The life-size figure is one of five statues created by anarchist art collective INDECLINE.
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Donald Trump’s life-size naked statues were installed across five American cities by an activist art group, which said the controversial Republican presidential candidate should never become the United States president.
The statues, designed by an artist named Joshua “Ginger” Monroe for “anonymous artist collective” INDECLINE’s “The Emperor Has No Balls” campaign, were discovered Thursday morning in Cleveland, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle.
Cell phone video from overnight shows city crews removing the statue of a naked Donald Trump. Some parts of male genitalia are visible while others seemingly are missing.
“It is through these sculptures that we leave behind the physical and metaphorical embodiment of the ghastly soul of one of America’s most infamous and reviled politicians”, INDECLINE said in its statement, adding that they will do all they can to ensure that Trump “is never installed in the most powerful political and military position in the world”. While police in NY city were quick to remove the statue from Union Square, copies in the west coast cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle were still there nine hours later, The Daily Beast reported.
Surprisingly, Monroe was once a Trump supporter, but changed his opinion on the billionaire after he notoriously mocked New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski, who is disabled.
“NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small”, the department said in a statement.
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Mae Ferguson, a Parks Department spokeswoman, said “the statue was removed because the installation of any unapproved structure is illegal in any city park”.
