People who’ve had near-death experiences are usually left with a sense of heightened purpose and regardless of the circumstances that led to that precarious moment, they are showered with empathy. Whether you think Donald Trump’s assassination attempt at a campaign rally was staged or a genuine attempt by the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks to take his life, the former US president has gained more popularity from the whole incident. Trump’s clenched fist in the air in a civil-rights-like stand image has gone more viral than leaked compromising footage of a celebrity on social media.
The whole incident has given Trump and his team a window at building his campaign around a siege mentality that will draw more empathy. Opportune as the moment is for Trump, so too it is for entrepreneurs around the world. ALSO READ: Trump shooting marks tense time The T-shirts T-shirts with an image of Trump ’s ear bleeding, with his right hand clenched in a fist above the Secret Service agents surrounding him after he was shot have been selling in China.
Over the weekend, Chinese retailers leapt into action on Taobao and JD.com, the country’s two biggest e-commerce platforms, to profit from the images after an assassination attempt on Trump at a rally on Saturday reported the Associated Press . “Make America Great Again,” read one T-shirt, according to screenshots that circulated online.
“Shooting Makes Me Stronger,” read another. The T-shirts are available for as little as $4 (.