Wooden statue mocking Pres. Trump burned to the ground in Slovenia, the birthplace of his wife Melania, authorities say.
FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, a wooden statue resembling Donald Trump near Kamnik, Slovenia. The wooden statue nearly eight-meter high of U.S. President Donald Trump that was constructed in 2019, has been destroyed by fire Thursday Jan. 9, 2020, in the homeland of his wife Melania Trump.
The nearly eight-meter high construction, erected last year in a village in northeast of Slovenia, showed Trump with his trademark hair style, blue suit, white shirt and a long red tie. His right arm — fist clenched — was raised high like that of New York’s Statue of Liberty.When triggered, a mechanism inside the statue opened a red-painted mouth and shark-like teeth used to appear.
Although the construction quickly became a tourist attraction, some local villagers were unhappy with its appearance, pledging to torch it by Halloween, Oct. 31. It had to be moved to another village in the area. He said the torching of the statue"is symbol of intolerance toward artistic projects in our society."A life-size sculpture of the U.S. first lady cut from the trunk of a linden tree was unveiled in her hometown of Sevnica last June, drawing mixed reactions from residents.
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