And finally…rubbing Trump’s nose in it

And finally...rubbing Trump's nose in it

An enterprising businessman is cleaning up at this year’s Edinburgh Festival where he is currently flogging 250 rolls a day of toilet paper with Donald Trump’s face printed on it.

Tim Baker, a marketing company owner, told the Scotsman newspaper that he makes more money selling the novelty loo roll that from his business, which he has left to be run by a manager.

But Mr Baker said he had been subjected to some hostility from revellers who were not buying what he is selling, particularly American tourists.



He recounted: “An American guy, said, ‘This is sh*tty and you’re a sh*tty person for doing it. This is a sh*tty idea.’ “And I said, ‘Are you being ironic?’ He said ‘no’.

“I said ‘that’s tragic. You just made a brilliant pun, and you didn’t even get it.’

But he has also experienced some hostility from at the annual event, . Tim said: “It is a comedy festival, that was part of my decision making process. I thought it would be a good crowd.”

Equipped with a peddler’s permit, Mr Baker plans to keep cashing in while pushing his loaded shopping trolley around the capital’s streets for the duration of the festival which started on August 3 and ends on August 28.

“I haven’t seen anyone else selling them - you can get them online for a fiver but mine are cheaper”, he said.

“Little kids come up and buy them. I usually say ‘is your mother about?’ and they’re waiting and looking from afar.

“Teenagers are buying them, Americans are buying them, Japanese tourists, French people and Germans, a few Australians.

“It is very international. A lot of British people buy them as well, and Scottish people. He is universally unpopular which is why I’m selling Donald Trump toilet paper.

“I don’t think anyone else will be so unpopular in the history of mankind.”

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