A MAGA supporter has told how his wife was left in tears after a $640 Trump-branded watch arrived with an embarrassing typo. Tim Petit, from Middletown, Rhode Island, bought the pink limited-edition timepiece from GetTrumpWatches.com as a gift for his wife Melanie, but was dismayed to find the watch face read 'RUMP' instead of 'TRUMP'.
Petit told NBC10: 'I'm very disappointed. I wanted to do a special thing for her. And we expected that it would have the integrity of the President of the United States and good follow-through.' He added: 'An apology would be nice for making my wife cry.'
After being contacted by the news outlet, the company apologised and said it would immediately replace the watch, along with offering an $800 coupon as a goodwill gesture. Petit said he had purchased the watch after hearing President Donald Trump's 'voice hawking the watches' on a radio ad.
The company's website features an ad with the president saying 'It's Trump time!' but small print states it 'uses the “Trump” name, image and likeness under a paid license agreement' and that the watches are 'not designed, manufactured, distributed or sold by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization or any of their respective affiliates or principals'.
Meanwhile, the Trump Store, the official retail website of the Trump Organization overseen by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, has sold over 600 new products in the first 14 months of Trump's second term, costing nearly $43,000, according to a watchdog group. The White House has denied claims that Trump has profited from his time in office.
