Hopefully sold for scrap.
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Whatever happened, it's more valuable now.
According to trump, it was more valuable 30 years ago.
If that comment reaches 47 votes I'll be fucking rolling. Also, GODAMNNNNNNNNN
Hopefully sold for ~~scrap~~. crap
Be best, heroic vandal
Nothing says "I do not care, this is beneath my ability to even think about and in no way affects my decision-making" like painting on your clothing in response to a comment.
It really sells how little she thinks about it.
Just like when someone comments/messages/texts several huge long paragraphs in an argument while constantly saying "I don't care", you can feel the apathy.
To your last point- Posting comments on lemmy is an incredibly low-effort move.
That was supposed to be Melania? Holy shit, she should be thanking whoever did this.
Somebody similar gifted was the artist I suppose.
readjusting to how far standards for.. everything have fallen across western civilization in the last few years, I now think that third painting looks great to me. Lets not let the perfect be the enemy of the good, right.
Statue ran off with personal trainer
Impossible, it can't run without feet
underrated show
The sculpture was created in 2020 by American artist Brad Downey, after a wooden sculpture of the first lady was torched by arsonists. Downy said he is "a bit sad that it's gone".
The article claims some of the locals have"great pride"in her becoming the first lady... Why? How is that an accomplishment?
On the one hand, the first lady is certainly a fairly highly regarded position where women have been able to influence politics and affect change for a long time, even before women were really allowed to be in politics formally.
On the other hand, having married happenstance some guy that becomes president is obviously not a feat of any kind. But at the same time, in the old-school patriarchal sense of values, a woman married to a politically powerful man is considered to be above other women. Even in far pettier situations. The governor’s wife, the senator’s wife, hell even a mayor’s wife
She sold ger body to the Cheeto. In on itself that's fine, to each their own, but to be proud of that? Yeah, no
so at some point she was smoking hot ?
Right and specially far right are really proud of our beloved "cashbitch" Melania for some reason, probably they see her as successfull for some stupid reason. But then again, the leader of the biggest far right party congratulated the Orange for victory in 2020 elections 🤷♂️
Someone 86'd it.
It wasn’t stolen, it ran away.
Trump had it stolen and brought to the Whitehouse so he can spend time with his wife.
The wrong melania got deported.
lol
"It's my estimation everyone ever got a statue made of'em was one kind of sumbitch or another."
~ Malcolm Reynolds
Has anybody checked the british museum?
They don't collect trash.
They also would have taken everything, including the base.
That picture of the stump with nothing but the feet remaining - priceless. I want a framed version of that.
It’s so funny. Wasn’t this like, the second statue of her too? I’m sure they burned the original.
I miss this motherfucker. Fuck NBC.
why was there a statue of this useless whore
The same reason the average Trump voters' mom's phone number is carved into every truck stops bathroom door.
I had a road sign that was stolen that said "open man holes". Y'all need to be more funny.
Check the local toilets. Maybe a urinal broke and they needed a replacement quickly?
Trump: ..a fine statue. Really fine. The best! I have to say, I could’ve gotten them a better deal.
lmao
Hooray for acts of defiance!
They left the best part
Some people would have cut off at here troath.
love it. Hope they dumped the statue in a sewage pit where it belongs.
The link seems to go nowhere now 😭
works for me