Are souvenir bobbleheads the best way to determine the popularity of a POTUS – PB/TK
The Red Cap Aside, Trump Souvenirs Are a Hard Sell – By Emily Cochrane / Aug 20 2017
On a recent trip to Washington for a research symposium, Michelle Beermann veered into a nearby gift shop, drawn by the prospect of adding to her new bust collection.
The 24-year-old stood in front of the display in White House Gifts, carefully weighing the faux bronze and marble options – Presidents John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama among them – before choosing a bust of Abraham Lincoln, her favorite president, to join the ranks of William Shakespeare, George Washington and various figures of Greek mythology in her home.
And while Ms. Beermann, a student at the University of Illinois, plans to eventually add those two other presidents to her collection, she is adamant that a bust of President Trump will not be among them.
“I’m just not a fan of his, for political reasons,” Ms. Beermann said. “I didn’t want him staring at me.”
Her sentiments reflect an unusual quandary for some distributors of presidential merchandise: Just over six months into the Trump presidency, how do you successfully market a divisive president?
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