Donald Trump is often depicted by cartoonists or activists as a screaming yellow baby, duck or executioner of the Statue of Liberty. Now a Chinese artist has discovered a completely different side of the future American president.
Hong Jinshi immortalized the 78-year-old Republican as a Buddha figure and achieved considerable success. The white ceramic statues, on which Trump sits cross-legged, wearing a long robe and half-closed eyes, are enjoying great popularity again shortly before the start of his second term.
Since the election victory, there has been a lot of interest in images
Hong first offered his Trump Buddha to Chinese online mail order company Taobao in 2021. Since then, the 47-year-old has sold hundreds of copies – depending on size, for between 999 and 20,000 yuan (132 to 2,600 euros). Since the American presidential elections in November, Trump’s Buddhas have become very popular again: “There was a lot of interest in the days after his election victory,” reports Hong, who originally designed the statues as a joke.
“It’s fun to make fun of respected and famous people,” Hong says of his motives. Trump works so well as Buddha in a meditation position because there are ‘two opposite extremes’. Trump is also not as ‘boring’ as other politicians, says Hong. “If he is president, there will be interesting news every day.”
Source: Krone
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