[@ninod1502]

Should we start a gofund me to buy all the guitars and have a smashing bonfire

[@stevenolive671]

Does purging the workforce not cause more unemployment and poeple on government benifiets

[@teresaferrer4748]

Let's see how fast unemployment rises, NOT said Orange man

[@4dogs999]

I know a guy who voted for Trump and has been sitting at home working for years. He thought he was doing the right thing here the Konomi was bad. He was in though he’s been doing great. But he’s fixing to go into the office every day. So sad Elon’s algorithm

[@petem.3719]

No effin way I'm gonna celebrate the 250th. I'll fly the flag upside down starting in Jan and look for anti-fireworks for the 4th.

[@kennethgouge131]

And coming next week; a piece of his diaper for only 4,455.00. Framed and set on a red background. Yes, you too can have that sweet smell of success.

[@s.williamshay6702]

I always associate 45 with Colt 45 malt liquor. It's a missed opportunity if Donnie Dodger doesn't release a branded beer... CULT 45 - a REAL BEER for REAL MEN ( limited edition $ 99.99 per case * ABV = +1%)

[@ziziroberts8041]

Lyrics coming on here... Oh I'm in the market for a new guitar I hear they're the best guitars by far It's the latest Trump product and it just can't fail And they're gonna make em soon And they're now on sale I'll be the naked musician The greatest by far With my emperor's jumpsuit And my see-through guitar

[@3rdmm]

Donald needs the money. He's deep in hock.

[@fleadoggreen9062]

Well at least he doesn’t have a booth at the flea market 😂 … yet !

[@elizabethtoews7866]

Great increase unemployment and watch a lot of people wait for their welfare or medicare cheque. Steve Barron said , "chaos on day one "

[@joa3322]

trump knows more about guitars than anybody in all of history. believe him

[@robertworrall2346]

Chibsons

[@abstractholiday]

The guitars are fun regardless of your political stripe. Why is everyone on MSNBC so miserable all the time? Lighten up and have a laugh at the absurdity of it all.

[@wanderingwanda8972]

Our country is going from #1 to the Maga garage and you want everyone to lighten up?

[@soulcrewblue8629]

....has Mika and Joe none also. Bye.

[@stevengrotte2987]

I AM ATTEMPTING TO GET TO THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THE SUNDAY NIGHT PETTY BOOTS CLUB OF THIS COMING SUNDAY 11/24/2024. CAN SOME ONE PLEASE INSTRUCT ON HOW TO DO THIS?? THANK YOU

[@ninod1502]

Gotta fund the tax cuts somehow

[@DCGreenZone]

Jimmy Carter sold his peanut farm, Trump sold everything else. On edit to add, it's a shame that the weathiest man on Earth is a nutjob. "Tell it to Earth" 🤡

[@ErnestTeeBass]

Eddie Glaude looks like he wants to start his own Jonestown. Weird dude.

[@christenasmalls6118]

No he is just not white.

[@stewartbjorgan4840]

A quick $13,000,000 for the huckster in chief.

[@John-x9x2q]

13 million to Trump is like $13 to you

[@stewartbjorgan4840]

@@John-x9x2q So why would he waste his time on it?

[@John-x9x2q]

@@stewartbjorgan4840 ego

[@user-in9bv7ou6s]

Time. Waiting for Fox News to sound like you. 2026.5

[@Catlady-g8q]

This is right out of project 2025!

[@ChazinFl1]

Ohh you bid dumb dumb!!🤣🤡

[@ErnestTeeBass]

You forgot to say "Hitler" and "dictator"

[@wsbs520]

Selling 🎸 's. ? 🤔

[@Catlady-g8q]

@@ChazinFl1 In the Project 2025 a section lays out plans to remove Federal employees and replace them with political appointees!

[@ChazinFl1]

@@Catlady-g8q PLEASE stop watching your propaganda BS!🤡💩 maybe if you mention "project 2025 enough that the cackler will automatically win the election!?🤣

[@warrenginmartini]

MAGAdeth

[@weredoomed113]

Honestly I don't see a problem with his 10k$ guitar. Any time Trump spends grifting his dumb followers, at least he is not plundering the treasury.

[@two-sense]

Odds on the treasury cutting the cheque to the company in China who makes the guitars? What do you think, 50/50?

[@TamponTimboy]

We'll never have a great an AG as Merrick is, let's just take a moment to appreciate his getting things done shall we ?

[@robertdebrus3732]

He was incompetent luckily for Trump that pig would be in jail right now

[@ChazinFl1]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ErnestTeeBass]

IN GARLAND WE TRUST

[@kdani11307982]

@@TamponTimboy Merrick Garland not wanting to appear political is the reason we're in this mess with Trump. I could care less what happens to him

[@yurei8]

Yes, except one glaring mistake for which he will ever be known.

[@DeltaTango2024]

The crying continues

[@jwd0808]

Yes, all Americans even MAGA will be crying soon.

[@DeltaTango2024]

@jwd0808 doubt it trans woman

[@jsmcguireIII]

FOXTROT DELTA TANGO

[@DeltaTango2024]

@@jsmcguireIII all liberal men are trans