Life-sized, nude statues of Donald Trump are raising eyebrows in San Francisco and other cities including Los Angeles and New York City.
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In a statement, said he wanted INDECLINE and Donald Trump, former host of the reality TV series The Apprentice, “never accesses the political and military position most powerful in the world”.
“When the guys approached me, it was all because of my monster-making abilities”, Ginger told the Post of INDECLINE’s request to design the statues. They all depict the presidential hopeful in the buff with his hands (which appear to be normal people-sized) crossed over his protruding belly and a dissatisfied look on his face.
The orange-tinted statue-featuring a massive belly, small fingers and missing some genital parts-were simultaneously unveiled in downtown Manhattan’s Union Square Park and public places in the four other USA cities.
Suggesting Trump is more of a (potential) ruler than a revolutionary, the statues also poke fun at the authoritarian tendency to erect large monuments in one’s likeness.
The Trump campaign has yet to comment on the statue.
“NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small”, a spokesperson, as onlookers booed the park wardens sent to topple the statue. One woman yelled, “Take his nasty feet, too!”
“That is a frightening thought”, de Blasio said.
The title plays off of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Emperor’s New Clothes, in which the emperor proudly parades naked before his subjects after being duped into believing he is wearing the finest garments. “Now we can see him here, completely exposed for what he really is”, said tourist Joe Brando.
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Locals and tourists passing by the Eureka Valley/Dolores Heights neighborhood Thursday caught an eyeful when they passed by a statue of a nude Donald Trump.
