Dump Trump (statue)

Dump Trump is a 16 feet (4.9 m) high statue of United States president Donald Trump sitting on a golden toilet. The sculpture was temporarily installed in Central London's Trafalgar Square ahead of his 2019 visit to the United Kingdom, and displayed during the Trump-organized Salute to America in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2019.

Not to be confused with Statue of Donald Trump.
Dump Trump
The statue at the Trafalgar Square on June 4, 2019
ArtistDon Lessem
Year2019 (2019)
SubjectDonald Trump
Dimensions4.9 m (16 ft)

Description and history
Anti-Trump protest in London's Trafalgar Square. The statue can be seen in the center

In addition to depicting Donald Trump tweeting from a smartphone on a golden toilet while wearing a MAGA hat with "IMPEACH ME!" scribbled on it, the 16-foot (4.9 m) statue makes flatulence noises and says the phrases "I'm a very stable genius", "no collusion", "witch-hunt", and "you are fake news", popular and common phrases said by Trump during his presidency. The statue was designed by Don Lessem and cost approximately $25,000.[1][2]

Lessem, from Philadelphia, built the statue and had it shipped by boat across the Atlantic. A dinosaur expert who makes models of prehistoric creatures for museums, he said, "I'm interested in things that are big, not very intelligent and have lost their place in history."[3]

History

The statue was temporarily installed in Central London's Trafalgar Square ahead of his 2019 visit to the United Kingdom.[4] It was displayed during the Trump-organized Salute to America event in Washington, D.C. on July 4, 2019.[5]

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gollark: If you pick a word to start with, then the next possibilities for your thing are a limited subset of all words - those without the letters in said first word. Though admittedly checking that would be slow too.
gollark: `/usr/share/dict/words` or `wc`?
gollark: `wc -l < /usr/share/dict/words` says there are only 123115 words.
gollark: It shouldn't even take that long with good optimizatiom.

See also

References
  1. "Giant model of Trump sitting on golden toilet tweeting appears in central London". The Independent. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Handley, Lucy (2019-06-04). "The giant Trump baby and other stunts that took on the president – and polarized opinion". CNBC. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  3. "Trump baby blimp 'stabbed with sharp object' by pro-Trump supporter". The Independent. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. Worden, Andy; Gibbons, Brett (2019-06-04). "Dump Trump protest attracts activists to Trafalgar Square". walesonline. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  5. Folley, Aris (2019-07-03). "Giant robot Trump tweeting on toilet coming to DC to protest Fourth >celebration". TheHill. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
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