"Sharpie" company refutes Trump's account of personally negotiating prices for signature pens

US President Donald Trump's narrative about his eagerness to save public money faced direct skepticism from the famous "Sharpie" company. During a cabinet meeting, Trump recounted a lengthy story about personally negotiating to obtain custom pens, claiming he succeeded in reducing their cost to about five or six dollars per pen instead of getting them for free.

Trump spent a significant portion of the official meeting boasting about his negotiation skills, displaying the black pen he was holding to those present. He noted that despite the pen's quality, he was not satisfied with the prominent display of the company's logo when signing major deals, such as fighter jet contracts worth trillions of dollars.

According to the account provided by Trump, he contacted a company official and asked him to modify the pen's appearance to be more formal and suitable for presidential status. He claimed that the official offered to paint the pen black and add a gilded drawing of the White House with the President's signature, suggesting they be provided as a free gift to the White House.

The US President claimed he rejected the free offer and insisted on paying for the pens from the government budget, asking the official about a price that would satisfy him. Trump claimed he suggested paying five dollars per pen, which the other party agreed to, according to his lengthy speech during the session dedicated to discussing administrative issues.

In contrast, "Newell Brands," the parent company of the "Sharpie" brand, quickly issued a clarifying statement refuting these claims entirely. A company spokesperson confirmed to media sources that there was no record or information supporting such a conversation between the President and any of the company's officials or representatives.

This discrepancy in narratives comes at a time when Trump is trying to highlight his austerity policies and reshape federal institutions. His speech included sharp criticism of the renovation operations of the Federal Reserve headquarters and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, attempting to use the pen story as a model for his approach to managing government expenditures.

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