Kimstu
February 27, 2021, 1:00am
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The description of the statue from its creator, California sculptor Tommy Zegan, is pretty hilarious too:
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.”
Zegan seems to have been trying to raffle off this fiberglass copy and/or the original stainless steel statue , which he claims is worth $150 million, since completing it in 2019.
And that “Republican red tie” motif is still so weird to me: I remember clearly when a plain red tie still symbolized being a socialist or a communist. Hell, it was just the other day (okay, about five years ago) that a famous red-tie-wearing communist passed away:
Saudi Arabia’s ‘last communist’ dies in car accident
Writer, cultural critic and social activist Saleh Mansour was known for his communist and socialist ideals among the social and cultural circles of Saudi Arabia.
He was known to have stuck to his ideals in a country lacking in knowledge of socialism until his death on Monday. […]
He was known for his famous red tie and white shirt, symbolizing his socialist ideals after visiting the Soviet Union during the late 1980s.