Want to express your feelings about a certain candidate? Let these Tiny Presidential Hands speak louder than any words you could scream
This project will only be funded if at least $135,000 is pledged by .
Like a lot of people in the world, I've watched Donald Trump, with ever growing horror, wage a campaign of hate, violence and fear. I've heard the insults directed at people's nationality, their religion, even their gender identity. Nothing and no one is safe from being a target. Since we can't seem to win with logic, compassion and understanding; we might be able to win by jeering him out of the picture. That being said, like a lot of people, I've seen how Mr. Trump has reacted to being accused of having tiny hands, even going so far as to bring up that very topic during a Presidential debate - and alluding that other things about him are not small as well. Personally I find this extremely funny.
I am asking for $135,000 because it will cost that much to rush the production of the Tiny Presidential Hands. I have already secured manufacturers for the main components, but the mold making costs and the rush production timelines for the other pieces means that every step of the way is at a premium. I have already invested my personal funds to create the prototypes and secure the copyright and patent. This leaves me needing the funds necessary to tool, manufacture, assemble, package and ship at least 10,000 units. This goal will also allow me to do a modest media campaign and other "keep the lights on" necessities.
Your support will allow me to reach that goal and the 10,000 unit number drops the per unit cost enough to make this campaign, at the funding level I am requesting, a success.
I have planned this product out to ultimately reach 100,000 units. If by some lighting strike of luck it becomes even more successful I do have plans ready to secure increased production needs. All the parts are being made in the US and I am 100 percent committed to keep it that way and proudly sew a Made in the USA tag to each one.
I've had a few friends ask me what my motivation for doing this tiny hands project is; my knee jerk answer is always: "Because it is funny." This is the easy answer to give, and it satisfies nearly everyone.. However, my motivation for this creation lies much deeper.
Ask anyone that knows me personally and they will tell you that I am a pretty relaxed fellow. For this exact reason, politics and religion are topics I tend to avoid talking about, but the rise of Donald Trump is a different story - this man frightens me on more than just political grounds.
The Tiny Presidential Hands (name changed from Tiny Trump Hands on the advice from my lawyer) had its genesis about 25 years ago when a journalist referred to Trump as "a short fingered vulgarian." This statement drove Trump insane, so much so, that to this day Donald Trump still sends that journalist photographs of his hand circled in gold sharpie. To me, that is not only hysterical, but it also reveals something very scary and wrong with Donald Trump's physique. It's apparent that he is very insecure about his personal image.
He has no problem insulting others on their looks, gender, physical disability, religion, ethnicity, or sexual identification; but when the attack is directed at him, he responds like a pouty child. Of course, Trump has normal, human sized hands, but in reality, everything about Donald Trump is small. His compassion is small; his heart is small; his world view is small; his beliefs are small; his soul, vision, humanity, grace, and yes, dick, is small. If you were to create a physical image based solely on his personality, he would resemble Lord Farquaad from Shrek.
The images of Trump with tiny hands have been seen on both late night talk shows and the internet; they are a staple of late night comedians. I wanted to bring these images to life.
Remember the Guy Fawkes mask in the movie "V for Vendetta?" In that film, the mask represented a symbol of defiance toward an oppressive government and V supplied masks to the citizens of London so that they could wear them as a sign of protest. I created these tiny hands to be my protest - my protest against Donald Trump's treatment of various groups: women, Latinos, the LGBT+ community, veterans, immigrants, Muslims, the poor, the Pope, the PM of Great Britain, and so forth. I could go on about the bigotry of Donald Trump - the list of groups that he targets is endless. Is this the person we want as President of the United States? A petulant, churlish, boorish, childish, bigoted racist that uses fear, hate, and lies to dupe the less conscious of us into believing he has any interest in our pain and suffering?
I very much want this Kickstarter campaign to succeed, not for monetary gain - the budget is almost to the penny for what is needed - I want it to succeed so that when Donald Trump is on the campaign trail these upcoming months and he looks out over the crowd assembled before him, he sees thousands of these tiny hands waving and jeering at him; I want it to succeed so that this bigot of a man sees exactly what we think of him and his small life.
So please, I am asking for your support. My page on Kickstarter has a few incentives. The smallest one is a simple $1 pledge, which will not only show support toward the protest against Trump, but will also get your name on the website so that everyone knows that you helped make this happen.
The next pledge is a $20 pledge, which gets you even more! A pledge of $20 will offer the same incentives as the $1 pledge AND will get you a pair of the tiny hands - it actually saves you $5 off of the retail price - it is a great deal. I urge you to pledge that single dollar to at least show an anti-Trump mindset.
Getting a few thousand $20 pledges will fund this project and I, along with many Americans who fear Donald Trump, would be overjoyed, but getting 135,000 single votes of support sends an even stronger message. When Trump looks at my Kickstarter - and we know he will - he won't be able to help it. I would rather him see 100,000+ single dollar pledges then a few thousand $20 pledges (not that I won't take 'em.)
Help me show Donald Trump there are many people who do not support his brand of bigotry and hate.
The major obstacle to overcome in this project is not reaching the funding goal. Once that goal is met it will allow me to create the molds and secure a contract manufacture as well as produce 10,000 sets of tiny hands. If I only receive donations of $20 that would be 6,750 donors leaving me 3,250 sets of Tiny Presidential Hands I can place on my Amazon store front. Future runs can be fulfilled on an as need bases, and thanks to your support, the infrastructure will exist to answer future orders.
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