I tried the new soft drinks from Trump’s son and granddaughter. Bad!

The Guardian World ·

I tried the new soft drinks from Trump’s son and granddaughter. Bad!

Do you like sugary soft drinks? Do you like Donald Trump and his family? Do you want to support nepotism? If the answer is yes to all these questions, then have I got the products for you: a …

Do you like sugary soft drinks? Do you like Donald Trump and his family? Do you want to support nepotism? If the answer is yes to all these questions, then have I got the products for you: a pineapple yerba mate co-founded by Trump’s son, and a syrupy, energy-drink-thing developed by his granddaughter. Both endeavors represent the first steps by First Boy Barron Trump and First Granddaughter Kai Trump into the world of business. But how will they fare? Have the pair inherited Donald Trump’s famed business nous, a special kind of shrewdness that saw the president file for corporate bankruptcy six times and oversee the failure of numerous business interests? Or could their investments actually be successful? I bought both drinks to find out. Barron Trump’s effort, Sollos, came first. Sold with the vaguely threatening slogan “It begins where it ends”, Sollos says it is a “brand built around the Florida lifestyle”. Which lifestyle? Retirement home? Monster truck? It doesn’t say. The drink’s “about” page does, however, claim that “SOLLOS is designed revolving around the cycle of the sun”, a phrase as grammatically incorrect as it is meaningless, while its creators – Trump, 20, is one of five co-founders, all of whom have spent some time in Florida – also say the drink “is built to move with your day”, a phrase I do not understand. …

Original source: The Guardian World

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