'Make your company great again', Buddha statue of Trump trending in China
The figurine is described as a depiction of "Trump, who knows Buddhism better than anyone"
Donald Trump may have disappeared from Chinese people's minds after he stepped down from office but Chinese online shopping platform Taobao is trending with a statue of Donald Trump dressed as Buddha, with the slogan "Make Your Comany Great Again!"
A furniture maker in Xiamen, Fujian province in China posted the listing on the web where Trump is depicted in the ceramic carving with a relaxed smile on his face and both hands resting on his lap, reports Insider.
The former United States President's pose resembles that of a typical Buddha statue found in Chinese temples.
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The figurine is described as a depiction of "Trump, who knows Buddhism better than anyone," according to the listing.
This is the latest in Chinese online shopping platform Taobao's fascinating listings of Trump-related merchandise. Another of the platforms' top sellers is a Trump toilet brush, that can be purchased in a pack of three for $2.
Chinese media outlet Global Times spoke to the seller, who told them that the idea of making a Trump Buddha statue struck him when he thought about the former US President's slogan "Make America Great Again," and how he "often claimed he knew things better than anyone."
"Most people just bought it for fun," the seller said, adding that he had made only 100 statues, but had received "dozens" of orders.
The figurine comes in two sizes: a 5-foot tall version priced at $153, and a 14-foot tall statue that will cost buyers $613.
Li Guoqiang, a Beijing man in his late 30s, owns a small construction firm in the Beijing suburbs and is waiting for the smaller-sized statue to be shipped to him from Xiamen.
"I thought it was a really comical thing to have in the office. I can't say I'm a Trump fan but he looks quite peaceful there, doesn't he?" Li told Insider.
When asked where he would place the Trump Buddha statue, Li said that he had made room for it along the corridor of his office's second-floor bathroom.
"Who knows, maybe he'll really make my company great again," he said.
Global Times also spoke to a buyer in Shanghai who did not wish to be identified, who said that he had bought one of the statues after seeing it on a WeChat moment – the country's version of Instagram Stories.
"Trump can also be regarded as a representative of an era, and extreme egoism. Now the era has passed but I want the statue to remind me: Don't be too Trump," he said.
