The Trump Organization filed trademark applications related to the nation's 250th anniversary this year.Karissa WaddickUSA TODAYMarch 9, 2026The Trump Organization has filed a series of trademark applications connecting the president to the nation’s 250th anniversary.DTTM Operations, the company that manages President Donald Trump’s intellectual holdings, filed the trademarks on March 6 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The organization is closely associated with the hospitality business run by Trump’s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.The applications include two “Trump 250” images for use on stickers, tote bags, drinkware, apparel, sporting equipment and other goods. Another includes a design with “five aircraft followed by converging contrails,” with “Trump 250” imprinted at the bottom.
Cha- Ching!
The trademark applications were first reported by NOTUS.They come as some government watchdog groups have questioned whether the president is hijacking bipartisan plans for the milestone commemoration and using it to benefit his own interests. Those concerns bubbled up earlier this year after the president created a nonprofit to carry out his vision of the 250th anniversary, separate from the bipartisan organization America250 that Congress created in 2016 to plan the year's signature events.The president appears to support the trademark requests, according to the filings. A 1946 law governing trademarks prohibits registering a living person’s name without their consent.
Tacky, tacky, but what do you expect from Trump?
This Irish Star writes that,
One filing, submitted on Friday, shows a "Trump 250" image for use on a variety of merchandise, including bumper stickers, tote bags, drinkware, clothing items, and golf balls. It was also discovered that a word mark application was filed for the name "Trump 250."
The Daily Beast is even harsher in their comments,
On Tuesday, the Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, all of whom were appointed to their positions by Trump, also filed a trademark application for a logo of “The Trump Kennedy Center.”The Trump Organization and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.[...]Trump, 79, has done a lot to hype up the nation’s 250th-anniversary festivities come summertime.“The most spectacular birthday party the world has ever seen,” as the president calls it, will be a months-long celebration. For it, the president has promised an Ultimate Fighting Championship match at the White House on his birthday in June, an INDYCAR race on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and the construction of a $100 million arch.
Can you believe this c**p! The "Selling of America" changed to the "Selling of Trump 250!"
In December, Trump also announced the “Patriot Games,” an “unprecedented athletic competition” that will pit high school athletes from across the country against each other in a four-day contest. Similar to the dystopian young-adult series The Hunger Games, each state and territory will have a male and female representative.“But I promise there will be no men playing in women’s sports,” he said in a teaser video shared online. “You’re not going to see that. You’ll see everything but that.”
Let me guess: you go to the Trump Washington Monument, and in the gift shop you can buy a nifty glass mug shaped like the Donald with a "Trump 250" decal on it, all for only $24.99! And at the Trump Lincoln Memorial you can buy a "Trump 250" tote bag for only $49.99!
They are already draped in massive banners of Trump around D.C. It’s like 1984 and Big Brother is staring down at you, but this time, he’s also trying to sell you a commemorative hat.
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