My wife and I were cruising along Highway 34 in Illinois’ DeKalb County recently when a flurry of red, white, and blue signage caught our eye.
Fronting the road in Somonauk (2021 population: 1,776) is an array of Donald Trump flags and banners. There’s a life-sized cutout of the former president, a facsimile of the Second Amendment upon which the great man’s face is superimposed, and a sign that urges THANK YOU TRUMP, SAVE AMERICA AGAIN.
The shelves of the Trump Store—also known as The Patriot Store on 34—are overflowing with paraphernalia. Looking for Trump mugshot signs (OUTLAW PRESIDENT), fake Trump $20 bills to distribute to your nieces and nephews, or a JESUS IS MY SAVIOR TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT garden flag to add an appropriate note of piety to your summer barbecues? Patriot, you’ve come to the right place.
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