BENSALEM, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia shop selling President Donald Trump-themed merchandise plans to close at the end of the month, owner Mike Domanico said in a phone interview this week.
The store, known as the Trump Store, opened six years ago in Bucks County and has sold items including hats, flags, T-shirts and other merchandise, according to the shop’s descriptions and social media posts. It operates in a part of the county where politics have been tightly contested, drawing supporters for years.
Domanico said he is closing the store to focus on another business selling firearm targets and other items at gun shows, and because he is semi-retired. He also acknowledged in his explanation that business has slowed down.
“The store has kind of run its course,” Domanico said. “You know, it’s been six years and the elections are over. Trump’s not gonna be in another election, even though he’ll be part of it.”
Domanico said the shop still sells Trump 2028 gear. The store’s merchandise is available despite the president being constitutionally prohibited from running in 2028, the report said. Domanico said the items were intended to keep supporters engaged. “That’s just to get people riled up,” he said.
The announcement of the closure drew reactions online. The report said the Facebook post announcing the store’s closing attracted gloating comments from apparent Trump skeptics, including one commenter who wrote, “Are you no longer winning?” Another commenter wrote, “Trump must be doing wonders for the economy.”
Domanico said there was a time when he’d respond to all of the comments, but that he no longer does. “No matter what the president does, they hate him no matter how good anything is,” he said.
Dave Russell, 81, a longtime Trump supporter, was at the shop when it opened in 2020 and bought a “Trump for Veterans” hat, according to the interview. Russell said he was not surprised the store was closing.
“Because most of the stuff they sell was to promote Trump,” Russell said. He added that Trump was already in what Russell described as his last term and said, “You can’t do much more for him than he’s already gotten.”
When asked whether he planned to return for final sales items, Russell laughed and said he did not need anything because he already had enough Trump merchandise. “I am so loaded up with Trump stuff. I don’t need anything,” he said.
Bucks County is often viewed as a crucial bellwether in presidential elections. The report said Trump narrowly carried the county over Kamala Harris in 2024 on his way to winning Pennsylvania, as he did in his first victory there in 2016.