U.S. first lady Melania Trump statue set on fire in Slovenia

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Source: Reuters

July 8, 2020 / 3:23 PM / Updated 2 hours ago




Brad Downey, a Berlin-based American artist, told Reuters he had the life-sized blackened, disfigured sculpture removed as soon as police informed him on July 5th of the incident.

“I want to know why they did it,” said Downey, who had hoped the statue would foster a dialogue about the political situation in the United States, highlighting Melania Trump’s status as an immigrant married to a president sworn to reduce immigration.

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Although the statue’s face was rough-hewn and unrecognizable prior to the fire, the figure was painted with a pale blue wraparound coat resembling the one Melania Trump wore at the swearing in of her husband U.S. President Donald Trump.



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In January, a large wooden statue resembling Donald Trump, designed by a local artist last year, was burnt in Slovenia’s city of Moravce, east of the capital Ljubljana.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-melania-trump-sculpture/u-s-first-lady-melania-trump-statue-set-on-fire-in-slovenia-idUSKBN24933K

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ROZNO, Slovenia (Reuters) - A wooden sculpture of U.S. first lady Melania Trump was torched near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, on the night of July Fourth, as Americans celebrated U.S. Independence Day, said the artist who commissioned the sculpture.
FILE PHOTO: A life-sized wooden sculpture of U.S. first lady Melania Trump is officially unveiled in Rozno, near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, July 5, 2019. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/File Photo

[groundloop]

1. " hoped the statue would foster a dialogue about the political situation in the United States"

I get that the artist had altruistic goals with the statue, but Melanoma's husband has created such a toxic social environment that dialogue isn't possible right now.

[lagomorph777]

19. I think he got his dialog.

But may I say that statue is way uglier than even the real Melanoma?

[LiberalLovinLug]

22. Not on the inside

[IronLionZion]

2. You can't erase history

[wnylib]

3. Uh-oh. Benedict Donald will hunt down

whoever did it and prosecute for murder by proxy.

[slumcamper]

4. I REALLY DON'T CARE DO U?

IMHO, she deserves a much worse fate.

[Warpy]

5. It was more of a passionate political commentary than he hoped for

Seems a little extreme to me, I can see barbecuing her rotten husband's statuary to the point only a fetid black lump is left, but it seems excessive to do it to a trophy wife.

I guess her retirement plans no longer include going home.

[mountain grammy]

6. hahaha

[Freedomofspeech]

7. I swear that I haven't left the country...

But if I had.😁

[iluvtennis]

8. Good. Anyone who supports kids in cages deserves to have

their statue burned.

[LeftInTX]

9. Ugly statue!!

[Marie Marie]

10. They really captured her personality.

[milestogo]

11. Especially her miserable facial expression.

[lagomorph777]

20. Just a hacked up tree stump.

[Blue Owl]

12. Another confederate monument bites the dust

womp womp...

[truthisfreedom]

13. Is that a before or after picture?

[LeftInTX]

14. LOL - I think it's before!!

[NurseJackie]

16. Haaaaa!

[Doreen]

15. What really sucks about burning the statue is the fact I did not get to see it happen.

[NurseJackie]

17. Someone could commission the sculptor Dave Poulin to create a statue of Melanie...

Here's an example of one of his recent works that got a lot of attention:

https://time.com/4442285/lucille-ball-statue-scary-lucy/

[llmart]

18. Probably a very real depiction of...

what she looked like before all the plastic surgery.

[CRK7376]

21. Burn Baby Burn

such a lovely resemblance to that cider coal 1st lady. Chain immigration hussy.