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mysteryowl

(7,376 posts) Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:51 PM Sep 2020

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Wooden Melania Trump statue replaced with bronze after arson attack

A bronze statue of the US first lady, Melania Trump, has been unveiled near her hometown in Slovenia, to replace a wooden carving of her that was burnt in an arson attack two months ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/15/wooden-melania-trump-statue-replaced-with-bronze-after-arson-attack

They don't like her in Slovenia either!

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Wooden Melania Trump statue replaced with bronze after arson attack (Original Post) mysteryowl Sep 2020 OP

I don't really care, do you? n/t Spazito Sep 2020 #1

Pull it down, then melt it down... regnaD kciN Sep 2020 #2

And then do the same with the statue! soothsayer Sep 2020 #4

it should be made of plastic to be the most realistic Skittles Sep 2020 #3

Silicone Enterstageleft Sep 2020 #5

Maybe someone will steal that and recast/replace as the hammer and sickle. nt OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2020 #6

wooden statue? mnmoderatedem Sep 2020 #7

Neither one is flattering, but that might be the result... 3catwoman3 Sep 2020 #8

you are right, both are marginal art mysteryowl Sep 2020 #9

It's Awful Me. Sep 2020 #10

Spazito

(50,283 posts)

1. I don't really care, do you? n/t

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:52 PM

Sep 2020

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

2. Pull it down, then melt it down...

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:54 PM

Sep 2020

...just like the statues of Saddam Hussein.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

4. And then do the same with the statue!

Reply to regnaD kciN (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:57 PM

Sep 2020

Skittles

(153,147 posts)

3. it should be made of plastic to be the most realistic

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:55 PM

Sep 2020

yes indeed

Enterstageleft

(3,395 posts)

5. Silicone

Reply to Skittles (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 06:58 PM

Sep 2020

OAITW r.2.0

(24,454 posts)

6. Maybe someone will steal that and recast/replace as the hammer and sickle. nt

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 07:05 PM

Sep 2020

mnmoderatedem

(3,724 posts)

7. wooden statue?

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 07:07 PM

Sep 2020

I thought she was made of wood all along

3catwoman3

(23,972 posts)

8. Neither one is flattering, but that might be the result...

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 07:11 PM

Sep 2020

...of the subject.

mysteryowl

(7,376 posts)

9. you are right, both are marginal art

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 07:15 PM

Sep 2020

Me.

(35,454 posts)

10. It's Awful

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 08:16 PM

Sep 2020

Fitting

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