A CNN investigation into “Swiss-made” watches being sold by former President Donald Trump led to an unexpectedly stimulating discovery.
Being the Republican presidential nominee hasn’t stopped Trump from hawking all kinds of products, including sneakers, Bibles, cryptocurrency, silver coins, and other items. Of particular interest to CNN reporters Steve Contorno and Scott Glover were the watches Trump sells. As it turns out, the watches were not actually made in Switzerland, which has strict rules on what products can be deemed Swiss-made.
Trump’s timepieces sell for hundreds of dollars, but one sells for $100,000. The website where they can be purchased describes them as “Swiss-made.”
However, CNN’s probe of the origin of Trump’s watches led them to a company called BestWachesOnEarth LLC, which has an address in a small town in Wyoming called Sheridan.
“[A] CNN investigation into the manufacturing and distribution of the Trump-branded timepieces dead-ended at an innocuous-looking shopping center in a small city in remote northern Wyoming, not far from the border of Montana,” the report stated, adding:
There, sharing a parking lot with a hodgepodge of businesses including an H&R Block, a Wendy’s fast-food restaurant and a “vape and hemp smoke shop,” is a nondescript office space that serves as the mailing address for TheBestWatchesOnEarth LLC, the company behind the new line of Trump watches. The building houses a daycare, but there is no sign of the watches Trump says, “puts you in a very exclusive club.”
CNN said that dozens of other companies claim the address, including the aforementioned Trump sneakers. Another company linked to the address is BestHoneyOnEarth.
Contorno joined Thursday’s CNN News Central, where he shared these findings with Boris Sanchez and Brianna Keilar.
“And I should mention, Boris, about that honey company, which, I left out the best detail,” Contorno said. “They sell ‘male enhancement honey,’ which is exactly what it sounds like.”
Sanchez and Keilar burst out laughing.