For any diehard supporters of President Donald Trump with a spare $15,000 lying around, the owners of an Ocean County store have the perfect set of wheels for sale.
Let’s Go Brandon, a pro-Trump shop slated to close its Toms River location, put its signature 2006 Ford minibus up for sale on Facebook on Thursday.
The bus sports a giant decal of Trump clutching a copy of the U.S. Constitution, wearing aviator glasses and an American flag-patterned leather jacket. A slightly outdated caption over his head promises: “I’LL BE BACK.”
The vehicle’s New Jersey license plate reads “TRMPWON.”
“Bus runs good!” the store’s Thursday post on Facebook said. “No seats. Hydraulic Lift gate works great! Body needs work.”
The asking price was $14,999 or “best offer.”
Reached briefly by phone on Friday, co-owner Vincent Scuzzese said he was selling the bus “because I have a Trump van.”
“So we’ll still be doing the online store, and the little pop-up things when the weather gets warmer,” he added.
Let’s Go Brandon announced late last month that it is closing its brick and mortar location due to a “loss of lease.” The store will continue online and through pop-up sales, its closure notice said.
The store’s last day of operation is unclear. The physical location was still listed as “open” on Google and social media on Friday afternoon.
Scuzzese said a deli would be moving into Let’s Go Brandon’s old space. “It could be a blessing in disguise,” he said. “But we’ll see how the pop-ups go. I could get a new store tomorrow.”
Let’s Go Brandon attracted curiosity and controversy when it first opened its doors in a strip mall off Route 37 in April 2022. The eye-catching bus parked out front attracted notice from the highway immediately, Scuzzese told the New York Post at the time.
“It’s a beautiful picture. We park the bus outside the store, and people pull over, start taking pictures and come into the store,” he said.
The store was known for hawking MAGA-themed flags, cowboy hats and hoodies, as well as novelty trinkets and knick-knacks.
Its “Let’s Go Brandon” name is based on an NBC reporter’s misinterpretation of a NASCAR crowd chanting an expletive about President Joe Biden in October 2021. The misinterpreted phrase quickly went viral as a coded insult of Biden.
