{"id":242735,"date":"2025-09-21T01:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T01:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242735\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T01:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T01:10:14","slug":"trumps-golden-statue-in-washington-d-c-is-going-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242735\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Golden Statue In Washington D.C. Is Going Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s Golden Statue In Washington D.C. Is Going Viral<\/p>\n<p>      It&#8217;s not a hoax. There&#8217;s a 12-foot golden statue of President Donald Trump that was temporarily put up in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17 to honor his support of cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>      The gold statue of Trump holding a giant bitcoin in his hand apparently lived on 3rd street, in the National Mall just outside the Capitol, as a demonstration for several hours, according to a National Park Service permit obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/09\/19\/trump-gold-statue-bitcoin\/86215330007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>      The NPS permit apparently reads, &#8220;Recognizing the president&#8217;s support for cryptocurrency and its role in pushing Bitcoin&#8217;s value beyond $100,000, this artistic installation aims to ignite discussion in this iconic location.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      Yes, the &#8220;Bitcoin President&#8221; himself had an entire golden statue chilling in the capital \u2014 just like a supervillain in an Austin Powers movie.<\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/local21news.com\/news\/instagram\/washington-dc-president-donald-trump-bitcoin-statue-federal-reserve-interest-rate-cut-decision-us-capitol-building-cryptocurrency-wall-street-financial-markets-digital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ABC 7News<\/a> reported that Hichem Zaghdoudi, a representative of the collective of crypto investors who funded the artistic installation, said, &#8220;The installation is designed to ignite conversation about the future of government-issued currency and is a symbol of the intersection between modern politics and financial innovation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      Well, if the goal of the guady statue was to just to &#8220;ignite discussion,&#8221; then it&#8217;s fair to say they succeeded tenfold because it&#8217;s going viral and people have thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>      People are saying the &#8220;ugly-ass golden statue&#8221; is &#8220;weird as hell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      Another person thought the bitcoin statue was a joke.<\/p>\n<p>      One person said it looks like Ronald McDonald.<\/p>\n<p>      Another person said it looks basically like a giant M&amp;M.<\/p>\n<p>      This person &#8220;didn&#8217;t expect fascism to be this embarassing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      Someone said everyone who lost their &#8220;absolute FUCKING MIND&#8221; over Barack Obama&#8217;s tan suit will<\/p>\n<p>      A lot people couldn&#8217;t help but compare it to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daniel_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">golden idol<\/a> King Nebuchadnezzar built on the pain of Dura in the province of Babylon.<\/p>\n<p>      And although the statue was apparently commissioned by a private group, this person brings up a very point that our priorities are out of whack.<\/p>\n<p>      What do you think about the golden Trump statue? Be honest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Golden Statue In Washington D.C. Is Going Viral It&#8217;s not a hoax. 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