CNN tracked Trumpā€™s watch to a building in Sheridan, Wyomingā€”and found strange ties to a ā€œmale enhancement honeyā€ company with a similar name.

Last month, Donald Trump announced that he was selling limited-edition, gaudy watches ranging from $499 to the bargain price of $100,000, bragging about their Swiss-made precision.

But aĀ CNN investigationĀ traced the watchesā€™ origin to a shopping center in remote Sheridan, Wyoming, where TheBestWatchesOnEarth LLC, the company behind the timepieces, is based. Thereā€™s no indication that a watch company is located at the building listed at the address, only a daycare. Its neighbors include an H&R Block, a Wendyā€™s, and a ā€œvape and hemp smoke shop.ā€

CNN couldnā€™t find the people behind the company either, because the businessā€™s location allows it to legally hide those details from the public. The news network found that knocking on the door of the businessā€™s supposed address didnā€™t answer those questions. Interestingly, the limited liability corporation behind Trumpā€™s infamous goldĀ sneakersĀ is also based at the address, along with other random businesses. The watch company was registered on July 29, only two months before Trump announced the watch line.


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  • acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    oh I get the point in lying about your location of course. in other words what Iā€™m asking is why have business registration at all if itā€™s so easy to lie?

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      2 months ago

      Mainly because at the moment, heā€™s still under the whim of the FBI who he basically wants to disband. Once heā€™s in power he can dismantle any government agency that would fight his corruption, and then thereā€™s no need for Shell companies

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      2 months ago

      Probably because most people donā€™t lie, itā€™s useful to have records of legit businesses, and (hopefully, but IANAL) itā€™s one more thing that someone could be charged on for fraud.

      It also probably has a panopticon effect. If people didnā€™t need to register, then thereā€™s low monitoring of what people do and so those with more grey ethics are more likely to cheat the system. But because thereā€™s a process, one assumes someone is watching, and therefore most people will stay in line; only the most scummy people will actually lie.