Donald Trump booed as he unveils new $399 trainers at Sneaker Con

Mr Trump revealed his new trainer line just a day after a New York judge ruled he must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders. Judge Arthur Engoron also banned him from serving as a company director or taking out loans from banks in New York for three years.

The judge said of Mr Trump and his co-defendants: “Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological.”

The fine came on the back of another, in which Mr Trump was ordered to pay an additional $83.3 million to the writer E. Jean Carroll for damaging her reputation after she accused him of sexual assault. With interest payments, Mr Trump’s legal debts might now exceed a half-billion dollars — an amount it is unclear he can afford to pay.

Mr Trump hit back at Mr Engoron on Saturday, saying the decision was an “election interference plot” and accusing the judge of being part of a “Left-wing” conspiracy aimed at preventing him from becoming president again.

“A crooked New York state judge just ruled that I have to pay a fine of $355 million for having built a perfect company,” the former president said from Mar-a-Lago on Friday. “It’s a witch hunt against his political opponent, the likes of which our country has never seen before.”

Mr Trump also faces four state and federal criminal trials, including one scheduled to start in New York on March 25, over alleged hush money payments to a porn star. Mr Trump will become the first former US president to stand trial on criminal charges.

Attendees of the Sneaker Con event were younger and more diverse than Mr Trump’s usual rally crowds, according to the Associated Press. The presidential hopeful’s team is hoping he will be able to win over more young and minority voters in a likely rematch against Joe Biden in November.