"Gold statues of our dear leader have been used to praise him at events like CPAC, and to protest him, as with the statue of Trump holding Jeffrey Epstein that briefly appeared on the National Mall. There will also be two golden statues of Trump in his presidential library, according to its AI-slop preview video."
"So in late April, the 15-foot statue was placed atop a seven-foot pedestal on the grounds of Trump's Miami golf course. And on Wednesday, the statue was formally unveiled at a dedication ceremony presided over by Pastor Mark Burns, a friend of the president who helped organize the project."
"At this point, you're probably thinking, Uh, isn't gathering to praise a giant golden statue textbook idolatry? I'm glad you (hypothetically) asked because this was actually one of the very first things Burns addressed in the captions to his Instagram posts on the event. "Let me be clear: this is not a golden calf. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone," he wrote."
"But then Don Colossus was held hostage in a payment dispute between Cottrill and the crypto bros. The disagreement was resolved this spring when an anonymous donor stepped in and paid the artist the remainder of what he said he was owed."
A 15-foot gold statue of Donald Trump, titled Don Colossus, was unveiled outside the Trump National Doral Miami golf course. The statue shows Trump with his fist raised and was commissioned by the $PATRIOT cryptocurrency group after the Butler, Pennsylvania assassination attempt. Artist Alan Cottrill completed the work before Trump’s second inauguration, but the statue was delayed by a payment dispute between Cottrill and crypto backers. The dispute was resolved in spring when an anonymous donor paid the remaining amount owed to the artist. The dedication ceremony was presided over by Pastor Mark Burns, who addressed concerns about idolatry by stating the project is not worship of a golden calf and that worship is directed to Jesus Christ alone.
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