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Zorro

(18,868 posts)
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:44 PM 17 hrs ago

Xi Invites Trump To Inspect Factories Where MAGA Merchandise Is Made

Chinese President Xi Jinping has begun Donald Trump’s state visit to China with a visit to the Guangdong factories where most of the ‘Make America Great Again’ and ‘Take Back America’ merchandise is produced.

Xi said he was proud of the special relationship between the two countries that allowed American consumers to purchase Chinese-made goods and for Chinese consumers to also purchase Chinese-made goods.

“We are honoured to support the American patriotism industry and proud to play our part in helping to Make America Great Again … hats, banners, flags, mugs and t-shirts. It is a very good business deal,” Xi said during a welcoming ceremony held beneath a giant inflatable MAGA bald eagle assembled in an Uyghur prisoner workshop.

A Chinese spokesperson assured the assembled US delegation that all MAGA production followed an America-first policy. “America first pay. Then we make,” he said.

Xi praised Trump’s focus on reviving the manufacturing industry. “Your movement has done tremendous things for manufacturing. Admittedly, not American manufacturing, but still,” he said, in front of a ‘Save America Jobs’ t-shirt production line.

https://theshovel.com.au/2026/05/14/xi-invites-trump-to-inspect-factories-where-maga-merchandise-made/

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Xi Invites Trump To Inspect Factories Where MAGA Merchandise Is Made (Original Post) Zorro 17 hrs ago OP
I see they've learned how to deal with Trump! jmowreader 17 hrs ago #1
Please tell me dweller 17 hrs ago #2
He can brag about his goods made in China. cachukis 17 hrs ago #3
umm reads like a paraody nt msongs 17 hrs ago #4
I just looked them up..I think we have another "mock style news" as they call it. This one's pretty good! Deuxcents 16 hrs ago #5
Me too canetoad 15 hrs ago #7
Burrrrnnn jeffreyi 16 hrs ago #6

jmowreader

(53,382 posts)
1. I see they've learned how to deal with Trump!
Thu May 14, 2026, 10:47 PM
17 hrs ago

"America first pay. Then we make."

There are hundreds of contractors in New York City who wish they would have followed that rule!

Deuxcents

(27,646 posts)
5. I just looked them up..I think we have another "mock style news" as they call it. This one's pretty good!
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:26 PM
16 hrs ago

canetoad

(20,985 posts)
7. Me too
Fri May 15, 2026, 12:36 AM
15 hrs ago

They solicit contributions or just headlines.

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On edit: that last line about Peppa pig and 'The Australian' is satire; the Australian in a national Murdoch paper, full of it's own importance but very right wing.
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