{"id":9992,"date":"2016-08-05T05:37:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T05:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=9992"},"modified":"2016-08-06T12:25:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T12:25:50","slug":"donald-trump-facebook-page-has-shop-now-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/donald-trump-facebook-page-has-shop-now-button.html","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Facebook Page Has Shop Now Button"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Donald Trump Facebook Page Has Shop Now Button | Donald Trump\u2019s Page Has A SHOP NOW | USA Politics News<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Donald Trump Facebook Page Has Shop Now Button :\u00a0<\/strong> That&#8217;s evident as soon as you visit his Facebook page. Unlike other Politicians who have the SignUp button on their facebook page which on click would take you to their campaign site to capture your email and phone numbers, <strong>Donald Trump\u2019s page has a \u201cSHOP NOW \u201c<\/strong>.\u00a0 His button links you to his campaign store- shop.donaldjtrump.com, promoting &#8220;Make America Great Again!&#8221; and &#8220;Trump Pence 2016&#8221; shirts, hats, stickers, buttons, etc. Prices start at $5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Back in 2000, Trump had told Fortune magazine that he could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it.. He tried and ended up getting a lucrative speaking deal. Trump isn\u2019t selling T-shirts for $20 a piece to get rich.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10002\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10002\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Donald-Trump\u2019s-Page-Has-A-SHOP-NOW-Button-e1470376040624.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump\u2019s Page Has A SHOP NOW Button\" width=\"598\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Donald-Trump\u2019s-Page-Has-A-SHOP-NOW-Button-e1470376040624.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Donald-Trump\u2019s-Page-Has-A-SHOP-NOW-Button-e1470376040624-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Trump\u2019s Page Has A SHOP NOW Button<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">It&#8217;s actually illegal for a politician profit personally from those campaign sales, says Brendan Fischer, a lawyer and campaign finance expert at\u00a0 The Campaign Legal Center.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\"><strong>USA Latest Political News <\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 &#8220;A candidate can sell merchandise to raise funds for the campaign,&#8221; explains Fischer. &#8220;It is illegal to use campaign funds for personal use or benefit.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">what Trump is doing on his Facebook page is trying to recruit small donors Instead of profits, says Fischer. Every sale is actually a donation to Trump&#8217;s campaign and when he distributes campaign shirts or hats , Trump not only gets the benefit of having more people walking around with &#8220;Make America Great Again!&#8221; stuff, he also gets to tout that he has a lot of average Joes backing him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cOfficial Clinton shirts start at $30 while official Trump shirts start at $20<\/strong> , There likely isn&#8217;t much profit for the campaign,&#8221; says Fischer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Trump&#8217;s strategy isn\u2019t turning away supporters, his facebook followers exceed 10.1 million followers while Clinton has about half the numbers &#8212; 5.3 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Trump is interestingly the only 2016 presidential candidate encouraging his Facebook backers to shop. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background:  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px #bd081c; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 350px; left: 103px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/donald-trump-facebook-page-has-shop-now-button.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump Facebook Page Has Shop Now Button | Donald Trump\u2019s Page Has A SHOP NOW | USA Politics News Donald Trump Facebook Page Has Shop Now Button :\u00a0 That&#8217;s evident as soon as you visit his Facebook page. 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