Owner of California açaí chain Freedom Bowls explains that his Trump-themed restaurants are meant to spark debate.
, a sports apparel company that “champions faith, family, and freedom” and sells shoes with Bible references printed on them.
“I think America has not really pushed health consciousness in a long time,” Martinez says. “If you look at now versus 20 years ago, there’s not as many able-bodied men in society, right?” He chalks this up in part to critiques of toxic masculinity, and “all these words to make men feel like they can’t really be men anymore.
In Stacy’s experience, the negative comments only appear online — although she she’s seen at least two people leave after coming in and encountering Trump’s likeness, with an air she describes as “Oh, I think we’re in the wrong place.” Overall, she and the other employees say, business has been good. And, to her knowledge, nobody has come in carrying a gun.
I point out that the chain is part of a trend of smaller companies flaunting their conservative colors in response to corporate neoliberalism. Even while agreeing on this, Martinez says this phenomenon is actually about how people want “to support authentic businesses” regardless of their differing opinions, and that “when I patronize a business, I don’t have to agree 100 percent with everything that business does.
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