A large store in Tennessee that exclusively sells President Donald Trump merchandise is closing, and it is due to a lack of shoppers.

The store is located along Interstate 40 near Knoxville, Tennessee and its exterior has massive Trump billboard, banners, and a brick outhouse labelled the “Democrat Superstore” make clear what kind of goods the shop is slinging.

But now the shop is selling off its remaining inventory at a 50 percent discount, Slate reports. It’s going out of business, and its owner, identified as William 'Bill" Hays, admitted the closure is due to lack of customers.

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    Maybe they should have switched to selling boat flags. Like every boat in Florida has one of those trump flags.

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    19 hours ago

    How did they even stay in business this long? I hope they were losing money every month.

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      I used to live nearby, it always seemed empty whenever we drove by, every time. I dunno how it survived, I think the owner must have had money to burn because they always had a rotation of nice classic cars parked outside. Knew it must have been the owner’s though because it was the same rotation of 5 or so.

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    In another few years it’s going to be just like Iraq and Afghanistan. All those people who endlessly supported the war will suddenly go quiet and blend in, pretending they never supported such disastrous interventions – and of course, never admit they were wrong.

    Suddenly you won’t be able to ever find someone who admits to having been a Trump supporter.

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    21 hours ago

    All you LIBTARDS have TDS! I don’t see you COMPLAINING when the BIDEN MEGASTORE went Out Of Business!

    -SMERT Republicans!

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    Honestly, the dumbasses that would buy this stuff and plaster it on their bodies, their houses, their vehicles…thought they were “owning the libs” with it.

    I mostly just shake my head and pity them. Every time I see some gigantic truck acting as a penile compensation device, plastered with gun-nut decals and Trump regalia, I think of it as just another example of The Tribe That Rubs Shit In Their Hair…in-group signaling to other hopeless tribe members.

    https://driftglass.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-tribe-that-rubs-shit-in-their-hair.html

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    I popped in to one of these Trump stores for a look prior to the election while I was visiting doing a road trip through some states

    The shit was expensive and cheaply made, the owner was reacting to recorded news interviews playing on screens as if they were live

    Very obviously a grift

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      The shit was expensive and cheaply made, the owner was reacting to recorded news interviews playing on screens as if they were live

      In the Trump world, that’s just your standard kayfabe

      Very obviously a grift

      Also yes, of course.

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        Its hard to educate the average person on how central the concept of kayfabe is to the current situation we exist in, it goes beyond Trump but I don’t know if anyone besides Vince himself ever used it so effectively.

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        In the Trump world, that’s just your standard kayfabe

        Enragement capitalism.

        I think some ex-Faux guy wrote a book some number of years ago and gave the game away about how Faux was consciously designed to be very similar to WWE, formerly known as WWF. I wish I could find that snippet…

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      Is it weird I read the headline and was a little bit disappointed that someone milking these idiots for all they are worth was going out of business?

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    Its easier to peacock to own the libs when you’re not in power. Now that they are, its harder to be reactionary.

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    There’s a guy in my area selling Temu-quality Trump merch on the side of the highway, out of what I’m pretty sure used to be one of those water pistol games you see at carnivals and state fairs, with all that hardware ripped out.

    I’ve passed by it on the way to and from work for years now, and never once have I seen a customer.

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    Even if Trump was still massively popular: He has been at this since his first campaign in 2015? So every fan has had a decade to buy Trump merchandise, MAGA hats, stupid flags, stickers for their car and so on. It’s like running a swastika shop in Nazi Germany in 1938. Everybody already has bought your stuff.

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    I just noticed something about myself: every time I see that orange turd I wonder if his diaper was full or empty when the pic was taken.

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    What I’ve seen are people driving around in large Trump-themed buses, parking in different towns from one day to the next, propping up tents and selling Trump merch. MAGA truly is a cult.