美国国家公共电台 NPR Arizona Coffee Shop Declares Itself The One-Stop Shop For All Things Trump（在线收听）

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Today is Small Business Saturday. There is a small, family-owned business in the small town of Show Low in Navajo County, Ariz., which sells a huge range of items that lauds, celebrates and otherwise supports that marketing celebrity who is president of the United States, Donald Trump. KNAU's Aaron Granillo brings us there.

AARON GRANILLO, BYLINE: A steady stream of customers arrive every morning at the Trumped Store and coffee house. Barista Sean Lynch whips up a latte underneath a sign that reads Making Coffee Great Again. He pours foam over espresso and milk, still fine-tuning his latte artwork.

SEAN LYNCH: Sometimes I'll make random abstract shapes and I'll be like, look; that's Trump's head. People will be like, no way. Just kidding - I really can't make that good yet.

GRANILLO: The store is full of customers from all over the states. Some come for the coffee, others for the vast collection of Trump-inspired merch. Rosemary Quesenberry drove three hours to buy a shirt.

ROSEMARY QUESENBERRY: So I'm picking up the medium T-shirt again, I'm an adorable deplorable.

KAREN MCKEAN: Yay.

QUESENBERRY: Yeah.

GRANILLO: The couple cheering her on - Steve Slaton and Karen McKean. They own the shop. They have Trump teddy bears and rubber ducks, mugs and children's books. There's even a Trump toilet paper roll holder in the restroom. When you pull the TP, it literally delivers the president's message.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Our leaders are stupid, our politicians are stupid. We will have so much winning if I get elected that you may get bored with winning.

STEVE SLATON: I forget how we even stumbled on the toilet roll. He found it somehow, and it's been a huge hit.

GRANILLO: Slaton and McKean opened the store in 2016. They converted this former mechanic's garage into an unofficial campaign headquarters for then-candidate Donald Trump.

MCKEAN: We're passionate conservatives. We're here to hopefully keep this very, very conservative area and keep it a strong republic. So that's why we so strongly support the president's policies.

GRANILLO: The city of Show Low is a conservative stronghold. Registered Republicans here outnumber Democrats 3 to 1. But not everybody here likes The Trumped Store. It's been vandalized, and the owners say they sometimes receive threatening calls. It's also a popular location for peaceful protests. Eric Kramer is chairman of Navajo County Democrats.

ERIC KRAMER: Every once in a while, we have demonstrations in the park next to them.

GRANILLO: Kramer doesn't think The Trumped Store had any effect on the area's Republican voting record in the midterms. After all, he says, Navajo County, outside of Show Low, has more Democrats than Republicans.

KRAMER: We saw a very good turnout, and that's part of what helped us to win statewide offices for the first time in many, many years. We're feeling good about the direction of things.

GRANILLO: So are Steve Slaton and Karen McKean. They even have plans to expand The Trumped Store.

MCKEAN: There's another room over there that's not developed yet. Our plan is to make it a Trump Wine Bar.

GRANILLO: With Trump Wine.

MCKEAN: Of course.

(LAUGHTER)

SLATON: And nothing else.

GRANILLO: For NPR News, I'm Aaron Granillo in Show Low, Ariz.