Posted on 03/10/2021 6:21:15 PM PST by dynachrome
A Chinese retailer’s promotion of a Buddha statue crafted in the likeness of former U.S. President Donald Trump has gone viral on Chinese social media platforms, the Chinese state-run Global Times reported Tuesday.
“The statue, with Trump’s contemplative face lowered, and both hands resting in its lap, is labeled by the seller on Taobao as ‘Trump, who knows Buddhism better than anyone,'” according to the newspaper. Taobao is a Chinese online shopping site owned by the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
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A ceramic figurine of former US president Donald Trump as Buddha is trending on China’s online shopping platform Taobao with this slogan. The item is priced ranging from 999 yuan ($153) to 3,999 ($614) depending on size pic.twitter.com/p79fk9gx7i
— TRT World (@trtworld) March 10, 2021
A small, five-foot-tall version of the Trump Buddha statue is currently listed on Taobao for 999 Chinese yuan ($150). The large version, listed as 15 feet tall, is priced at 3,999 yuan ($610).
Trump is sculpted with his hands “folded in his laps, thumbs pointing outwards … [in] a pose from Buddhist art that signifies meditation and contemplation,” the Guardian noted Wednesday.
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Made In China or not, that Trump Buddha sure beats
the Golden Trump statue seen at the CPAC meeting.
My eyes are still throbbing from that gaudy sight.
Genius! That guy is soon to be an eleventy billionaire
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