This statue just appeared at a park in Philadelphia

[Dennis Donovan]

James Tate
This statue just appeared at a park in Philadelphia

3:49 PM · Nov 10, 2024

Link to tweet

[jimfields33]

1. Maybe this will get more votes in 2028.

[Hotler]

2. This is not how you build unity.

... Well done to who ever is behind this. Be interesting to see who steals it or orders it taken down. I would bet some on the city council has their underwear in a wad.

[Wiz Imp]

7. Don't think there are many (maybe none) Trump supporters on Philly city council

Philly may be the most Democratic city in the entire US.

[Hotler]

12. I'm just throwing shit out there. The fascist council people in my town would be a pool of

melting butt hurt snowflakes. I want one for my front yard.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

57. Hopefully they will come up with some affordable replicas.

I can place them in some good spots. Although they wouldn’t last too long down here.

[flying_wahini]

40. Good to know.

May have to come hide out there for about 5 years.

[soldierant]

50. You may well be right.

San Francisco couldn't manage to keep Chesa Boudin in office for one full term. Larry Krasner has benn Philly's DA for - how long now? Are we into three terms? Or more?

[La Urraca]

51. Santa Fe, New Mexico

Is also pretty ( and it is pretty ) BLUE 🩵

[usaf-vet]

27. MAGA is not interested in unity. Considering they started the threat of "war". I'll start thinking of unity when I.....

..... see them waving a white flag from the steps of the White House after January 20th 2025.

[rubbersole]

3. It will be a shrine by lunch.

Like an image of Jesus in a piece of toast.

[JoseBalow]

43. And vandalized by midnight

if not outright stolen.

[Wiz Imp]

4. It's waaaaay too thin

Can't tell how tall it is, but it looks like they may have made it too tall as well.

Not sure why it was chosen to unveil it now, but anything that mocks him is ok with me.

[BoRaGard]

6. Where's the beef?

[sdfernando]

38. There is no "beef"

Just ask Stormy

[markodochartaigh]

9. I think that the face is well done,

but the statues hands are too big.

[wnylib]

17. The pants should be longer and baggy. The hair is too neat.

But it's recognizable. A tribute to President Felon.

[Wiz Imp]

20. I thought that about the hair too

I should have recognized the hands being too big - don't know how I missed that.

[PatSeg]

31. Maybe it is impossible to capture that hair mess

on a statue.

Definitely too neat and ordinary though.

[niyad]

23. Actually, if you take a closer look, the suit is quite unkempt. The jacket is wrinkled,

the pants jagged at the bottom, as though cut with dull scissors, or sewn very badly.

[wnylib]

34. I missed that. Will look again.

[allegorical oracle]

45. The head's not hunched forward enough. His classic duck's ass haircut (straight from the 50s)

is missing as far as I can tell. The face should be more flabby and with a sandpapery finish.

But the deed was brave.

[ShazzieB]

47. Yes, it's a pretty decent caricature. I like it!

[calimary]

35. And WAAAAAY too small.

Needs to be big enough that it can’t possibly be missed, AND very difficult to remove. Or maybe leave the statue part in the correct size and just enlarge the plaque on its base - so it can’t be avoided, ignored, or missed.

[Magoo48]

5. Magnificent, direct action. Love it. Resist

[markie]

8. .....

[SheltieLover]

10. It is on national tour & was taken down in PA

Due to graphic nature.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/decision-2024/crooked-and-obscene-tour-brings-43-foot-naked-donald-trump-statue-to-philly/4016186/

[niyad]

25. This isn't the naked statue.

[SheltieLover]

11. PA rethugs irate: "obscene" & "Appalling"

I doubt any sane person would disagree. What boggles my mind is how the rethug who filed the complaint with the police can support tfg.

https://www.newsweek.com/obscene-giant-donald-trump-statue-pennsylvania-angers-gop-1978456

[ShazzieB]

46. This story is about a giant naked statue of Trump.

The unauthorized 43-foot nude statue of Donald Trump in a Philadelphia park has been condemned by the city's Republican Party leader, who has filed an obscenity report with the police.

The statue in the op has clothes on. (There's a sentence I never expected to type, lol.)

[SheltieLover]

49. I'm not sure about that discrepancy either, ShazzieB, but felt DUers might want to know about this

especially since MSM can't be bothered to report on this.

They got the hands all wrong. They should be miniscule. But then, maybe they're normal sized so it's easier to see the suggestive gesture the statue of the asshole is making with the right hand.

Gotta love the art community!

[sarge43]

13. Good start, but his tie isn't hanging down to the ground. n/t

[2naSalit]

14. Pants aren't baggy enough...

But I like the sentiment.

[hootman]

15. Wow someone put out some cash for that! nt

[niyad]

26. Did you read the plaque?

[hootman]

28. Oh yes! Hey, its a direct quote; what can he do about it? Nothing

[mobeau69]

29. "She was married. I was on her like a bitch". -tfc

This part should be included when quoting the mutherfucker.

[Meowmee]

16. There needs to be one for all his lies about covid too

[hawkeye21]

19. A statue for each of his character flaws might fill the Grand Canyon

John McCain co-authored a book called Character is Destiny. It tells brief stories about people who, in desperate times, demonstrated strength of character. I had a classroom set for my high school students. But now we see that, at least in America, character doesn't matter. Character is no longer destiny. Lack of any character at all has landed MAGA man in the White House twice. That ain't how it's supposed to work.

I keep trying to get over what happened on Nov. 5, but then I keep thinking about the multitude of sins this piece of human scum keeps committing, and I just get sick to my stomach all over again. When character no longer matters, what is left?

[Meowmee]

21. Yep

He is pure evil. Some think he is the antichrist.

Yes, it is like a knife in me what he did to my father and millions of others and to this country. And they just let him do it, no one fought back the way they should have. Now they are doing the same thing again. He is insane and they all pretend he isn’t in the media and elsewhere.

[Montauk6]

24. Character is what actors play on Hulu Originals

[Dave Bowman]

18. They should install a toilet for visitors. It's the next best thing until he gets buried.

[Montauk6]

22. Perhaps too tall an order for the sculptor but...

he should've had Fearful Leader hunched over blowing a mic.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

30. LOL

[Bigerhalf]

32. Quote for the Centuries Should be preserved in Library of Congress

Right up there with the Suckers and Losers quote honoring us soldiers.

Never let it be said that America does not have the highest standards for our Presidents.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

33. I'm horrified that anyone would spend money

on something like that.

Next time, donate to the nearest homeless shelter.

[LAS14]

36. It's a new era, and I gotta always ask. How do we know this isn't fake? TIA, LAS

OK, there's a link to a Newsweek article upthread. Until further notice I'll accept a Newsweek story like this even though their opinions suck.

[ReRe]

37. Where's the long tie?

Would like to know the height. Hands too big, or at least doesn't depict his short fingers.

What about a side view. Does it depict his added height from the lifts in his shoes?

Also, I am a seamstress among other things and have noticed how his suits

are tailored to be longer in the front. Long tie and long coat front meant to subtract

from the dumpy-ness of his midsection. And yeah, the artist could have brought his

hair out a little in the front.

Plaque at base is spot on, though.

[1WorldHope]

39. Notice its right hand is in grabbing position.

[ancianita]

41. Art resistance begins.

[FoggyLake]

42. It's not fat enough. And it needs a curly tail.

[live love laugh]

44. The pedophile was talking about girls in a teen pageant.

And the media kept calling them “women”.

[Progressive dog]

48. That is real but It's gone now

]A statue of Donald Trump that appeared at a small park on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and accused the former president of a "lifetime of sexual assault" was whisked away not long after it arrived.

The Trump sculpture was spotted Wednesday morning at Maja Park, a grassy area in front of the Park Towne Place apartments at 22nd Street and the Parkway. Trump's golden likeness was positioned facing the park's bronze "Maja" sculpture of a nude woman.

https://www.phillyvoice.com/donald-trump-statue-philly-maja-park/

[SupportSanity]

52. Part of the resistance. You'll see more of this and you'll recognize that this is what resistance looks like.

There will be more of this. Maybe not with statues, but with signs, demonstrations, targeted businesses.

It's gotta start somewhere!

[pat_k]

53. Good. Another one.i hope they keep being

put up. And I hope the people tasked with removal are maybe of a mind to drag their feet.

[Cha]

54. " Imagine the Audacity it Takes to Look your Daughter in the eye..."

Link to tweet

[Prairie Gates]

56. That should help

More symbolic insults. Yes, that'll do the trick.

[DeltaDude]

58. It's not just Phiiladelphia

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/decision-2024/crooked-and-obscene-tour-brings-43-foot-naked-donald-trump-statue-to-philly/4016186/


https://www.npr.org/2024/10/31/nx-s1-5173569/trump-statues-portland-philadelphia-sexual-assault