Another Trump diss gets some beautiful merch

If we didn't already know, Trump insults make for epic t-shirt slogans.
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The sharp diss Donald Trump lobbed at a BBC editor on Thursday has been immortalized into a t-shirt, because why not, it's 2017.

"Here's another beauty" was the sarcastic quip an angry Trump threw at BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel during a press conference. When Sopel tried asking Trump a question about his blocked travel ban, he cut him off and asked what news outlet he was with. And the rest is history.

Sopel swiftly defended the BBC to no avail: "That's a good line," Sopel said, trying to hold back as he defended his organization, saying "Impartial, free and fair."

Since that cringeworthy exchange, Sopel's moment in the Trumpian sun has been made into a t-shirt. BBC doesn't appear to be involved, but the top has appeared for sale on a website called Redbubble, which has a collection of work from over 400,000 independent artists.

The artist who's name the shirt is listed under, "nikhorne," has other politically-minded clothing up for sale, like patriotically red, white and blue "Nasty Woman" and "Bad Hombre" t-shirts. But this t-shirt has attracted the attention of Sopel himself.

"I've made it," the BBC editor tweeted on Friday. "Though hurt I wasn't asked to model it ...

Mashable has reached out to nikhorne and BBC for comment.

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