'Not so funny': Columnist warns Trump's 'tacky' merchandise is changing how voters think

The amount of "tasteless" merchandise being pushed out by Donald Trump is igniting questions about financial transparency ahead of the incoming president taking office.

MSNBC opinion writer Zeeshan Aleem wrote Monday that Trump's expensive gold shoes and AI trading cards might seem funny, but behind them the reality is that many Americans are falling for money-making schemes.

"The products are absurd, and he repeatedly demonstrates that even as a billionaire, he isn’t above desperately raking in a little more cash...