Donald Trump ‘immortalised’: 5 bizarre statues of the former US president, from the ‘Statue of Liberty’ in Melania’s native Slovenia to the hilarious Dump Trump in London’s Trafalgar Square

Mar 16 , 2021

Former president Trump has inspired many statues over the years, including ones of him naked or sitting on a gold toilet. Photos: @globalissueswe; @sarahbishi/Twitter, @trumpstatueinitiative/Instagram

Statues show him naked (New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco), using Twitter on the toilet (London’s Trafalgar Square) and as a vampire (Slovenia)

The Trump Statue Initiative’s statues recreate some of his most infamous moments, while ‘Dump Trump’ featured catchphrases like ‘you are fake news’

A group in China recently started selling statues of Donald Trump as Buddha on Taobao, playing on his campaign slogan and telling business owners, “make your company great again”. Clearly, even though some have distanced themselves from the former US president as if he were a bad omen, in the eyes of others he still has plenty of meme potential.

Some might argue that Trump exhibited an eccentric stance towards the rest of the world while in office, evidenced by the presents he gave other world leaders. It’s hardly surprising then that there’s a rich crop of outlandish models of him across the globe. Here are five of the most memorable …

The Emperor Has No Balls

Naked statue of Donald Trump in 2016. Photo: The Verge

In 2016, naked statues of Trump popped up in public places in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Cleveland and New York. The artworks were from activist collective Indecline and titled The Emperor Has No Balls. The spectacles didn’t last long however as the group admits they exhibit most of their works around the US illegally.

Two years later, the anonymous group also created a sculpture that depicted Trump locked up inside a prison cell, placing it inside a Trump hotel suite.

Dump Trump

Statue of Donald Trump sitting on a gold toilet. Photo: @sarahbishi/Twitter

In June 2019, a statue of Trump sitting on a gold toilet and tweeting appeared in London’s Trafalgar Square. The 5-metre-tall structure was erected in protest of a scheduled state visit from the then-president and was nicknamed “Dump Trump”.

The statue emitted noises of flatulence and featured audio of infamous Trump catchphrases including, “you are fake news”, “no collusion”, “I’m a very stable genius” and “witch-hunt”.