If you live in New York City and were planning a lunchtime walk through Union Square, you might want to reconsider — or at least make sure not to eat beforehand. That's because right now, a life-size statue of a stark naked Donald Trump is gracing the city park:
Below the statue touting Trump's every vein and pubic hair, there's a small plaque that reads: "The emperor has no balls." And New Yorkers weren't the only ones to be graced by a naked Trump — identical Trump statues were also put up in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Cleveland.
The sculptures, which weigh 80 pounds apiece and took about four months to make, are apparently the handiwork of what The Hill described as an "anarchist collective" called Indecline. The group commissioned an artist experienced in making monsters for haunted houses for the project. "When the guys approached me, it was all because of my monster-making abilities," said the artist, who goes by Ginger. "Trump is just yet another monster, so it was absolutely in my wheelhouse to be able to create these monstrosities."
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Indecline doesn't have high hopes for the longevity of their project — they're just glad to have been able to express their outrage over Trump. "I don't expect these things to last more than 30 or 45 minutes," Ginger said. "But I would love to watch some irate 65-year-old Trump supporter try to take the thing down with his bare hands."
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