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There's a new Donald Trump statue and it's big and it's naked

 A 43-foot-tall (13 meters) naked statue resembling former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is displayed in a fenced-in lot near Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas, Nevada, September 28, 2024. Made of foam over rebar and weighing approximately 6,000 pounds (2722 kilos), the gigantic display will will criss-cross the US as part of the "Crooked and Obscene Tour." (Photo by Ronda Churchill / AFP) (Photo by RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images)

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There’s a new Donald Trump statue and it’s big and it’s naked

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A 43-foot-tall (13 meters) naked statue resembling former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is displayed in a fenced-in lot near Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas, Nevada, September 28, 2024. Made of foam over rebar and weighing approximately 6,000 pounds (2722 kilos), the gigantic display will will criss-cross the US as part of the "Crooked and Obscene Tour." (Photo by Ronda Churchill / AFP) (Photo by RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images)
A 43-foot-tall naked statue resembling Donald Trump is displayed in a fenced-in lot near Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sept. 28, 2024.AFP via Getty Images

This article contains images of a statue that depicts a nude Donald Trump. View at your own discretion.

A new art installation is haunting the desertscape north of Las Vegas: a naked, 43-foot-tall marionette of Donald Trump. (You can find a full image of the statue below the fold.)

According to The Wrap, the statue is made of rebar and foam, weighs around 3 tons, and will travel the United States as part of a “Crooked and Obscene” art tour, though future dates and locations have yet to be announced.

TOPSHOT - A man takes a photo of a 43-foot-tall (13 meters) naked statue resembling former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump displayed in a fenced-in lot near Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas, Nevada, September 28, 2024. Made of foam over rebar and weighing approximately 6,000 pounds (2722 kilos), the gigantic display will will criss-cross the US as part of the "Crooked and Obscene Tour." (Photo by Ronda Churchill / AFP) (Photo by RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images)
The statue on Sept. 28, 2024.AFP via Getty Images

This is far from the first time the wannabe dictator has inspired art.

In 2016, an anarchist art collective called INDECLINE commissioned five life-sized statues of a naked Trump. Titled “The Emperor has No Balls,” the statues appeared in public spaces in Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 17: A naked statue of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump titled "The Emperor Has No Balls" is on exhibition at Julien's Auctions Gallery on October 17, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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And who could ever forget the Donald Trump Baby Blimp, which now lives in the collection of The Museum of London. In 2018, the blimp was allowed to fly over Parliament Square in the United Kingdom during Trump’s visit.

President Trump state visit to UK - Day Two. The Baby Trump Balloon is inflated in Parliament Square, London on the second day of the state visit to the UK by US President Donald Trump. Picture date: Tuesday June 4, 2019. See PA story ROYAL Trump. Photo credit should read: David Mirzoeff/PA Wire URN:43310791 (Press Association via AP Images)
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  1. Comment by bigmack.

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    looks just like him

  2. Comment by mlwalton13.

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    I fully support freedom of expression, but I can’t say that I am in favor of this statue. I appreciate representing the grotesque, vulgarity that CFT exudes, but a naked sculpture — I don’t know somehow it seems like stooping to a lower level than the opposition. It would be horrifying, mean, sexist, racist, nasty and every other negative descriptor, if say someone created such a sculpture of VP Harris, or Governor Walz.

    just my two cents.

  3. Comment by Grey Jedi.

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    Just what I need to see on my drive to Las Vegas for a work meet-up next week. If I roll my eyes any harder I’ll see my brain.

  4. Comment by skwirlqueen.

    I really hope that this gets positioned for the Formula 1 race in Las Vegas that’s coming up soon!

  5. Comment by Chartreuxe.

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    No new clothes for the fat old Emperor.

  6. Comment by LongviewMN.

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    and what if someone started displaying naked statues of Walz or Harris?

  7. Comment by thistlemouse.

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    I sure wish you'd not used a partial image as the diary photo — even that's horrid to see over and over in the feed

  8. Comment by Bob Love.

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    Childish and stupid, even by Las Vegas standards. We can retire the epithet *“short-fingered vulgarian” *now that we’ve embraced the same 3rd Grade level of aesthetic.

    *“When they go low …”* we copy them?

  9. Comment by World Citizen.

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    I’m so tired of us making fun of people’s bodies and pretending it’s about their humanity. There is nothing wrong with that body. It’s is functional and, if he was a different person inside of it, someone could even find it attractive. This isn’t humor, it’s a flat out insult, and a poor one at that.

  10. Comment by longwalker.

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    The baby blimp is still my favorite

    • Reply by LongviewMN.

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      at least that is an artistic statement about the person

  11. Comment by FTrump.

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    Jesus!! Can’t unsee that!

  12. Comment by snafuforyou.

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    Did someone make a plaque to put in front of it? Should read :" fired exresident trump, twice impeached, convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, indicted thief, who had many nicknames, Loser, ego maniac, don the con," and really too many to name.

  13. Comment by MaShrChing.

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    Well this “statue” is not going to make anyone in the world of sculpture forget about the German sculptor Arno Breker and his homoerotic Nazi works:

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  14. Comment by Joe Knapp.

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    Kinda dumbass and pointless.

  15. Comment by Obsean.

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    “Is that a brain worm or are you just happy to see me?”

  16. Comment by sirlurksalot.

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    the sculpture needs a generous dose of Yeti Pubes if we are going for realism. otherwise, yuck-oh… another good reason to avoid Nevada.

  17. Comment by Judith Bradford.

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    the same week he claims to have the greatest beach body in history

  18. Comment by Wes from Dubuque.

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    That IS truly obscene (and/or nightmare-inducing).

  19. Comment by John Poet.

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    Glad I’m not just before or just after eating a meal….

  20. Comment by howardpelling.

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    I am all for exposing Trump, but can we stick to doing it metaphorically.

    • Reply by John Poet.

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      Too late, that cow has already escaped from the barn...

 

 A 43-foot-tall (13 meters) naked statue resembling former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is displayed in a fenced-in lot near Interstate 15 north of Las Vegas, Nevada, September 28, 2024. Made of foam over rebar and weighing approximately 6,000 pounds (2722 kilos), the gigantic display will will criss-cross the US as part of the "Crooked and Obscene Tour." (Photo by Ronda Churchill / AFP) (Photo by RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/30/2273862/-Sorry-to-report-there-s-a-new-Trump-statue-and-it-s-big-and-naked

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