ORLANDO, Fla. — A golden statue of former President Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando this past weekend turned heads and for many, was the talk of the conference.
The statue, standing over 6 feet tall, was unveiled at the conference on Thursday.
It’s a golden statue resembling Trump, wearing a suit jacket, red tie, American-flag shorts, flip-flops, and holding a magic wand and the Constitution.
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Conference attendees posed and took picture with the golden statue.
Tommy Zegan, the artist behind the sculpture, said he came up with idea after seeing the Baby Trump inflatable, and thought he could create something better than that.
“He’s wearing a business suit because he’s a businessman. The red tie represents the Republican party, the red-white-and-blue shorts represent the fact that he’s a patriot.” Zegan said.
According to Zegan, he’s holding the magic wand because of something Obama said regarding job creation, and he is holding the Constitution because “that is what he follows and believes in.”
Zegan told Channel 9 that this statue is his second project like this. His first was a commissioned piece of Brett Favre, which is now on display at the Mississippi Hall of Fame.
The creator of the “Trump and his magic wand” sculpture said this Fiberglas version is the second version of the statue. The first is all stainless steel and is currently on display in Tampa.
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Zegan plans on a creating a third statue out of bronze and coated in 24-carat gold plating.
Ultimately, Zegan hopes his statue will be accepted as a piece in the Trump presidential library.
The project was completed in Mexico and transported by freight to the United States for the conference, Zegan said.
The artist said he is excited to see people enjoying his art and taking pictures alongside his creation.
For those critics who raised concerns that this was a false idol, Zegan emphatically denies those claims.
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“I went to bible college, my parents were missionaries and I was a youth pastor for 18 years. This is not an idol, an idol is something you bow down and worship. This is a sculpture, and it’s a comical sculpture. It has no intention of ever being an idol,” Zegan said. “It’s supposed to be funny. I was looking for the Donald Flintstone look.”
On Sunday, former President Donald Trump was the final speaker at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando. It was his first public speech since leaving the White House on January 20.
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