Courtesy Foreign Policy
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was ‘put on sale’ on eBay after he said Wednesday that he was so committed to solving Egypt’s debt crisis that he would go as far as to sell himself if he thought it would help.
“If it were possible for me to be sold, I would sell myself,” Sisi said in a speech on state television, where he also reportedly asked Egyptians to donate to public funds by text, according to Independent.
An eBay user was quick to hold the president to his word by putting him up for sale and soon the bidding was at more than $100,000.
The seller, whose username on the online auction site is “dr_motown,” listed Sisi as a “slightly used” field marshal and doctor of philosophers with a military background. The latter was a jab at Sisi’s claim last year that God anointed him as a doctor who advises “world leaders, politicians … and the greatest philosophers.”
When one interested buyer asked for more information about the product, dr_motown — who has been an eBay member since 2004 and was rated positively by other users for quick delivery times — said Sisi had been used by “his previous owners (Gulf royals).”
The posting was removed early Wednesday afternoon.
