A wooden sculpture paying tribute to first lady Melania Trump near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, was removed after being burned to the ground last weekend.
Berlin-based American artist Brad Downey, who commissioned the sculpture, told Reuters that he ordered the now scorched sculpture to be removed after police notified him it was set on fire on July 5 — a year after its unveiling.
“I want to know why they did it,” Downey, who had hoped the statue would spark discussion by highlighting how the first lady came to the U.S. as an immigrant but married a president who champions hardline immigration policies.
Downey told Reuters that he filed a police report and would like to interview the people who burned the sculpture for a film that he plans to feature in an exhibition in Slovenia in September.
The burning and removal of the wooden statue honoring the first lady comes on the heels of President Trump’s recent efforts to protect Confederate monuments and statues. Last month he signed an executive order to push the prosecution of those who vandalize monuments, as the movement to topple Confederate statues in the wake of George Floyd’s death grows across the U.S.
Who knew silicone and Botox were flammable?
That’s gotta burn.
Wait — it was removed after being set on fire? A wooden statue survived being set on fire? Is she a vampire?
Wait — don’t answer that. Too many blood-sucking leech jokes.
The artist tried to make the statue as realistic as possible and made it from the same materials as the model… I wasn’t able to confirm this but some say the statue had recordings of “Love you a long time” in 10 languages…
Don’t forget, in January, they did the same to The Donald’s statue!
Maybe this gave the Treasonous Traitorous Donald the idea/impetus to protect statues instead of US civilian and military lives!