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This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldOne buyer says he bought statue of former US president on Taobao as reminder not to be ‘too Trump’First published on Wed 10 Mar 2021 07.35 ESTDonald Trump is not known for his calm and peaceful demeanour, but that hasn’t stopped one entrepreneurial furniture-maker in China from casting a statue of the former US president in a pose more readily associated with the Buddha.The Trump Buddha statue, on the Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao, is priced at 999 Chinese yuan (£110 GBP/$150 USD) for the small version, which measures 16cm tall. A larger version, listed as 46cm tall, is available for 3,999 yuan (£440/$610).The statue, with Trump’s hands folded in his laps, thumbs pointing outwards, is a pose from Buddhist art that signifies meditation and contemplation, something the 74-year-old has had more time for since leaving the White House in January for his Mar-a-Lago retreat in Florida.China’s state-owned Global Times paper product and spoke to the seller, based in Xiamen, Fujian province, who is promoting the statue with the slogan “Make your company great again!” The seller said they had already sold “dozens” of the 100 statues manufactured so far.One buyer told the Global Times they had bought the statue as a humble reminder not to be “too Trump”.Trump – whose name can be rendered in two different spellings in Chinese –特朗普 for Tèlǎngpǔ or 川普 for Chuānpǔ – is a popular source of merchandise on the Taobao website, where users can buy Trump facemasks, models, little statues, hats, socks and more. Taobao, owned by Alibaba, has yearly retail sales said to exceed the combined e-commerce sales of all US companies. By 2016 more than 1bn products were available on the site.It’s not the first time the twice-impeached former president of the US has been rendered in a Buddha pose. Novelty gifts of are available on the craft website Etsy, where the seller says: “The Trump Buddha is not intended to stir up anything political. In fact, this Laughing Buddha mashup is simply a reminder that, no matter where we fall in the political spectrum, we could all use a little more laughter and joy in our lives!”

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldOne buyer says he bought statue of former US president on Taobao as reminder not to be ‘too Trump’First published on Wed 10 Mar 2021 07.35 ESTDonald Trump is not known for his calm and peaceful demeanour, but that hasn’t stopped one entrepreneurial furniture-maker in China from casting a statue of the former US president in a pose more readily associated with the Buddha.The Trump Buddha statue, on the Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao, is priced at 999 Chinese yuan (£110 GBP/$150 USD) for the small version, which...

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