![]() ![]() "It's the opposite when a Democrat is president." "When a Republican is president, the left wants to buy a bunker," he said. He has been building shelters for 13 years. recorded about $14 million in sales during the past year.Īlthough Lynch credits Trump's surprising rise to power for the latest sales spike, he said a similar jump in sales occurred eight years ago when President Obama took office. Lynch didn't provide specific data on how many units he typically sells, but he said Rising S Co. Sales of Rising S's most luxurious shelters have jumped 700 percent in recent months, he said. There's definitely been some renewed interest from people since the election."ĭoomsday prepping - the act of stockpiling food and other essentials in a reinforced, often-underground shelter - used to be mostly associated with Libertarian-leaning Americans who feared their own government would turn on them.īut now that Trump has taken office, some centrists and left-leaning folks also are building bomb shelters under their homes and businesses, apparently fearing either civil strife or war with an external enemy. "Then you've got people who didn't vote for him and are thinking that now that he's president maybe he's going to start a war. "There's some people who maybe even voted for Donald Trump and may be worried some of the riots are going to get out of hand and there's going to be social or civil unrest," he said. ![]()
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