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| A Europe United In Infamy |
| 2026-10-26 |
| [American Thinker] As France was already burning, from October 6 to 8, a statue bearing the dual names "Orange Plague" and "King of Injustice," supposedly representing President Trump, presided over the busy hall connecting the European Parliament’s two buildings in Strasbourg. Despite the nobility of the materials used—bronze covered with 23-carat gold leaf—no expert was needed to see that this monstrosity has nothing artistic about it, but instead stems from the irrational, indeed childish, hatred felt by the "artist," the Dane Jens Galschiot, for the U.S. president—the man and his political positions. Galschiot is no Michelangelo, nor is he Rodin. His school would be closer to that of Botero, at least in terms of size, since the pedestal and statue together reach 8.5 feet. The "work" is a typical example of the Non-Art favoured in our post-modernist world, where lack of talent is compensated for by the desire to shock, stupendous cheek, and stupidity. Also, by political pretension and the rewriting of the classics. Let us dissect the thing. Galschiot has produced an ugly, obese Trump in an obscene pose, sitting on a fragile man, and naked, the "artist" explains, like the king in Andersen’s tale, because he sees Trump as a modern version of that king. On the pedestal, the following words are engraved: "I am sitting on the back of a man. He is sinking under my burden. I will do anything to help him. Except stepping down from his back." The inscription is signed "The King of Injustice." Explaining his creation, Galschiot also declares that Trump represents one of the greatest threats to the rules-based international order, democratic values, and common efforts to resolve the climate crisis. |
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