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BumRushDaShow

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Fri Oct 10, 2025, 02:10 PM Oct 10

Newsom targets Trump hawking his watches and Kash Patel's inaction on Epstein files in night of trolling

Source: The Independent

Friday 10 October 2025 09:29 BST


California Gov. Gavin Newsom has continued his social media attack on Donald Trump, this time deriding the president for selling luxury watches on cable news. At the same time, the U.S. government remains deadlocked in a shutdown.

“NO HEALTH CARE FOR YOU BUT YOU MUST BUY MY WATCH!!” Newsom wrote in Trumpian all-caps on X in response to a commercial for the president’s watch brand that is currently being run regularly on Newsmax.

In the promo in question, Trump stands in front of the Stars-and-Stripes in a wood-panelled room and says: “Hello everyone, it’s President Donald J Trump and it’s Trump time. Check out this ‘Red Beauty,’ it’s one of my new watches. “Wear it proudly on your wrist and everyone will know exactly what it’s for, who it’s for, who it represents. It’s really going to be something special, it’s for your favorite president.

Get your watch today at GetTrumpWatches.com. These make a great gift. It’s Trump time!” The watch in question is part of Trump’s “Fight Fight Fight Collection” and features a ruby red face with three dials, the slogan “Trump 45-47” (marking his two presidencies), and a copy of his much-discussed signature. It retails for $499 and is one of numerous models listed on the official website.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gavin-newsom-trump-watches-patel-epstein-b2843024.html

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Newsom targets Trump hawking his watches and Kash Patel's inaction on Epstein files in night of trolling (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 10 OP
It retails for $499 and is one of numerous models listed on the official website. riversedge Oct 10 #1
more grift. and most likely made in china AllaN01Bear Oct 10 #4
That is disgusting PatSeg Oct 10 #2
Yet another way... Chrysanthemum Oct 10 #3
And for 147,369th time: Paladin Oct 10 #5
"Trump Watches are not designed, manufactured, distributed or sold by Donald J. Trump, ..." William Seger Oct 10 #6
A long time ago I gave a Republican married into the family a Spiro Agnew watch. LOL! after he had disgraced himself. ShazamIam Oct 10 #7
LOL, "Wear the name. Own the legacy." (nt) William Seger Oct 10 #8

riversedge

(78,562 posts)
1. It retails for $499 and is one of numerous models listed on the official website.
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 02:55 PM
Oct 10

Lot of money for a silly watch IMHO

Paladin

(31,848 posts)
5. And for 147,369th time:
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 05:10 PM
Oct 10

Imagine the response from Republicans and the lame-ass media, if Obama or Biden were doing this sort of blatant money-grubbing on cable TV.

William Seger

(11,944 posts)
6. "Trump Watches are not designed, manufactured, distributed or sold by Donald J. Trump, ..."
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 05:22 PM
Oct 10

"... The Trump Organization or any of their respective affiliates or principals." They just licensed his name.

I did a quick search, and the watch movement in the $499 model is a Japanese made Seiko NH35 (so it doesn't say "Swiss made" ), and it sometimes sells on AliExpress for $20 to $40, or as much as $60 to $80 elsewhere.

Their slogan is: "Wear the name. Own the legacy."

ShazamIam

(2,950 posts)
7. A long time ago I gave a Republican married into the family a Spiro Agnew watch. LOL! after he had disgraced himself.
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 05:35 PM
Oct 10
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