"In recent years, a certain contingent of ultra-niche online merch sellers (and, most likely, drop shippers) have decided that any notable event is fodder for potential T-shirts, mugs, and bumper stickers. In recent months alone, sellers have profited from merchandise designed to covertly signal anti-Trump messaging; merch promoting " Alligator Alcatraz," the Trump administration's migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades; and merch based on a series of New Jersey drone sightings that spawned conspiracy theories across the internet."
"In the exchange, Epstein's brother, Mark Epstein, asks Epstein how he's doing. When Epstein responds that he's with Steve Bannon-Trump's former White House chief of staff-Mark Epstein follows up with: "Ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba?" Given that "Bubba" is a well-known nickname for former President Bill Clinton, netizens have begun speculating that the comment might refer to a sex act between Trump and Clinton."
Congress released more than 23,000 pages of documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. The disclosures prompted widespread attention including commentary from the Trump administration, internet users, Saturday Night Live, and online merch sellers. Merch sellers on platforms such as Etsy and Amazon produced NSFW T-shirts, mugs, and bumper stickers referencing specific email exchanges within the documents. Merch focus centered on a March 2018 exchange where Mark Epstein asked, 'Ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba?' Netizens interpreted 'Bubba' as Bill Clinton and speculated about a sexual act between Trump and Clinton. Both Trump and Clinton denied any knowledge of such photos.
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