Golden Statue of Trump At CPAC

[LadyKay]

 

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/2/26/22302887/trump-cpac-2021-republican-gold-statue

This is like. Wow.    Someone involved in the conference constructed a golden statue of Trump and wheeled it out to cheers from conference attendees. “That is so cool,” one of the onlookers says.

 

 

[teddyv]

42 minutes ago, LadyKay said:

 

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/2/26/22302887/trump-cpac-2021-republican-gold-statue

This is like. Wow.    Someone involved in the conference constructed a golden statue of Trump and wheeled it out to cheers from conference attendees. “That is so cool,” one of the onlookers says.

 

 

That's pretty tacky.

That said, Vox being Vox, they don't really seem to address who made it or why. I doubt anyone bent a knee to it either.

The artist's reasoning behind it (from CNN):

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Tommy Zegan, a California-based artist, created the Trump statue in response to the multiple pieces of art mocking Trump.
"Two years ago, when I saw all those statues of naked Trump and Trump on a toilet, I said, 'You know what? I can do better,' " Zegan told CNN Friday as attendees gathered around the statue to snap photos with it.
Zegan said the piece on display at CPAC is actually the fiberglass mold of the real, stainless steel sculpture currently stored in a warehouse in Tampa where it awaits a potentially high-profile showcase.
"It is museum-quality, and that's the one I'm eventually hoping to get in the Trump library," Zegan said. "It is literally priceless."
The statue is perhaps the most extreme celebration at CPAC of the former president, who will speak here on Sunday in his first public appearance since leaving office. Zegan says every aspect of the statue -- which puts Trump in a suit jacket, American-flag-themed shorts and flip-flop sandals -- is intended to be symbolic.
"The coat and tie is the fact that he's a professional, he's a businessman," Zegan said. "The red tie symbolizes he's a Republican. The red white and blue is that he's a patriot. The fact that he's wearing thongs and shorts is that he's at the age where he should be retired. He should be at the beach right now."
But when asked if he would like for Trump to ease into retirement or run for President again in 2024, Zegan was emphatic.
"I would be, yes, ecstatic," he said. "If he wants it to happen, it will happen."

 

[LadyKay]

27 minutes ago, teddyv said:

That's pretty tacky.

That said, Vox being Vox, they don't really seem to address who made it or why. I doubt anyone bent a knee to it either.

I really could not find much more about it. So I posted the first link I found on it. Someone posted it to my FB page and I thought it was a joke. Then it turn out to be true and I was like "no way!"  It just seem strange to me so here you go. 

[teddyv]

It certainly does not appear to have been made for anything but some artistic expression. It's pretty garish though.

[grumix8]

this does not mean their worshipping Trump simple statue and we don't know if the opposite did this just to give the image the republicans worship Trump which they don't know.

[Whyme]

The corrupt media rolls out a golden statue of whatever Democrat is in office. 

[Whyme]

1 hour ago, Chicken coop2 said:

The Trump Cult, unfortunately, is alive and active and growing bigger and stronger every day.  A real threat to the United States of America. 

We are definitely living in the End Days. 

Its not a cult. Trump got more votes than any president in history. The media crucified Trump but loves Joe. Its hypocrisy and bigotry. But hey if thats your thing..

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[Whyme]

chickencoop. Please don't rate my posts. Its not very loving. I don't do it to you.

Edited February 28, 2021 by Whyme

[Whyme]

2 minutes ago, Chicken coop2 said:

I am neither a bigot nor a hypocrite.  I have told you before that I look at individuals not political parties nor race nor nationality nor religious beliefs nor gender etc. 

 

are you the media? I was talking about the media. And please don't react to my posts. Its annoying bro.

[Whyme]

9 minutes ago, Chicken coop2 said:

You could block me.  But you do tend to pop up wherever I post. 

you could just stop being annoying.