The trade war between China and US is taking a toiletry look as Chinese turn to making Trump-branded ‘shitting tools’.
Surprisingly the consumers of the brands seem to have an insatiable demand for the items. Beijing has been showing a lot of support for its products after Trump took things ‘too far’ in his trade war against China.
A spot check on leading online retailers showed trump brushes on Amazon selling at $25.98 for a brush and three rolls of soft tissue papers. The price is an equivalent of Ksh 2600 at the current exchange price for dollar against the Kenya Shilling.
At the global leading platform the brush has been given a description as; ‘Make your toilet great again – make your toilet great again! No president has a toilet brush like me! I have a soft spot for the toilet. I scrubbed the toilet hard. I kissed the toilet. I can’t wait to be a toilet brush’
According to the seller’s description, the selling lines are Unique design – the toilet brush is based on Trump and Trump’s face is at the end of the handle. Trump wears a blue suit, a red tie, and his signature blonde, very interesting.
By 15:32 EAT on 28th may, the product had been rated 5 star by an overwhelming 82% on Amazon reviews and 18% had rated it 4 starts. There was no below 4 rating. All the users who had written reviews on the website showed great support for the product.
At Alibaba.com, the leading online retail in china, the item was not as popular as at Amazon.
When we clicked ‘contact supplier’ icon at Alibaba website, the link sent us to Alice Guan Taidafeng Brush Technology Co., Ltd.
At Alibaba too, the Trump brush was being sold by different suppliers with different designs
In other sites, some supplier were promising a free roll of tissue paper to anyone that would buy the brush.
The Chinese, obviously inspired by their communist party are known to be die-hard fans of their products.