“It’s very important, what’s the most important thing? To go out and vote, we have got to go out and vote. We’ve got to get young people out to vote, and you’re going to vote and we’re going to turn this thing around…and we’re going to remember the young people, and we’re going to remember Sneaker Con,” the GOP frontrunner said while promoting the avowedly apolitical footwear.
According to the website for the shoes, “With a standout gold finish and the ‘T’ badge, these kicks are for true Patriots. Wrapped with an American flag on the collar, they shout out to the brave and the free.”
True patriots, then, would be wise to take note of the United States Flag Code. The non-binding federal law states, “The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water.” In addition, the code states that “The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.” Finally, it “should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever,” nor should it “ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform.” Can one truly make America great again while ignoring these long-established rules?
According to the shoes’ website, only 1000 pairs of the gold high tops will be made, but it’s unclear where the shoes (or the two other styles of Trump-themed sneakers on the site, which are “shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product”) will be manufactured. Trump didn’t make mention of their country of origin, nor does the maker’s website specify. On a subsequent campaign stop in Michigan Saturday, the former president warned that it’s support of President Joe Biden that poses the greatest threat to US-based industry, not endorsement of shady, three-week-old LLCs.
“A vote for Biden is a vote to send tens of thousands of Michigan jobs to China and other places that we don’t want them to go,” the Michigan Advance quotes Trump as saying at a Saturday rally in a Waterford Township hangar. “A vote for Trump is a vote to keep those manufacturing jobs in America and add a lot of jobs,”
