re’s mistaking it depicts Donald Trump: a large wooden statue of U.S. President has been erected in Slovenia, homeland of his wife Melania on August 30.  nearly eight-meter high (26 feet) construction shows Trump with his tremark hairstyle, blue suit, white shirt, and a long red tie. His right arm — fist clenched — is raised high like that of New York’s Statue of Liberty. When triggered, a mechanism opens a red-painted mouth and shark-like teeth appear.“Like all populists, statue has two faces,” its creator, Tomaz Schlegl, said. “One is humane and nice, or is that of a vampire.”

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“Provocation against populism”

monument was built on private property among lush greens and rolling hills of sleepy vill of Sela pri Kamniku, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) rast of Slovenian capital, Ljubljana. statue has a temporary permit and has to be removed by Halloween, Oct. 31. Some local villrs, unhappy with its appearance, suggest torching it that day.

“I thought it will be a sculpture, one statue,” said Stane Supar, who owns land where it stands. “But w this huge thing has grown, and everyone tells me it’s a provocation.” Schlegel, an architect, defended his project, saying it is “provocation against populism that world is full of.”

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“It is Statue of Liberty, which one today kws what it represents,” he said. “ pose is that of Superman. He can do and say whatever he wants without consequences.”Two American tourists came Friday to this remote corner of Slovenia after hearing about statue.“It seems like a really unusual location for a piece of art like this,” said Eddie Flawer from Santa Rosa, CA.“I’m t very fond of Donald Trump and I didn’t kw what to make of his hand up and doing salute and spikes coming out of top of his he,” Flawer said. “But maybe it’s a metaphor of Statue of Liberty which would make some sense since he seems to be doing everything in his power to negate beauty and spirit of Statue of Liberty.”

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Life-size sculpture of Melania

It’s t first time in Slovenia that a member of Trump family has been carved in wood. A life-size sculpture of U.S. first ly was unveiled in her hometown of Sevnica in June, drawing mixed reactions from locals. rustic figure was cut from trunk of a linden tree, showing her in a pale blue dress like one she wore at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. Her face is depicted in a naive local style. first ly, born Melanija Knavs, changed her name to Melania Knauss when she started modeling. She settled in New York in 1996 and met Trump two years later.

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