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There is a debate taking place around the cash register at Boutique Surprise. Customer Gary Blair favours the peach mints, while manager Gail Zilber prefers the peppermint ones. Both, however, are fans of the peppermint-flavoured lip balm.

So are many other customers. So much so that these products are flying off the shelves at the small card and gift shop in Westmount Square.

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Owner Sam Tahan hasn’t seen a rush like this since Valentine’s Day. But love is not the motivating factor in these sales. Each tin of mints is emblazoned with the mug of U.S. President Donald Trump, and each comes in different varieties: the peach-flavoured Impeachmints, the peppermint National Embarrassmints and the cinnamon habanero Trumzilla mints.

There are also not-so-subtle messages on the tins: “They’re Yuge!” would be the most benign of them.

But it’s much more than just mints moving here. There are the Impeachmint lip balms, the Little Hands soaps, Trump salt-and-pepper shakers and Trump’s Executive Orders Sticky Notes (“To do: Tweet, Go to Army Thing, Check Hair”).