The nude Donald Trump sculpture is gone in New York, but park officials got the last laugh

New Yorkers gawk at naked Donald Trump sculpture — (Image credit: MSNBC/YouTube)

If you missed your chance to gawk at or take a selfie with the life-size nude sculptures of Donald Trump that appeared in Manhattan, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Cleveland on Thursday, well, NBC News has a tastefully blurred Tour de Trump au Naturel so you can vicariously relive the juvenile hijinks, but with jaunty music:

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The statues feature a pudgy, naked Trump with regular sized hands but notably small genitalia. Ginger, the monster-crafting artist who made the "Emperor Has No Balls" sculptures for the Indecline collective, said he expected the statutes to stay up for no longer than 30-45 minutes, but at least in New York's Union Square, the city Parks Department did not seem to be in a huge rush to dismantle the installation. And after they did, Parks Department spokesman Sam Biederman sent this statement to Gothamist: "NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small." New York, man.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.