{"id":874337,"date":"2026-10-07T20:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/874337\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T20:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:32:17","slug":"naked-gold-trump-statue-dubbed-the-orange-plague-unveiled-at-european-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/874337\/","title":{"rendered":"Naked gold Trump statue dubbed ‘The Orange Plague’ unveiled at European Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"

(TNND) \u2014 A satirical statue of President Donald Trump called \u201cThe Orange Plague\u201d went on display outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Danish artist Jens Galschi\u00f8t told CNN<\/a> the 8.5-foot sculpture depicts Trump naked and covered in 23-carat gold leaf as he sits on the back of a frail man. The figure holds scales of justice, while a golf club and ball sit beside him.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump likes gold,\u201d Galschi\u00f8t said over the phone. \u201cIn a way, I think he would like this sculpture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am sitting on the back of a man,\u201d reads the text on the 8.5-foot-tall statue\u2019s plinth. \u201cHe is sinking under my burden. I will do anything to help him. Except step down from his back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Galschi\u00f8t, who also calls the work \u201cKing of Injustice,\u201d said it represents what he sees as Trump\u2019s threats to the environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump is destroying all the things I believe in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The artist said the naked depiction also alludes to Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s “The Emperor\u2019s New Clothes,” a story about a vain emperor who parades through town naked. <\/p>\n

\u201cDictators don\u2019t like you laughing at them,\u201d Galschi\u00f8t said.<\/p>\n

It is not the first public display of \u201cThe Orange Plague.\u201d The work was previously exhibited at the Munich Security Conference and at last November\u2019s COP30 U.N. climate conference in Brazil.<\/p>\n

Danish politician Per Clausen, who sponsored the Strasbourg exhibit, is a member of Denmark\u2019s socialist Red-Green Alliance party and the European Parliament\u2019s left-wing group.<\/p>\n

Clausen said he brought the exhibit to Parliament to spark debate about Trump\u2019s power and influence in Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way Trump acts is a very, very big problem for people in Europe,\u201d Clausen told CNN. \u201cI want to raise the discussion in Europe about how we can make our self-defense against Trump, and how can we make politics that is not dependent on him.\u201d<\/p>\n

A European Parliament spokesperson told CNN the exhibit was approved by the body\u2019s quaestors, a cross-party group of MEPs responsible for administrative matters. The spokesperson said each MEP can sponsor two cultural events or exhibitions per parliamentary term in dedicated areas, and that the quaestors assess whether they comply with Parliament\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n

Under parliamentary rules<\/a>, events or exhibits considered \u201coffensive or of an inflammatory nature\u201d or contrary to the EU\u2019s values are prohibited, along with those that \u201cundermine the dignity of Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A sculpture titled ‘The Orange Plague’ by Danish artist Jens Galschiot depicts US President Donald Trump as a self-proclaimed King of Justice, during the 62nd Munich Security Conference on February 13, 2026 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Johannes Simon\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The approval does not amount to an official endorsement of the exhibit\u2019s message. But Galschi\u00f8t, who said he had worried the request would be rejected, called it a form of tacit approval from European lawmakers.<\/p>\n

Galschi\u00f8t is also known for the \u201cPillar of Shame,\u201d a memorial to victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre that was removed from a Hong Kong university in 2021.<\/p>\n

The temporary exhibit will remain on display through Thursday. More than 1,000 3D-printed miniatures of the sculpture are also being handed out to passersby as \u201cprotest tokens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has not publicly commented on the artwork.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(TNND) \u2014 A satirical statue of President Donald Trump called \u201cThe Orange Plague\u201d went on display outside the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-874337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}