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Donna Elden travels US in RV to sell MAGA merch at Trump rallies

Trump-obsessed enthusiasts have abandoned the comforts of normal life to follow the former president across the country in decked-out Trump trailers that they call their own homes.

“Whether we want to or not, we are waking up and supporting Trump!” Donna Aiden told The Post outside her RV, covered head to toe in posters of the 77-year-old Republican.

Aiden returned to his South Bronx home in his camper on Thursday ahead of the presidential candidate’s rally, which drew thousands of passionate and diverse MAGA enthusiasts.

Donna Aiden pushed Trump’s trailer to the presidential candidate’s rally in the South Bronx on Thursday. Matthew McDermott

Trump gave The Washington Post a glimpse inside the RV she shares with her husband, Rocky Granata.

Her camper is full of Donald Trump souvenirs, which she regularly sells to other enthusiastic fans she meets on her trips to MAGA rallies around the country.

“We have pretty much everything. Every inch,” Aiden said, pointing to a wall lined with T-shirts and hats that read, “Ultra MAGA,” “Trump is My Money” and “Let’s Go Brandon.”

Another wall was covered in bumper stickers and flags, some simply featuring Trump’s face and others with vulgar slogans like “Fuck Joe Biden.”

Aiden and her husband, Rocky Granata, frequently travel around the country attending pro-Trump rallies. Matthew McDermott

Aiden, wearing a Trump 2024 shirt himself, pointed to a table covered with shot glasses, playing cards, pens, key chains and wallets, including a playing card-shaped mug with a slit in the mouth to hide a chocolate chip cookie. “It’s for the kids. Yes, you put a cookie in his big mouth.”

No part of the interior of the RV was left untouched, even the ceiling was plastered with pro-Trump buttons, pins and stickers, all of which are for sale to other MAGA enthusiasts.

“If they support Trump, we’re pretty much going to win,” Iden said.

Among the many Trump-related trinkets, Aiden said the most popular item is a pen with a retractable banner: one side features the American flag and the Pledge of Allegiance, and the other features a $100 bill with the former president in the middle.

“This pen, believe it or not, was made in 2020 and it’s still a hot seller. It says ‘pence’ on it and it still sells,” Aiden laughed.

“They don’t want to buy anything with Pence.”

The couple were among thousands of people who gathered in the South Bronx for the rally, the first one hosted by Trump in New York state in eight years. Matthew McDermott

While an RV is more than just a mobile concession stand, there seemed to be very little space in this maxed-out van for the couple’s personal belongings.

“This is our home. 24/7, we eat, we sleep, we do everything. It’s cards all day, every day,” Aiden said.

“Yes, we do it every day. All across the country.”

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